633 REPORT — 18G3. 



In the ' Ann. Lye. N. H. New York,' 1S()1, p. 2S7, the Rov. J. Rowell. of 

 San Franeiscj, (Icstrihes thi' second speeies of Vufia * diHCOveied ou llie 

 western slope, viz. *' P. C<ilifi>niiia , Row., San Franciseo : plentiful." 



On Febniury 4th, Istil, Dr. Wesley Newcomb published (Latin) dia- 

 gnoses of the following C'alitumian Pulmonates in the • I'roeeedings of the 

 Cal. Ac. Nat. Se.,' vol. ii. pp. yi-y4. A second Part bears date March iMh, 

 pp. 103, 1U4. 



P»ge. 



9L Helir Briffi/fn'i, Npwc. San Pablo, Cal. 1 sp. Distinct from nil deirribf d fnrm». 



„ Jleli.v Tniskii, Newe. Los Angelos, Cal. " Distinguished from //. Thmiamii 



at a glance." 



02. Vitrhui lyeifferi, Newc. Carson Valley. More rounded than diaphana, Drap. 



tt4. PUidium iKcideniale, Newc. Ocean House, S. Francisco, Jtuite//. 



103. JJelLt Carjmiferi, Newc. Tulare Valley, Mus. Cal. Ac. Delongs to the Cy- 



clostonioid group, and has the aspect of a desert species. [Quite distinct 

 from H. i'arpenteriana, lilaud, Florida.] 

 „ Helix AifremiiKi, Newc. Northem Oregon ; Mus. Cal. Ac. Resembles JI. 

 rttictdata, I'fr., a Californian species not identitied bv the author. 



104. Phyaa costata, Newcomb. Clear Lake, Cal., Vtatvh, Mus. Cal. Ac. 



In the 'Proc. Ac. Nut. Sc. Philadelphia, ISOl,' pp. 307-372, Mr. AV. M. 

 Gubb publish -d " Descri])tions of New Species of American Tertiarj- Fo.ssils,"' 

 in which occur several Californian shells. The authorities for the localitit^j 

 a7e not given, and the diagnoses are in English only. Considerable confusion 

 often arises from the study of tertiary fossils without knowledge of recent 

 shells, and vice versa. Mr. (Jabb's writings on the Cretaceous fossils of Ame- 

 rica display an ability with which this paper is perhaps not commensurate. 

 Some errors which had been found very difficult to understand are here cor- 

 rected by the author himself, who regrets the incompleteness of his earlier 

 work. 



3G8. Turbotu'Ua aspera, G&hh. Sta. Barbara, Miocene. [=.B*«*m»i, sp., teste GflW, 

 MS.] 

 „ Modelia striata, Gabb. Sta. Barbara, ? Miocene. [ = iflic?/«« cnriiiata. Gld. 

 teste Gabb MS. and specimens. Mr. Gabb considers that Litoriiut Pednmua 

 Conr., is the same species, which is probably not correct.] 

 869, S^hmia hilirata, Gabb. Sta. Barbara. [Description accords with Sauicava 

 arctica, jun., var. ; but Mr. Gabb considers it a good species.] 

 „ Venm rhysomia, ii&hh. ? Miocene, Sta. Barbara. \^=. Psephu tamiiniy G\^., 

 teste Gabb MS. and specimens.] 

 371. Cardita moniiicosta. ? Miocene, Sta. Barbara. [Description accords vith 

 Venericardia ventricosa, Gld. jun.; but Mr. Gabb considers it a good species.] 

 „ Morrisia Hornii. ? Miocene. Sta. Barbara. " F'irst pointed out oy Dr. 

 Horn in a rich fossiliferous marl, and not imcommon." 



In the ' Proceedings of the Calif. Ac. Nat. So.' for April 7th, 1862, pp. 1 70- 

 172, Mr. "W. M. Gabb published detailed English " Descriptions of two Species 

 of Cephalopoda in the Museum of the Academy," of which one, Oni/cJioituthis 

 Jrisifonnis, is said to be from Cape Horn, the other from California. 



170. Octopus punctatus, Gabb. Common near San Francisco. Also abundant in 

 Scanmion's Lagoon, Lower California, Capt. C M. Scamnvm. Arms more 

 than seven feet long. Dr. W. O. Ayres. " Difl'ers from O. meyalmyathus, 



* That the race of small Pupa is very ancient on the North American continent, as in 

 Europe, is evident from the very interesting discovery, by Prof. Dawson, of a fossil Pii]"', 

 in sifu, nestling in an upright tree, fossilized in the Nova Scotian coal-beds; which can 

 scarcely be distinguished, even specifically, from gome living forms. 



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