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collected around Hamilton. I also collected a few specimens near 

 Brantford. 



Pyramidula perspectiva Say, is another species which seems to be 

 confined to the southern portion of the province. I have found it 

 around Hamilton, and, also in Brant County, but it is not abundant 

 in either place. 



Polygyra (Mesodoii) Suyii Binn. has been found in several parts 

 of the Province, but is by no means a common species. I have 

 never been fortunate enough to find any live specimens, but have 

 found dead ones. 



Polygyra (Triodoptii) pulliata Say, and T. tridentata Say, are 

 both comparatively common in parts of Southern Ontario, I have 

 not heard of their being found in the Northern or Eastern parts. 



Pupafallax Say, has been found very abundantly around Hamil- 

 ton, especially in sandy places, but I have not found it elsewhere. 



It is chiefly among our Fresh Water species that additions to the 

 list are to be expected. Ontario abounds in lakes and streams, 

 which when diligently explored will no doubt yield a number of 

 species new to the Province. Many additions may be expected 

 among the Unioniche and Cycladidse (Spkcerum and Pisidium), 

 although over 30 of our 92 Fresh Water species belong to the 

 Unionidse. 



During the coming summer I hope to have more time to devote 

 to the study of Conchology, and will endeavor to get as complete a 

 list, as possible, of those shells found around Toronto. 



CUTTLE FISHES WASHED ASHORE IN SAN PEDRO BAY. 



[Extract from the report of H. Lowe. From the Transactions of the Isaac Lea Con- 

 chological Chapter for 1895]. 



In June, while I was out collecting one morning, I was surprised 

 to find a number of cuttle fishes which had been washed ashore. 

 They were all dead, excepting one, which I carried home and kept 

 in water for a day or two. The length of the entire mollusk was 

 about four feet, and, weight about twenty pounds. It was covered 

 with a very thin paper-like skin, so thin that the bloodvessels could 

 be seen beneath for it has, unlike most other mollusks, red blood. 

 The head was surmounted by ten arms with powerful suckers, two 

 of these arms were much longer than the rest, being about two feet 

 long. Where the ten arms radiated was the mandible, shaped like, 



