﻿South- 
  African 
  Land-Mollusca. 
  451 
  

  

  type-specimens 
  to 
  me 
  — 
  they 
  have 
  proved 
  invaluable^ 
  and 
  set 
  

   at 
  rest 
  what 
  was 
  previously 
  very 
  doiibtful 
  determinatiou 
  ■^. 
  

  

  I 
  shall 
  first 
  refer 
  to 
  four 
  specimens 
  in 
  Tube 
  no. 
  43, 
  

   Stettin 
  Museum, 
  labelled 
  Vitrina 
  cornea, 
  Pfr. 
  ; 
  it 
  was 
  agreed 
  

   by 
  us 
  that 
  tliey 
  represented 
  two 
  different 
  species, 
  these 
  I 
  

   designate 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  A. 
  Two 
  banded 
  shells, 
  quite 
  smooth. 
  

  

  B. 
  Two 
  unhanded, 
  with 
  higher 
  spire 
  and 
  globose. 
  

  

  A. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  compares 
  so 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  shell 
  figured 
  

   by 
  Kiister 
  as 
  V. 
  cornea, 
  Pfr., 
  pi. 
  ii. 
  figs. 
  31-33, 
  p. 
  21 
  (1854), 
  

   in 
  all 
  respects, 
  there 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  every 
  probability 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  

   very 
  shell 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  figures 
  were 
  made. 
  A 
  also 
  

   agrees 
  with 
  V. 
  cornea, 
  Mke., 
  in 
  British 
  Museum 
  Collection 
  

   from 
  Cape 
  Natal 
  (Mus. 
  Cuming), 
  3 
  examples 
  ; 
  also 
  with 
  a 
  

   single 
  specimen 
  from 
  same 
  collection 
  (M. 
  C.) 
  and 
  with 
  three 
  

   others 
  from 
  Natal, 
  No. 
  57, 
  1. 
  16. 
  14. 
  

  

  13. 
  Finest 
  specimen, 
  agrees 
  best 
  with 
  K. 
  natalensis, 
  in 
  the 
  

   British 
  Museum 
  Collection 
  (M. 
  C). 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  tube 
  from 
  the 
  Stettin 
  Museum 
  contained 
  also 
  

   two 
  species 
  ; 
  it 
  had 
  no 
  number, 
  but 
  is 
  labelled 
  poejjpigi, 
  Mke., 
  

   Natal, 
  a 
  species 
  figured 
  by 
  Kiister, 
  pi. 
  ii. 
  figs. 
  13-15. 
  Very 
  

   small 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  band 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  a. 
  One 
  very 
  small, 
  banded 
  (shell 
  damaged). 
  

  

  b. 
  A 
  large 
  unhanded 
  shell, 
  quite 
  16 
  mnj. 
  in 
  major 
  diameter 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  shape, 
  with 
  high 
  spire, 
  figured. 
  This 
  I 
  

   consider 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  as 
  B 
  above, 
  viz., 
  natalensis, 
  Krs., 
  

   it 
  has 
  microscopic 
  longitudinal 
  striation. 
  

  

  Kerkophorus 
  corneus, 
  natalensis, 
  and 
  poeppigi 
  are 
  recorded 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  Port 
  Natal, 
  and 
  are 
  coast 
  species. 
  

   Mr. 
  Burnup, 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  25th 
  August, 
  191 
  1, 
  says 
  there 
  is 
  

   considerable 
  vai'iatiou 
  between 
  such 
  and 
  those 
  Maritzburg 
  

   species, 
  50 
  miles 
  inland 
  and 
  2000 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  sea 
  ; 
  we 
  

   must 
  therefore 
  take 
  this 
  into 
  consideration 
  when 
  comparing 
  

   these 
  species, 
  and 
  we 
  must 
  not 
  go 
  to 
  Maritzburg 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  

   K. 
  corneus 
  — 
  there 
  we 
  find 
  a 
  shell 
  which 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  as 
  

   A. 
  phcedlmus. 
  We 
  still 
  want 
  more 
  material 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  far 
  

   the 
  animals 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  places 
  differ. 
  

  

  Port 
  Shepstone 
  is 
  75 
  miles 
  south 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  from 
  

   Port 
  Natal 
  or 
  Durban, 
  and 
  we 
  may 
  assume 
  that 
  species 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  It 
  is 
  with 
  deep 
  regret 
  I 
  have 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Dohrn. 
  I 
  

   wrote 
  to 
  him 
  in 
  January, 
  and 
  soon 
  heard 
  the 
  sad 
  news, 
  but 
  no 
  details. 
  

   I 
  have 
  only 
  very 
  recently 
  heard 
  from 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  Stettin 
  ]Musenni 
  

   that 
  he 
  died 
  at 
  Florence 
  on 
  the 
  1st 
  October, 
  1913, 
  when 
  on 
  his 
  way 
  to 
  

   Naples. 
  He 
  had 
  been 
  much 
  overworked 
  in 
  1912-13, 
  first 
  packing 
  away 
  

   and 
  moving 
  collections, 
  and 
  then 
  getting 
  them 
  rearranged 
  iu 
  the 
  new 
  

   buildings. 
  As 
  the 
  letter 
  says, 
  his 
  loss 
  is 
  irreparable. 
  

  

  31* 
  

  

  