98 THE nautilus;. 



a single Patula harpa, Helix labyrinthica and Zonites arboreus. 

 An old oak stump in the pasture was the hiding place of Helix 

 nionodon. Beneath fern roots in a clump of oak trees in the inter- 

 vale I discovered Macrocyclis concava, Succinea obliqua and 

 Vitrina limpida, perhaps the most slimy and difficult to handle of 

 all shells, after being plunged into hot water previous to cleaning. 

 Lastly, where the brook moistened the mossy rocks and the roots of 

 the great beach trees, was the home of the ])laiuly beautiful Helix 

 albolabi'is. Only in one spot did I find the asteriscus. Perhaps 

 Morse found his type specimens in that identical spot. "Whether he 

 did or not is immaterial, but he could hardly have found a better 

 place, or experienced more pleasure in the discovery than I did. 



It was Edward S. Morse who remarked that the multitude of 

 intelligent young people who spend hours in the puzzle departments 

 of magazines, and obtain simply an answer to clever word juggling, 

 could find equally entertaining puzzles in Nature's book, the solving 

 of which would bring more than mere words. They would find 

 that the life history of natural objects had all the fascination of a 

 well-written story — the turning of everv page, arousing increased 

 interest in what might follow. 



Our young students of conchology should be induced to look 

 among the little shells for new discoveries. Anybody can pick up 

 Helix albolabris in its home, but only those who know- what they 

 are looking for can find Planogyra asteriscus. Let us see if the 

 influence of Morse and his Bethel shells can be made to animate a 

 new generation of pupils. 



Edward W. Roper. 



NOTE ON CREPIDULA GLAUCA SAY. 



BY W. H. DALL. 



My friend, Mr. John Ford, raises the question of the omission of 

 this alleged species from the list of Mollusks of our southeastern 

 coast and asks for an explanation. In reply, I would say that the 

 specimens named C. glaiica by Stimpsou and others among the older 



