96 THE NAUTILUS. 



specimens of tbis and other Lower California mollusks from Dr. AV. 

 J. Fislier, who fitted out a vessel at his own expense. He collected 

 this species at Los Animas Bay. — H. A. P. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Natural Hlstory Notes from North Carolina, by A. G. 

 Wetberby. From the Jour. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. An interest- 

 ing article strongly criticizing the present mania for species-making 

 with notes on the Mesodon of Eoan Mountain and vicinity. 



—a W.J. 



Report on the Mollusk-Fauna of the Galafagos Islands, 

 by R. E. C. Stearns, Ph. D., from the Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 

 XVI. The geographical and physical characteristics of the Islands 

 are thoroughly discussed, and with the amount of material at his 

 command. Dr. Stearns finds that the many so-called species of 

 Balimulus are only forms of i). mix "for this is one of those protean 

 forms, like, for instance, Puiula strigosa, cooperi.^ etc., that can not 

 be properly exemplified or understood by a few examples, nor even 

 by a hundred specimens." — C. W. J. 



An able article by Mr. Chas. T. Simpson, On some Fossil L^nios 

 and other Freshwater Shells from the drift at Toronto, Can- 

 ada, with a review of the distribution of the Jjnionidcc of north- 

 eastern North America, appears in the Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



Vol. XVI.— e w. J. 



Observations on Vallonia, by Dr. V. Sterki from the Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1893. In this article Dr. Sterki has, with 

 his accustomed acumen, revised the species and varieties of this 

 genus of minute Helices, illustrating the shells, dentition and jaws 

 of the species. The group has been much neglected heretofore ; 

 and while some Conchologists may not be prepared to accejit so 

 many species as Dr. Sterki distinguishes, it must be everywhere 

 admitted that in pointing out the distinctive features of the forms, a 

 very valuable service has been rendered, and a substantial addition 

 made to concholoo:ical literature. — H. P. 



