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found by Mr. Foster, the largest measuring 47 mm. , the small- 

 est 11 mm., the other specimens found showing all gradations 

 in size between these two. The length of time between the 

 finding of the first and last specimens and the presence of both 

 young and adult, would indicate that the species is probably 

 established. They may have been introduced when goldfish 

 were placed in the stream, which, I have been told, was done to 

 destroy mosquito larvae. In The Nautilus, vol. 25, p. 31, 

 1911, Mr. Harold Hannibal records this species in California. 



C. W. Johnson. 



Campeloma lewisii Walker in Illinois. — This characteristic 

 Campeloma extends into Illinois, as suggested by Dr. Walker.' 

 Specimens are in the collection of the Chicago Academy of Sci- 

 ences from Cache Creek, Pulaski County and Clear Creek, Union 

 County. These conform closely to the published figure (Nauti- 

 lus, plate V, fig. 3). As Dr. Walker remarks, they are much 

 thinner than subsolidum and the whorls are not as convex. Union 

 and Pulaski counties are in the extreme southern part of the 

 state and probably mark the northern limit of the range of this 

 species. The specimens were collected by Dr. Howard N. Lyon, 

 a Chicago physician, who has long been interested in the study 

 of the Mollusca. — Frank C. Baker. 



A banquet was given for Mr. James H. Ferriss by his friends 

 in Joliet, on the occasion of his retirement from newspaper 

 activity as editor of the Joliet Daily News. Incidents of the 

 struggle for good government and social betterment of Joliet 

 were recounted in the toasts by business men, professional men 

 and clergymen of Joliet, most of whom had been associated with 

 the editor of the News at one time or another during the thirty- 

 eight years of Ferriss' s control of that newspaper. The high 

 ideals of the editor of the News and their influence on the civic 

 development of Joliet were alluded to. Mr. E. E. Hand of Chi- 

 cago spoke of Mr. Ferriss's attainments as a conchologist. His 

 scientific tastes were further recognized by the gift of a micro- 

 scope, the presentation speech being made by Professor Willard 

 N. Clute, the well-known writer on ferns. 



1 Nautilus, XXVIII, page 127. 



