EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



123 



Dall, William Healey — Continued. 



the National Museum : Pleuroto- 

 mella simplicissimd ; Buccinum zc- 

 lotcs, B. opisoplectuni, B. niponense, 

 B. cnismatum, B. diplodctum, B. 

 epistomium, B. sigmafoplcura , B. 

 pnlium, B. wdematum, B. acutispir- 

 atum, B. surugonuin, B. kadiakcnsc, 

 B. aniicanum, B. saklialinense, B. 

 ectomocyma, B. bomhi/cinum, B. 

 limnoidcum, B. simulatum, B. hitJi- 

 muloideiim, B. rossiciim, B. pemphi- 

 gus, B. orotundum, B. fucanum, and 



B. eugrammatum ; Clirysodomus in- 

 sularis var. const) ictus, C. rarici- 

 ferus, C. parallehis, C. adclphicus, C. 

 encodes, C. cuiimntus, C. trochoid- 

 eus, C. (Ancistrolepis) dumon, 



C. (-1) grammatus ; Tritonofusus 

 calamaus, T. esyclius, T. {Plici- 

 fusus) polypleuratus, T. (PI 

 Claudes, T. (P) rhyssus, T. (P) 

 aurantius, T. (Pi croceus, T. (Pi 

 kroyeri, var. ; Mohnia micra, M. 

 sordida, J/, clarki; Tolutopsius inid- 

 dendorffii var. cinphaticus, V. ken- 

 nicotti var. incisus. V. limfttus, V. 

 simplex, V. harpa var. d(j-ius; Lio- 

 mcsus histriatus ; Boreotrophon ele- 

 gantulus ; Metula elongata ; Galeo- 

 dea leucodoma; Astraea persica; 

 Basilissd liahclica ; Microgaza ful- 

 gens ; CoccuUna japnnicn ; Dcntal- 

 ium crocinum ; Xucula tniriflca; Pec- 

 ten (Chlamys) erythrocomatus ; Crc- 

 nella grisea; C. diaphana ; Modiol- 

 aria imprcssa; Liocyma aniwana ; 

 Pholadomya pacifica. 



Certain new terms for indicating 

 in a diagnosis tlie direction of 

 sculpture, are also proposed, p. 141. 



Linnaeus as a zoologist. 



Proc. TTas/f. Acad. Sci., ix. July 

 31, 1907, pp. 272-274. 

 An address before the commemo- 



rative meeting of the academv in 

 honor of the bicentennial of Lin- 

 naeus. 



- On the synonymic history of 



the genera, Clava Martyn. and Ceri- 



thium Bruguiere. 



Proc. Acad. Sat. .S'ci. Phila., 

 Sept., 1907, pp. 363-.3G9. 

 A discussion of the history of 

 these generic names with the correc- 

 tion of a number of published er- 

 rors. 



Supplementary notes on Mar- 



tyn's Universal Conchologist. 



Proc. U. 8. Xat. Mus., xxxiii. 



No. 1565, Oct. 23, 1907, pp. 



185-192, one fig. 



These notes give an account of the 



names proposed by Martyn in his 



Dall, William Healey — Continued. 



third and fourth volumes, from a 

 copy in the library of the Austra- 

 lian Museum at Sydney, and finally 

 prove that ' the four parts of the 

 work were issued in 1784, 1784, 

 1786, and 1787. It is also shown 

 that the text of ("lienu's so-called 

 reprint is innaccurate and not to be 

 relied upon. 



On a Cymatium new to the 



Californian fauna. 



Sautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec, 1907, 

 pp. 85. 86. 

 Describes a specimen of a new 

 variety, trcmperi, of Cymatium cor- 

 rtigatum Lamarck, collected by Dr. 

 R. H. Tremper near San Tedro, Cal., 

 the species being previously known 

 only as a member of the Mediterra- 

 nean fauna. 



- Xotes. 



yautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec, 1907, 

 pp. 90, 91. 

 These notes relate to Planorhis 

 magnificus Pilsbry, which is blind 

 when adult ; to a reversed Margi- 

 nella apicina in the National Mu- 

 seum : and to discovery of Ilyanassa 

 obsoleta Say, alive on oyster beds 

 on the shores of San Francisco Bay, 

 where Ostrea virginica had been 

 " planted," doubtless imported from 

 the East with " seed " oysters. 



-Memoranda of suggestions for 



the organization of an American 



Conchological association or society. 



Nautilus, XXI, No. 8, Dec. 1907, 



pp. 94-96. 



This is practically the report of a 



committee to consider the formation 



of such a society, appointed at the 



International Zoological Congress of 



1907, by those members interested 



in the subject. 



Note on Gonidea augulata Lea, 



a fresh-water bivalve, with descrip- 

 tion of a new variety. 



Smithsonian Misc. CoUs., L, 



Quar. issue. Ft. 4, No. 1784, 



Jan. 28, 1908. pp. 499. 500. 



Describes the variety haroldiana 



Dall, from Santa Clara County, CaL 



— = — Anew species of Cavolina, with 



notes on other Pteropoda. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., L, 

 Quar. issue. Ft. 4. No. 1785, 

 Jan. 28. 1908, pp. 501. 502. 

 Cavolina cnuthouyi Dall, from the 

 South Pacific is described ; the new 

 name Clio antarctica is proposed for 

 the preoccupied C. australis D'Or- 

 bigny, and notes are given on a num- 

 ber of other Pacific Fteropods. 



