634 REPORT— 18G3. 



In the 'Proc. Boston Ac. Nat. Hist.,' July 1851, vol. iv. p. 27, Dr. A. A. 

 Gould published '• Xotes on Californiau Shells," and, in vol. vi. p. 11, described 

 Helix ramentosa, California, and Helix damascenus, from the desert east of 

 California. 



In the 'Proceedings Ac. Nat. So. Phil.,' April 1856, vol. viii. pp. 80, 81, 

 Dr. Isaac Loa described the following species of new freshwater shells from 

 California : — 



Pomphnh/.r effiisa. Sacramento River. 

 Melania S/uiKtae/isis. Shasta and .Scott Rivers. 

 Mvlatda uit/riiui. Clear Creek, Shasta Co. 

 P/ti/sa friticra. Shasta Co. 

 Planorhis Traskii. Kern Lake, Tulan Co. 

 Li/tnnepa pro.rinia. An'oya, St. Antonio. 

 Aucylm patelloides. Sacramento itiver. 



and offered notes on 



Margaritana marfiaritifera, L.ea, = Alasmodonta falcata, G\d., s Ahsmodonta 



Yubiwnsis. Trask. Klamath and Yuba. 

 Anodonta Wahlamatensis, Lea, = .^. triangttlata, Trask,+-4. rotundovata, Trask. 



Sacramento River. 

 A-Dodonta anf/ulata, Lea,+.<4. fennnalis, Gld.,+.<4. Eandalli, Trask. Upper 



San .Toaquin. 

 Helii Oretf.inensii, Lea. Point Cypress, Monterey Co. 

 Helix Nitklininna, Lea. Tomales Bay and Dead Man's Island. 

 HelLc Califoniietisis, Lea. Point Cypress. 

 Lymnaa e.iif/i>a, Lea. San Antonio Arroya. 

 Lumneea pallida. Ad. San Antonio An-oya. 

 P/iy-sa heteroMropha, Say. Los Anjreles. 

 Mflania ocrafti, lids. Sacramento River. 

 Melanin (Paludina) seminalis, lids. Sacramento River. 

 Planorhis tricoliin, Sa}'. Horn Lake. 

 Planorbis amnion, Gld. Lagoons, Sacramento Valley. 



In the New Series of the 'Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philadelphia' occur descriptions 

 and notes on species, as under : — 



Page. 

 18.57. Feb. 18. Helix intercisa,^.G.^in.,'=H. Nickliniana, Bin. sen., var. 



Oregon. 

 1857. „ 19. Succinea linecda, W. G. Bin. Nebraska. 



1857. June. 165. Mr. T. A. Conrad described the genus Gonidea for A. anpii- 



lata, Lea ; and for Gonidea Eandalii, Trask, and Gonidea 

 fetninalis, Gld. ; regarding the three species as probably 

 di.stinct. [Dr. Lea, however, considers them varietal.] 



1858. March. 41. Dr. I. I^ea described Planorlns Netcbertyi. Klamath Lake 



and Canoe Creek, California. 

 1860. March. 23. Melanin Newberryi, Lea. Upper Des Chutes River, Oregon, 

 Newberry. 



In the " Notes on Shells, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species," by 

 T. A. Conrad, reprinted from the ' Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phil.,' Aug. 1849, are 

 given the following synonyms, pp. 213, 214 : — 



Petricola Calif ornica, C onr., = Sa.rtcava C, Conr.,=rP. arciiata, Desh. 

 Petricola carditoides, Com., = Sa^iicava c, Conr.,=P. cylindracea, Desh. 

 Siliqua Nuttallit, Conr. ,= Sol4'cttrtti8 N., Coar. ,=Soleciirtus maximus, Gld., non 



Wood, =i>olen splendens, Chenu. 

 Siliyua hwida, Com:, = Solvcwtus I.. ConT.,=:Solecurtus radiatus, Gld., noa 



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