72 THE NAUTILUS. 



GONAVE ISLAND SHELLS. The following species of land shells 

 were collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott at La Mahotiere on the 

 S. W. coast of Gonave Island, off the west coast of Hayti: 

 Pleurodonte semiaperta v. Mart, (this is the same as Helix gas- 

 koini gonavensis Crosse), Cepolis loxodon Pfr. , Urocoptis gaigouana 

 Petit, Gastrocopta pellucida Pfr., Chondropoma broivniana Weinld., 

 Alcadia gonavensis Weinld., and Trochatella brownia Weinld. - 

 E. G. VANATTA. 



HENRY STJTEE. 



The well-known conchologist, Mr. Henry Suter, died at 

 Christchurch, New Zealand, on July 30, 1918, at the advanced 

 age of 77 years. He will be remembered best for his important 

 work, the " Manual of New Zealand Mollusca." published in 

 1913. 



Mr. Suter was a native of Zurich, Switzerland, and from hip 

 boyhood was an enthusiastic naturalist. He was educated as 

 an analytical chemist and was engaged for several years in var- 

 ious commercial pursuits without much success. At last, to 

 improve his prospects he emigrated with his family to New 

 Zealand in 1887. 



He commenced his colonial career by taking a farm in a 

 rough bush district. When a middle-aged foreigner, accustomed 

 to a town life, turns back-woodsman it is only in a novel that 

 he ever succeeds. But when this last venture came to the in- 

 evitable end, Mr. Suter had fortunately attracted the attention 

 of Capt. Hutton, who obtained scientific employment for him. 

 Thereafter the remainder of his life was spent in the congenial 

 work of zoology. He held no regular post, but was engaged in 

 turn by various institutions to arrange collections, to make re- 

 ports or as relieving officer. 



So long did he continue in harness that he used finally to 

 claim to be the oldest man in New Zealand earning, not draw- 

 ing, government pay. His last occupation was the preparation 

 of palaeontological bulletins for the geological survey. CHARLES 

 HEDLEY. 



