THK NAUTILUS. d 



angular excavation below it ; left anterior somewhat angular, pointed, 

 the posterior oblique, slightly curved ; lateral cusps short, pointed ; 

 ligament rather slight. 



Long. 3.3, alt. 2.8, diam. 2 mill. 



Hale.: Flood pools by Murder Creek, 3 miles south-west of Ever- 

 green, Ala. [No. 6742]. 



Of the several dozen specimens, few if any, were full-grown, 

 probably, all were somewhat rusty colored by a slight ferruginous 

 deposit — combined with the size and shape, and color, the " waxy" 

 dullish surface and the very fine slight striae are sufficient to distin- 

 guish the species. 



P.inornatum, n. sp Mussel small, high, well inflated; beaks 



little posterior, rather large, rounded somewhat prominent; superior 

 margin rather short, moderately curved, bounded by angles, supero- 

 anterior slope steep, slightly curved, anterior end rounded, posterior 

 margin subtruncate at nearly right angles to the longitudinal axis, 

 inferior margin well rounded ; surface somewhat glossy, striae fine 

 and slight, subregular; color pale-corneous, shell translucent; hinge 

 well formed, plate rather broad; cardinal teeth thin lamellar, all 

 situated rather high up on the plate, the right curved, its posterior 

 part deeply bifid; left anterior angular, posterior long, nearly longi- 

 tudinal, curved ; " side " cusps short, pointed, rugulose; ligament 

 rather strong. 



Long. 3, alt. 2.7, diam. 2.1 mill. 



Hab.: Swampy land, Roanoke, Randolph Co., Ala, [No. 6747]. 



Although only about half a dozen specimens, they are sufficient to 

 be recognized as representing a distinct species. 



A VACATION TRIP TO CUBA. 



BY WALTER F. AVEBB. 



If you have been working too hard on the farm, or feel all run down 

 from the laborious duties of an active business or professional life, 

 my advice to you is to take the first train for New York and get 

 aboard one of the steamers heading towards the "West Indies. It 

 does not matter much where you get off; Cuba, Jamaica, Hayti or 

 any of the islands farther south. 



I went down by train and came back by boat, and the latter is the 



