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visited by conchologists. It is a valuable addition to our knowl- 

 edge of these arid-region faunas. 



New Fresh-water Shells from the Ozark Mountains. By 

 Anson A. Hinkley (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. vol. 49, Dec. 1915). 

 The following new species are described: Anculosa arkansensis, 

 Pyrgulopsis ozarkensis and Somatogyrus crassilabris ' all from the 

 North Fork of White River, near Norfolk, Arkansas. 



Three new Helices from California. By S. S. Berry. 

 (Univ. of California Publications in Zoology, Vol. 16, No. 9. 

 January 5, 1916). Epiphragmophora petricola, E. tudiculatarufi- 

 ierrae, and Polygyra pinicola are described as new from the San 

 Bernandino Mts., near Redlands and back of Pacific Grove, 

 Monterey Co., respectively. H. A. P. 



notes. 



Opeas Mauritianum (Pfr. ) — Subulina odona (Brug. ) was 

 reported from green-houses at Philadelphia, Pa. in The Nauti- 

 lus volume vi, p. 107, (1893) and volume xi, p. 120 (1898). 

 Upon examining one of these sets collected by Mr. Robert 

 "Walton, I found one specimen of Opeas raauritianum (Pfr.) 

 This is an addition to the " Mollusk Fauna of Philadelphia" 

 published by Mr. Morris Schick in The Nautilus, volume viii, 

 p. 133 (1895). The specimen is in the collection of The Acad- 

 emy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, tray No. 113421. 

 We also have Opeas mauritianum in the the collection from a 

 green-house at Garfield Park, Chicago, Illinois, being A. N. S. P. 

 No. 91237, collected by Mr. F. C. Baker in 1906 ; also No. 

 11748 collected at Washington, D. C, by Mr. E. Lehnert many 

 years ago. — E. G. Vanatta. 



We have learned with deep regret of the death, on the 26th 

 of March, of Dr. Wilhelm Kobelt, the distinguished German 

 conchologist, at the age of 76. 



* This species was first defined by Walker, in Nautilus vol. 29, p. 53. 



