63-i REPORT— 18G3. 



In the 'Proc. Boston Ac. Nat. Hist.,' July 1851, vol. iv. p. 27, Dr. A. A. 

 Gould published '• Notes on Califoniiau Shells," and, in vol. vi. p. 11, described 

 HeJix ramentosa, California, and Helix damascenus, from the desert east of 

 California. 



In the 'Proceedings Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil.,' April 1856, vol. viii. pp. 80, 81, 

 Dr. Isaac Lea described the following species of new freshwater shells from 

 California : — 



Pomphnljix effusa. Sacramento River. 

 Mehuiia S/ia.ifdensis. Shasta and Scott Rivers. 

 Melania niijrina. Clear Creek, Shasta Co. 

 Physa fntict'd. Sliasta Co. 

 Planorbis Traskii. Kern Lake, Tulan Co. 

 Lymncea pro.itma. Arroya, St. Antonio. 

 Ancyliis patelloides. Sacramento River. 



and oflfered notes on 



Marc/aritana marcfariHfi'ro, 'LeeL, = Alasmodonta falcata, Gld., = Ala$77iodonta 



Yiihiiensis, Trask. Klamath and Yuba. 

 Anndoida Wahlnmatensis, Lea, = -(i. trianytdata, Trask,+-4. rotimdovata, Trask, 



Sacramento River. 

 Anodonta anytdata, Lea,+^- feminalis, Gld.,+u4. Pandalli, Trask. Upper 



San .Toaquin. 

 Helix Oreyn/ie/tsis, Lea. Point Cypress, Monterey Co. 

 He/if Nickliniana, Lea. Toniales Bay and Dead Man's Island. 

 Helix C(dif(>nuensis, Lea. Point Cypress. 

 LymiKpa cxiytta, Lea. San Antonio Arroj'a. 

 Li/mncea pallida, Ad. San Antonio Arroya. 

 Pltysa heteros(ropha, Say. Los Angeles. 

 Melania occafa, lids. Sacramento River. 

 Melania (Palwlina) seminalis, lids. Sacramento River. 

 Planorbis tricolvis, Say. Horn Lake. 

 Planorbis amnion, Gld. Lagoons, Sacramento Valley. 



In the New Series of the 'Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia' occur descriptions 

 and notes on species, as under : — 



Page. 



1857- Feb. 18. Helix intercisa, 'W . G. Bin.,= Zr. Nickliniatiaf Bin. sen., var. 



Oregon. 

 1857, „ 19. Siiccinea lineata, W. G. Bin. Nebraska. 



1857. June. 165. Mr. T. A. Conrad described the genus Gonidea for A. anyu- 



lata, Lea ; and for Gonidea Pandalii, Trask, and Gonidea 

 feminalis, Gld. ; regarding the three species as probably 

 distinct. [Dr. Lea, however, considers them varietal.] 



1858. March. 41, Dr, I. Lea described Planorbis Keicberryi. Klamath Lake 



and Canoe Creek, California. 

 1860. March. 23. Melania Neivbcrryi, Lea. Upper Des Chutes River, Oregon, 

 Newberry. 



In the " Notes on Shells, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species," by 

 T, A, Conrad, reprinted from the ' Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil,,' Aug. 1849, are 

 given the following synonyms, pp. 213, 214 : — 



Petrieola Calif ornica, Conr., = Saxicava C, Conr.,= P. arcvata, Desh. 

 Petricola carditoides, Com:, = Saxicava c, Conr.,=P. cylindracea, Desh. 

 Siliqna Nidtallii, Co\\\\,= Solecurtus N., Couv.,^=Solecurtus maxinms, Gld., non 



AVood, =Solen splendens, Chenu. 

 Siliqua lucida, Com. ,=^Solccurttis L. Cour.,= Solecwtus radiatus, Gld., non 



Lina. -1^20 



