98 THE NAUTILUS. 
a single Patula harpa, Helix labyrinthica and Zonites arboreus. 
An old oak stump in the pasture was the hiding place of Helix 
monodon. Beneath fern roots in a clump of oak trees in the inter- 
vale I discovered Macrocyclis concava, Succinea obliqua and 
Vitrina limpida, perhaps the most slimy and difficult to handle of 
all shells, after being plunged into hot water previous to cleaning. 
Lastly, where the brook moistened the mossy rocks and the roots of 
the great beach trees, was the home of the plainly beautiful Helix 
albolabris. Only in one spot did I find the asteriscus. Perhaps 
Morse found his type specimens in that identical spot. Whether he 
did or not is immaterial, but he could hardly have found a better 
place, or experienced more pleasure in the discovery than I did. 
It was Edward 8. Morse who remarked that the multitude of 
intelligent young people who spend hours in the puzzle departments 
of magazines, and obtain simply an answer to clever word juggling, 
could find equally entertaining puzzles in Nature’s book, the solving 
of which would bring more than mere words. They would find 
that the life history of natural objects had all the fascination of a 
well-written story 
interest in what might follow. 
Our young students of conchology should be induced to look 
among the little shells for new discoveries. Anybody can pick up 
Helix albolabris in its home, but only those who know what they 
are looking for can find Planogyra asteriscus. Let us see if the 
influence of Morse and his Bethel shells can be made to animate a 
new generation of pupils. 
the turning of everv page, arousing increased 
Epwarp W. Roper. 
NOTE ON CREPIDULA GLAUCA SAY. 
IBY, Wie Ete DAM. 
My friend, Mr. John Ford, raises the question of the omission of 
this alleged species from the list of Mollusks of our southeastern 
coast and asks for an explanation. In reply, I would say that the 
specimens named C. glauca by Stimpson and others among the older 
