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Fulgur canallculata Say. Not common, and .-mailer than those 

 from more northern localities. 



Fulgur pyrmn Dillw. Not common. 



Nassn vibex Say. Common on the sand bars l)et\veeu tides. 



Xassa acutu Say. Rare. I doubt whether this is the same as N. 

 ambigua Mont. This was the most common gasteropod in a deposit 

 of shell brought up from forty feet below the surface in sinking the 

 well of the Ponce de Leon Hotel. 



Nassa obso/eta Say. Common on the nnul between tides. 



Nassa trivittata Say. A few on the ocean beacli usually sea worn. 



Marginelln apicina Menke. A few sea-worn specimens. 



OUvella mutica Say. Common on Bird Island beach. 



Olivella mutica Say var. nitidula Dillw. More plentiful than the 

 typical. 



0/iva litterata Lam. Common. The specimens found here are 

 longer and more cylindrical tluui those from the Gulf coast. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Arion foliolatus Gould, rediscovered. You may announoc 

 in your Journal, if you wish, that Hemphill has sent one living 

 Avion foliolatus Gld., from Olympia, Washington. One big fellow 

 is over four inches long. It agrees perfectly with Gould's descrip- 

 tion and figures, though not quite so deep a red as the latter. It has 

 the internal plate of Pro %9is. The caudal mucus "pit" is, very 

 plainly seen. Jaw Avith over 22 ribs, wide, low, scarcely arcuate. — 

 W. G. BixxEY, In letter to Ed. 



LiMAx Hewstoni Cooper ix Los Angeles County. In "No- 

 menclature and Check-list of North American Land Shells," the 

 Limax Heiostoni is not quoted south of San Francisco. I have 

 often found a shelless snail at this place and these have been identi- 

 fied by Dr. J. G. Cooper of California as the Limax (Amalia) 

 Hetvstoni. — M. Burton, Williamson University, Los Angeles County, 

 California. 



Kansas Shells. I have identified the following species of Land 

 Shells' from Sedgwick County, Kansas: Pupa contractu, corticaria, 

 armifera, rupicola, fallax, Hyalina indentata and arborea ; Helico- 



