St 8 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



We learn from the "Journal de Conchy liologie," that the 

 magnificent Shell Cabinet of M. J. Dennison was sold at auc- 

 tion in April, in London, bringing £2,157. 



The collection was remarkable for the extreme beauty and 

 rarity of many of the specimens: among others, we notice 

 Cyprsea princeps, £40; G. guttata, £42; Conus gloria-mar is. 

 £42. 



A RECENT ENUMERATION of the shells in the Cabinet of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, shows that it 

 is the largest collection in the United States. 



The following collections contain over 5,000 species each: — 



Academy of Natural Sciences, 13,000 



Dr. John C. Jay, 12,000 



Dr. Wesley Newcomb, Oakland, Cal., 10,000 



George W. Tryon, Jr., 8,000 



Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 

 Isaac Lea, Philadelphia. 

 Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia. 



We are not possessed of definite information regarding the 

 size of the four last mentioned Cabinets, but have reason to 

 believe that they each exceed the limit of 5,000 species. 



We request attention to the paper of Prof. Haldeman, 

 published in this No. We will admit that we were wrong in 

 stating that Leptoxis might be a Lymnsean^ but we do not see 

 that Prof Haldeman has proved it (from the description) to 

 be an Anculosa; why not as well Somatogyrus? 



It is true that Rafinesque's MS. work, " Conchologia Ohien- 

 sis," confirms Prof. Haldeman 's views, but we decidedly ob- 

 ject to the use of any such means to identify obscure genera 

 or species, when intended for the assertion of their priority 

 over names subsequently published, and recognized by natu- 

 ralists. 



