110 THE NAUTILUS. 



1. PSEUDOPARTULA GALERICULUM (MoUSS.). Moll. Java, p. 34, 



pi. 3 fig. 5. 



la. PSEUDOPARTULA GALERICULUM var. GEDEANA (Bttg. MS.). 

 More elongate with the peripheral angle subobsolete. Alt. 19J, 

 diam. 12 mm. 



2. PSEUDOPARTULA DOHERTYI (Aldrich). Nautilus, VI, p. 90, 

 pi. 2, f. 1, 2. Sumatra. 



3. PSEUDOPARTULA NASUTA (Mete.). Man. Conch. (2), II, p. 

 21, pi. 3, f. 42. Borneo. 



For the group of B. slnynluris, sini.ttrorsitft, tnrgidnlus, etc., Mon- 

 trouzier's name DRAPARNAUDIA may be used. 



TIMOTHY ABBOTT CONRAD. 



Boru in Trenton, N. J., June 21st, 1803, died in the same city, 

 August 9th, 1877. 



To most conchological students, and especially to those interested 

 in Cretaceous and Tertiary shells, the name of Timothy Abbott Con- 

 rad must be more or less familiar; and yet few, perhaps, are aware 

 of the labor performed by him in searching the tombs of long van- 

 ished species, and presenting to the world in a series of papers the 

 story of their origin, development and final extinction. 



In this work he was one of the foremost America pioneers, and 

 doubtless, the very first to note, from careful observation of their 

 molluscan forms, the absolute relationship of the several outcropping 

 Cretaceous beds ranging from northern New Jersey to southern 

 Alabama. Nor was he less successful regarding recent species, 

 since very many of these, native to the East and West coasts of 

 America, were first studied, figured, and described by him, his skill 

 in drawing being no less remarkable than his talent for investiga- 

 tion. 



Personally he was a man of plain appearance, exceeding shy and 

 sensitive, but withal a " good hater" and a true friend. Much of 

 his time was devoted to literary pursuits other than scientific, and 

 there are still extant a few copies of his poems, many of which show 

 superior merit both in construction and sentiment. 



Owing to failing health for several years preceding his death, he 

 was often subjected to attacks of mental and physical depression, 

 and it was in relation to this fact that the subjoined verses were 



