96 THE NAUTILUS. 



(Proc. A. N. S., Phila., 1857, p. 167) will probably be retained for 

 them, in a subgeneric sense. Its type and only species was M. leu- 

 cophseatus Conr., of the Atlantic coast north to Chesapeake Bay. 



Partsch's article appeared in a very rare periodical, and is entitled 

 " Ueber die sogenannten versteinerteri Ziegenklauen aus dem Plat- 

 tensee in Ungarn mit ein neues urweltliches Geschlecht zweis- 

 chaliger Conchylien," von Paul Partsch, published in Annalen des 

 Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte, I, pp. 93-102, 183o. Gon- 

 geria is first mentioned and defined on p. 97 (not p. 93, as has been 

 cited) H. A. PILSBRY. 



THE NAME GLOSSINA It is a curious illustration of the wide 



separation of different groups of zoologists that the name Glossina 

 has been permitted to remain in use for a Brachiopod, apparently 

 without protest, while it rightfully belongs to the well-known tse-tse 

 fly, the carrier of the sleeping sickness organism. This double use, 

 contrary to the rules of nomenclature, is perhaps still more objection- 

 able since we discovered the Dipterous Glossina in the miocene of 

 Colorado, and the name consequently enters palaeontology. Prob- 

 ably those who may have noticed the conflict have found that the 

 nomenclators give no date for Glossina Wiedemann, and conse- 

 quently no certain indication of its priority. It was published, 

 however, in 1830, while the Lingulid Glossina Phil, (type Lingula 

 attenuata Sowerby) did not appear until 1848. The Lingulid genus 

 or subgenus (Dr. Charles Schuchert writes me that "at present the 

 name cannot have greater value than that of subgeneric rank ") may 

 take the name Pal&oglosm. T. D. A. COOKERELL. 



HELIX HORTENSIS ox LONG ISLAND, N. Y. Smith and Prime, 

 in their list of Long Island rnollusks, 1870, p. 404, reported H. hor- 

 tensis from Long Island, without citing any definite locality. The 

 undersigned will be grateful for any further information. Where on 

 Long Island, or elsewhere in New York, has the species been found, 

 and in what collections are specimens preserved ? Similar informa- 

 tion on the occurrence in New York of Polygynt inflecta Say, P. 

 appressa Say and P. multilineata Say is desired. H. A. Pilsbry, 

 Acad. Nat. Sciences, Logan Square, Philadelphia. 



