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reference, in tliis connection, sLouU be made to his Manual of 1880, 

 and to the "Index Faunae Novae Zealandise," published as recently as 

 the year 19U4. With tliese two works in hand we have an excellent 

 guide-to the study of the Mollusca of that country, for they practically 

 indicate all that has been done upon the subject. 



Captain Hutton was personally acquainted with few of the 

 conchologists of this country, but a Corresponding Member of this 

 Society who knew him well wrote, on hearing of his death : " To me 

 it is a terrible blow, for Captain Hutton was the best friend I ever 

 had in New Zealand. With his death, one of the noblest hearts that 

 ever lived has ceased to beat. The loss of a brother could not be more 

 painful to me." This personal appreciation of the man is enough. 

 We need say no more. New Zealand has lost one of its foremost 

 scientists, and many will mourn the loss of a true friend. 



ErcHAED RiMMER, a member of this Society since 1893, died at his 

 residence, Dalawoodie, Dumfries, on August 19th, 1905, at the age of 

 79. He was a keen all-ruund naturalist, but made a special study 

 of the terrestrial and fluviatile mollusca of this countrj', and in 1880 

 he published a little book upon that subject, entitled " The Land 

 and Fresh water Sliells of the British Islands." It Avas quite an 

 unpretentious work, but exhibited a novelty in the manner of the 

 illustrations, being one of the first conchological works to be illustrated 

 by the aid of photography. With the exception of one or two short 

 notes published in the Journal of Conchology, the above work appears 

 to be the extent of Mr. llimmer's writings on mollusca. Individually, 

 he was regarded by those who best knew him as "one of the most 

 charitable, lovable, social, and kind-hearted men." 



NOTES. 



Cassidakia bugosa. [Read 9th March, 1906.) — I wish to add a note 

 of correction to my paper upon the anatomy of Cassidaria riigosa in these 

 Proceedings, Vol. VI, p. 297. Mr. Moore's lecture at the meeting held on 

 the 16th of June last gave me the first intimation that I might be wrong, 

 for, from my description of the nervous system, Cassidaria would be 

 a member of his 'hypoathroid ' group, instead of, as would be expected 

 from analogy, ' epiathroid.' 



To make certain of this point the specimen has been kindly examined 

 by Mr. Bnrne and re-examined hy myself, and we feel sure, in spite of its 

 somewhat fragmentary condition, that the original description was 

 incorrect. The cerebral and pleural ganglia are fused together, and the 

 mass is only partly separable laterally into two lobes. The anterior aorta 

 is attached to the remains of one of the pedal ganglia, and, Irom its 

 contracted condition, was in the first instance mistaken for a pleuro- 

 visceral connective. 



A. Reynell. 



