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come over and make a call. As it was only a matter of about 65 

 miles each way we decided to accept, so the day after their boat, the 

 "Anton Dohrn," started we followed, and spent four delightful days 

 on and around the keys. 



Our anchorage was just off Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, and 

 knowing that the Fort had been occupied for a great many years we 

 thought there might be some land shells. A careful turning over of 

 boards, bricks and stones inside the Fort yielded nothing but an 

 occasional scorpion. Finally Henderson climbed to the top of the 

 old magazine, which was covered with a heavy growth of vines and 

 weeds, and almost immediately turned up an Opeas micro.. We 

 then discovered a Bifidaria on the under side of a brick, so gathered 

 a lot of dirt and dead leaves which on picking over yielded the 

 following : 



Opeas micro, (Orb.). Very common, mostly dead. 



Bifidaria rupicola (Say). Not common, many alive. 



Bifidaria hordeacella Pils. Common, mostly dead. 



A careful search under stones and boards on top of the Fort 

 yielded nothing. 



On the beach among drift I picked up four dead, bleached Poly- 

 gyra c. carpenteriana (Bid.) and two immature Cerion incanam 

 (Binn.), evidently "floaters" from one of the eastern keys. 



A FEW SUGGESTIONS. 



BY V. STERKI. 



Can the NAUTILUS give a little space for a few suggestions which 

 it is hoped will not be offensive to the readers and collaborators, but 

 meet with approval and application ? 



1. The terms " Land and Freshwater Mollusca," or " Terrestrial 

 and Fluviatile," or even " Extra-marine," are somewhat lengthy 

 and cumbersome. We might say " Inland Mollusca" somewhat like 

 the German " Binnenmollusken,'' and even more expressive. In a 

 short time we should be accustomed to it and find it convenient. 



2. The terms " Malacology " and " Malacologist," generally used 

 elsewhere, have been used occasionally also by American writers in 

 preference to " Conchology " and " Conchologist," which date from 



