If THE NAUTILUS. 
States species, including a number of species not contained in the 
latest monographs. The geographical range of each form is given, 
and the whole prefaced by a brief discussion of recent or original 
changes in nomenclature. Collectors of American shells will find 
the list a convenient one for checking their collections and their 
desiderata when exchanging. 
UEBER DIE BEZIEHUNGEN einiger europaischer und nordamert- 
kanischer Pupiden, by Dr. V. Sterki. (In Nachrichtsblatt d. 
deutchen Mal. Gesell., Juli-Aug., 1889.) Dr. Sterki discusses the 
Pupe common to America and Europe in this valuable paper. 
Species immediately allied to P. museorum are P. blandi (doubtfully 
distinct), and P. sterri Voith; the last seem to the writer to be also 
a form of muscorum. The species is a mountain form, de&cribed 
from Bavaria. Virtigo simplex and P. alticolu are considered syn- 
onyms of P. edentula Drap. The examination of the Vertigo species, 
Dr. Sterki says “hat mich viel Zeit, Miihe und ‘ Augenmorderei ’ 
gekostet ;” and it is no wonder, as anybody who has been so rash as 
to trouble themselves with those ridiculously little creatures will 
bear testimony. The question of the identity of V. antivertigo Dr. 
and ovata Say, is discussed ; and finally the new subgenus Augustula 
is proposed. The principal characters are the narrowing of the last 
whorl, peculiar constriction behind the peristome, the longitudinal 
position of the columellar fold, and the long, narrow, high fold, 
arising deep in the throat, and in venetzii uniting with the upper, 
in milium with the lower palatal fold. It contains only the two 
species named.—P. 
Nores ON soME INDIAN TreRRITORY SHELLS, by Charles Torrey 
Simpson. An interesting paper, adding considerable to our know- 
ledge of the distribution of the shells of this region. H. ( Triodopsis) 
copei Wetherby, formerly known from Eastern Texas, was found in 
the Territory. A form of H. (Polygyra) jacksoni with elevated 
deltoid parietal tooth is described as var. deltoidea.. H. (Mesodon) 
Kiowaénsis, a form intermediate between thyroides and sayii is de- 
scribed as new, and the rare Helicodiscus fimbriatus is reported from 
near Fort Gibson. The shells described by Mr. Simpson under the 
name Zonites capsella are quite distinct from that species, as I have 
satisfied myself by careful comparisons. It may be called Z. Simp- 
soni, in honor of the finder. Mr. Simpson’s remarks on the 
Bulimulus dealbatus, schiedeanus and alternatus should direct the 
attention of collectors to these forms, which are believed by Mr. 8. 
to be varieties of a single variable species. 
