122 THE NAUTILUS. 



which on the other hand is related to Epiphraymophora. To this 

 group of shells Messrs. Pilsbry and Cockerell, gave the name of 

 Ashmunella* in recognition of his valuable field work. Mr. Ashmun 

 also discovered a number of new Pupidae, etc. as shown by the follow- 

 ing list of new species collected by him in that region : 



Bifidaria perversa Sterki. Ashtmmella rhyssa Dall. 



Bifidaria quudridentata Sterki. Ashmunella miorhyssa Dall. 



Bifidaria ashmuni Sterki. Ashmunella ashmuni Dall. 



Bifidaria hordeacella parvidens Ashmunella pseudodonta Dall. 

 Sterki. Ashmunella pseudodonta capita- 



Pupilla sonorana Sterki. nensis A. & C. 



Pupilla sonoranatendla Sterki. Agriolimax ashmuni Pils. &Van. 



Pyramidula cockerelli Pils. Sonorella ashmuni Bartseh. 



Mr. Ashmun's article on " Collecting in Arizona and New 

 Mexico" (THE NAUTILUS, xiii, p. 13, 1899) is very interesting and 

 gives a good idea of the difficulties which attend collecting in that 

 region. Conjointly with Prof. Cockerell he described a new sub- 

 species of Ashmunella ( A . pseudodonta capitanensis}. It was collected 

 on the Capitan Mts., New Mexico, at an elevation of 8,200 feet. 

 (NAUT. xii, p. 131, 1899). 



During his last year in Arizona his health began to fail, and he 

 moved to Idaho, .hoping that the change would benefit him, but after 

 two years as pastor of the church at Weiser, he had to give up his 

 charge, and after a time was obliged to go to a sanitarium, where he 

 remained ten weeks and was apparently cured of the stomach trouble 

 with which he had been suffering. He was advised to live out of 

 doors as much as possible for two years, and was appointed to inves- 

 tigate the mosquito pest at San Rafael, California. This seemed to 

 furnish the outdoor life he needed, and he improved for a time, but 

 in the fall caught a cold and finally had to give up. He was 

 threatened with paralysis from the first, and it seemed that his nerve 

 exhaustion was complete. He again went to a sanitarium, but nothing 

 could be done. He died December 21, 1904, and was interred at 

 Santa Rosa, California. 



He was married in 1890 to Miss Anna L. Lyman, daughter of the 

 Rev. Addison Lyman of Kellogg, Iowa, who with a son, Henry G. 

 Ashmun, a bright boy of twelve, survives him, and to whom we ten- 

 der our sincere sympathy. C. W. J. 



* The NAUTILUS, XII, p. 107; Proc. Academy Nat. Science for 1899, p. 188, 

 and for 1900, p. 107. 



