142 THE NAUTILUS. 



might be classed as intermediate, which would seem to confirm my 

 conclusions. 



NOTE ON PATELLA KERMADECENSIS, PILSBRY.i 



BY GEO. W. TAYLOR. 



More than a year ago a little parcel of limpets from Kermadec 

 Islands was sent to me by a correspondent in New Zealand. They 

 were sent by way of England and were there delayed so that they 

 did not reach me until about a month ago. 



I at once perceived that they belonged to an unknown species and 

 I promptly sat down and wrote a note, with a diagnosis of the spe- 

 cies for the Nautilus, but on a second thought decided not to be 

 too hasty, and so instead of sending my note, I sent a specimen (a 

 young one) of the shell itself to the Associate Editor asking him 

 kindly to compare it with the series in the Philadelphia Museum 

 and let me have his opinion. 



I did this because I thought and still think it possible that the 

 young shell may have been already described. 



This morning I received the February Nautilus, and I find that 

 some one else has a correspondent in Kermadec Island and that Mr. 

 Pilsbry has been beforehand with me and named the new shell most 

 appropriately. Patella kermadecensis. 



However, as Dr. Pilsbry has only 2 specimens and I have 14, I 

 venture to write a line or two to supplement his description. 



I may say that in my opinion, the shell is very nearly related to 

 pica Reeve which by the way is a South Pacific species according to 

 the original descriptions, although Mr. Pilsbry in his " Manual " has 

 transferred it to the Mauritius. 



My suite of kermadecensis consists of 2 full grown shells and a 

 series of 12 others ranging from 75 mm. down to 6 mm. in length. 

 The large ones are respectively 130 mm. x 109 mm. x 41 mm. and 



^This remarkable limpet seems to have been received by Mr. Taylor and 

 Dr. W. H. Dall at about the same time. Dr. Dall sent to the Nautilus a des- 

 cription of the species under the name P. Kertnadecensis, but after the Editors' 

 description was already in print. Dall's description of the young and adult shells, 

 with figures, will shortly be published in the Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila. — Ed. 



