334 PROCEEDINGS OP THE CALIFORNIA 



Shells collected by the IT. S. Coast Survey Expedition to 



Alaska, in the year 1867. 



BY ROBERT E. C. STEARNS. 



George Davidson, Esq., connected with the Coast Survey service of the United 

 States, who commanded the scientific department of the Alaska Expedition, very 

 kindly tendered positions on his staff to the following members of the Academy : 

 Dr. A. Kellogg, as Surgeon and Botanist ; Theodore A. Blake, as Geologist ; and 

 W. G. W. Harford, as General Collector, by whom the species here enumerated 

 were collected. My acknowledgments are due to Dr.- J. G. Cooper, of San Fran- 

 cisco, for assistance in determining species; also to Dr. William Stimpson of Chicago, 

 for similar service in reference to the Buccinidse. 



1. Saxicava pholadis, Linn, var. arctica; Sitka, Bella Bella, Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



2. My a arenaria, Linn. ; Kodiak. 



:;. Schizothserus Nuttalli, Conr. ; Sitka, Kodiak. 

 1. Machaera patula, Dixon ; Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



5. Macoma nasuta, Conr. ; Kodiak. 



6. Macoma inquinata, Desh. ; Fort Simpson, Bella Bella, Kodiak, Spruce Isl. 

 1. Macoma inconspicua, Br. & Sby. ; Fort Simpson, Chilchat, Kodiak, Spruce Isl. 



8. Mera salmonea, Cpr.; Kodiak. 



9. Standella planulata, Conr. ; Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



10. Tapes staminea, var. Petitii, Desh.; Fort Simpson, Chatham Sound. 



11. Tapes staminea, var ruderata, Desh. ; Fort Simpson, Carter's Bay, Sitka, 



Bella Bella, Kodiak, Spruce Isl. Ounalaska. 



12. Saxidomus Nuttalli, Conr. ; Ft. Simpson, Sitka, Carter's Bay, Kodiak. 



13. Cardium corbis, Mart.; Sitka, Bella Bella, Carter's Bay, Kodiak. 



14. Cardium blandum, Gould ; Sitka, Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



15. Serripes Grcenlandicus, Chem. ;. Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



16. Kellia Laperousii, Desh. ; Ounalaska. 



17. Lasea rubra, Mont. ; Sitka. 



18. Mytilus edulis, Linn. ; Ft. Simpson, Carter's Bay, Bella Bella, Sitka, Kodiak, 



Spruce Isl. 



19. Modiola modiolus, Linn. ; Sitka, Ounalaska. 



20. Modiolaria laevigata, Gray ; Ounalaska. 



21. Axina3a septentrionalis, Midd. ; Bella Bella. 



22. Yoldia, n. s. ? ; Stomach of Halibut, Kodiak. 



23. Acila castrensis, Hinds ; Sitka. 



24. Placunanomia macroschisma, Desh. ; Kodiak, Ounalaska. 



25. Helix Columbiana, Lea. ; Sitka, Chilchat River, 59° 9' X. 



26. Helix. Vancouverensis, Lea. ; Sitka, V. Island. 

 2*7. Helix ruderata, Stud. ; Ounalaska. 



28. Helix fulva, Drap. ; Sitka, Ounalaska. 



29. Vitrina pellucida, Mull. ? ; Ounalaska. 



30. Zua lubrica, Mull. ; Sitka, Kodiak. 



31. Siphonaria thersites, Cpr. ; Fort Simpson. 



32. Katherina tunicata, Wood ; Sitka. 



33. Tonicia lineata, Wood ; Fort Simpson. 



