THE NAUTILUS. 
95 
Mut. libellula roseolabiata bimar- Mut. libellula 123(44)5. 
ginata 12345. 
Mut. libellula 123(4 4 )5. 
Mut. libellula 123( 44 4)5. 
Mut. libellula 12 x 345 Ckll., 
marginata. 
Mut. libellula 12 x 345 Ckll. 
Mut. libellula 12 33 (4445). 
Mut. libellula ( 1 2 xx 3 3 )(45). 
Mut. libellula 12 34 4 5. 
Mut. libellula 1(22)345. 
Mut. libellula l x 03 x 45. 
bi- Mut. libellula roseolabiata bimar- 
ginata ( 4 2345). 
Mut. libellula 1 2 3 4 45. 
Mut. libellula (12 333 45). 
Mut. libellula (12 233 45). 
Mut. libellula 103(44)5. 
It should be explained that a split-band bracketed, as (44), means 
that it is split, but joins near the mouth of the shell. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
Mr. T. Wayland Vaughan is now engaged in geological work 
on the scientific corps of the U. S. Geological Survey. 
Mr. Gilbert D. Harris, formerly of the U. S. Geological Sur¬ 
vey, has, after spending the summer abroad, taken up the work of 
his new appointment at Cornell University, where the valuable col¬ 
lection of mollusks, of which Dr. Newcomb was so long curator, is 
under his charge, as well as the Palaeontological Department. 
The Long Beach (California) Conciiological Club elected 
the following officers for the next year: Miss I. M. Shepard, Presi¬ 
dent ; Mrs. M. Darling, Vice-President; Mrs. Terry, Treasurer and 
Secretary, with Miss E. Lowe her assistant. 
The Club is to hold its meetings twice a month. The following 
are the charter members : Miss E. Lowe, Mrs. M. Darling, Mrs. E. 
Cushman, Mrs. R. Preston, Mrs. Terry, Mrs. Craig, Miss I. M. 
Shepard and Mrs. Dial. At the next meeting, to be held Decem¬ 
ber 1, new members will be received. The Club has been studying 
and collecting for a year, but had not before formally organized. 
They held their first Annual Meeting and Reception at the home 
of Miss E. Lowe, on the evening of October 6. A short program 
was given and letters of greeting read from Dr. W. H. Dali, Mr. 
H. Hemphill and Prof. Josiah Keep. Ice cream and cake were 
served in shells, and the rooms handsomely decorated with palms, 
shells, kelp, and smilax. 
The Club would be glad to hear from any and all interested in the 
same study, and will make a special study and collection of our 
local shells or shells of Los Angeles Co. 
Amnicola olivacea Pils. —In April, I visited the original lo- 
