72 THE NAUTILUS. 



Thysanophora conspurcatella Morel. El Abra, found with Opeas. 

 Thysanophora fischeri Pilsbry. Tampico, drift. 

 Thysanophora horni Gabb. Tampico, drift. " Not before known 

 from the littoral region of the Gulf" (Pilsbry). 



bulimulid^e. 



Bulimulus dealbatus Say. A few dead specimens noticed in the 

 vicinity of Valles. 



Bulimulus schiedeanus Pfr. One dead specimen, Tampico. 



Drymaeus multilineatus Say. Valles. A few dead ones with 

 colors nearly as bright as in life. Pilsbry says " The specimens are 

 almost exactly intermediate between D. multilineatus and D. dis- 

 crepans Sowb., having the coloration of the latter except that the 

 apex is dark bluish, as in multilineatus. There is no dark subsutural 

 band." 



( To be concluded. ) 



NOTES. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. Sloman Rous, of Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., who died at sea on July 8th. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and 

 Arabian Sea, etc. — Pt. II, Pelecypoda, by James Cosmo Melvill 

 and Robert Standen. (Proc. Zotil. Soc, London, 1906, pp. 783- 

 848, pis. 53-56.) 



In this part some 426 species are enumerated, of which 35 species 

 are new. The richness of the fauna is dwelt upon, the total number 

 of mollusca recorded from this area being 1618. The two parts 

 constitute a valuable addition to our knowledge of mollusks of this 

 region. 



New and Characteristic Species of Fossil Mollusks 

 from the oll-bearing tertiary formations of southern 

 California, by Ralph Arnold. (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXII, 

 pp. 525-546, pis. 38-51, 1907.) 



An interesting and profusely illustrated paper, in which 21 species 

 and varieties are described as new. The geological formations 

 represented are the Lower Miocene and Pliocene. 



