102 THE NAUTILUS. 



cliocolata Cpr., and Lordi Smith, Scala indianorum Cpr., Solariella 

 peramabilis Cpr., and varicosa Mighels, Pancturella galeata Gould, 

 cucuUata Gould, and Cooperi Cpr. (all living), Cryptohranchia con- 

 ceutrica Midd., Iscluiochiton. interstinctas Gou\d, -dnd cancellatus Sby., 

 Placipliorella slnuata Cpr., Utriculus incultus Gould, and Rlctaxis 

 punctocaiata Cpr., this last being new to our Vancouver list. 



I have not attempted to give a complete list, as such wcjuld take 

 up too much of The Nautilus's valuable space, and would, more- 

 over, be of little interest ; but I think I have written enough to show 

 how very abundant the Mollusca are in our seas, and how much may 

 be accomplished in even a single day's collecting if one knows ex- 

 actly how and where to look. 



A REPLY TO "SOME (RESPONSIVE) REMARKS RELATIVE TO CYPR^A 

 GREEGORI, FORD," 



BY EDGAR A. SMITH. 



It is flattering to see that my remarks on Mr. Ford's so-called 

 species of Cyprcm have been deemed worthy of such lengthy con- 

 sideration. It were easy to take Mr. Ford's paragraphs seriatim, 

 to make sharp replies, and to confute them, but I value the pages of 

 The Nautilus too highly to occupy them with matter of that de- 

 scription, I will merely observe, then, that I have carefully recon- 

 sidered the subject, and I still am of opinion that Mr. Melvill's 

 meaning is quite evident. It is to be regretted that Mr. Ford did 

 not cut the leaves of the work he was consulting and carefully ex- 

 amine it, for, had he done so, he could not possibly have failed to see 

 to which species Mr. Melvill assigned the var. coloba, and jio-sibly he 

 would have adopted that name. When I suggested that even 

 courtesy directed us to employ Mr. Mekill's name, it occurred to 

 me that possibly some persons might be ignorant of or disregard the 

 friendly custom of adopting as a specific name one already used in 

 a varietal sense by another, and the readers of The Nautilus are 

 now in a position to judge whether my supposition was well-founded. 



In conclusion I would point out that it is hardly fair for a writer 

 who is criticising the work of another, unnecessarily to put in in- 

 verted commas phrases and words which the general reader might 

 estimate as quotations. The words " state of things," "reminded," 

 " with thanks," do not occur among my observations, and the "bit 

 of presumption " also emanates from Mr. Ford. 



