NOTES. 147 



death, much material had been systematically worked over, and 

 had he lived, would shortly have been ready for publication as a 

 series of supplements to the " Journal of Malacology," to which paper 

 from its establishment in 1890 he had been a generous supporter. 



In his home-life he was always surrounded with numerous pets. 

 Following on a visit to the Channel Islands in 1876, he established a 

 small marine aquarium, which had been kept in a healthy and 

 flourishing condition up to the time of his death. 



Although lost to us with an unrivalled storehouse of observations 

 in almost every department of malacology, I am pleased to say that 

 there is every probability of his valuable collections finding a perma- 

 nent home in his native town. — W. E. C. 



We regret to have to record the deaths of Gerard Vincent, Con- 

 servator of the Natural History Museum of Brussels, on April 14th, 

 1899, in his 75th year; Baron d'Hamonville, on November 17th, 

 1899, age 70; R. P. J. Hervier, on February 20th, 1900; and E. J. 

 Lowe, on March loth, 1900, age 75. 



NOTES. 



The Genus HistiopsiS, Hoyle, preoeeupied.— In the January number 

 of thai invahiable pubHcation the ^'' Jtevuc Critique dc Paleozoologie," M. M. Cossmann 

 points out (p. 44) that the name Bistiopsis, used for a genus of Cephalopods de- 

 scribed by Hoyle in the "Challenger" Reports, has been previously used for 

 mammals {Histiops, Pet., 1869), he therefore proposes the name Hoylia. — W.E.C. 



CORRIGENDA. 



In Mr. H. Suter's paper " Malacological Communications from New Zealand 

 the following corrections should be made : 



p. 49 line 2 for ' ovoviviparous ' read ' oviparous.' 



p. 51 line 24 for ' 26 — i — 27 ' read ' 26 — i — 26.' 



p. 54 line 8 from below for 'julccriana ' read 'jukcsiana.' 



p. 54 bottom line for ' Robinson' read ' Robison.' 



