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might have their room. Ashamed of himself, as he well might be 

 (or was it only a becoming modesty which impelled him ?) he im- 

 mediately began to squirm his way to the very bottom of the pail, 

 and there he remained for the home trip. 



Then with heavy loads but light hearts, we found our way to the 

 light house on Ballast Point, where our launch soon called for us. 

 As we went down to the water to step on board, Mr. T., who led the 

 way, saw directly in his path, as if waiting for hifn, our third Luca- 

 pina. Back to San Diego, six miles, we went, and by six o'clock 

 were at home, and preparing to put in formalin "pickle" for 

 future use, the finds of the day. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



A few months ago I received from H. Rolle, Berlin, two speci- 

 mens of Achatina crawfordi Melv. One of the shells was broken 

 when received, and noticing that there appeared to be something 

 loose inside, I investigated, and got out three embryonic shells 

 about 8 mm. in diameter. As the Achatinidce are said to be ovipa- 

 rous, this was quite a surprise to me, and I thought a note of it 

 might be of interest to you. As there was no sign of a " calcareous 

 shell," it would appear that this species, at least, is viviparous. 



Geo. H. Clapj). 



POLYGYRA MEARNSII Ball, has been found by Prof. J. D. Tinsley 

 in the Organ Mts., New Mexico, high up in Filmore Cafion, one 

 dead shell. I am responsible for the identification. 



T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Dr. Lorenzo Yates, of Santa Barbara, Cal., has a short article on 

 the shells of Santa Barbara Channel in the August number of the 

 " Overland Monthly." 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Messrs Ph. Dautzenberg and H. Fischer have issued their final 

 report on mollusks obtained by the dredgings made by the " Hiron- 

 delle" and the " Princesse Alice," 1888-1896. 1 A useful table of 

 the stations precedes the report on species. The operations were 

 nearly all conducted around the Azores Is. New species are de- 



de la Soc. Zool. de France, X, 1897. 



