202 The Ottawa Naturalist, [December 



the Quaternary fossils of Norway, mentions Brissus fragilis, a 

 species which I have not seen, as occurring' in the glacial clays of 

 that country (which contain fossils resembling those of the Ottawa 

 clays) and also an undetermined species of Aniphidotus. The 

 present species may be identical with one of these ; but I have no 

 description or figures of Sars' specimens. Perhaps there may be 

 better means of reference to them in the Geological Survey 

 library. 



In the meantime I can only say that the specimen probably 

 represents a species of Spatangiis or Brissus which lived in the seas 

 of the Canadian Pleistocene, but which, so far as 1 know, has not 

 yet been found here in a living state. The fact is another in- 

 stance of the circumstance which I have noted in papers on the 

 Pleistocene fossils that there is in our Pleistocene marine fauna a 

 North-European aspect, as if at that time the indentations of the 

 two sides of the North Atlantic were more nearly alike than at 

 present. 



TWO LAND SHELLS NEW TO THE CANADIAN LIST. 



By Rev. Geo. W. Taylqr, M.A., F.R.S.C. (Nanaimo, B.C. 



I have the pleasure of recording two additions to our list of 

 Western Canadian land shells. 



One is Punctum Clappiiy Pilsbiy, a little shell very nearly 

 allied to Punctum conspectum^ but not quite so large. P. con- 

 spectum is common near Victoria, but apparently does not occur 

 at Nanaimo, in which district P. Ciappii seems to replace it. This 

 latter shell is quite plentitul all round Nanaimo and on Gabriel's 

 Island and is commonly found among decaying leaves, being espe- 

 cially partial to the dead fronds of Aspidiutn ynunitum. It is also 

 common in Oregon and Washington Territory, where the type 

 specimens were collected. 



The second species I have to record is new not only to Canada 

 but to Science. Three specimens were found by me, in 1895, 

 under pieces of board near the Nanaimo water works, and from 

 these as types Dr. Pilsbry has described Pristilomq. Taylori. I 



