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Scientific Results of the Trawling Expedition of H. 

 M. C. S. Thetis, Mollusca Pt. II, Scaphopoda and Gastro- 

 poda By Cliarles Hedley (Memoirs Australian Miis. IV, pp. 327— 



402, plates 3G-38). This interesting and valuable paper contains 

 the descriptions of 37 new species and three new genera : Epigrus, 

 3fyxa, and Fascinus. The new Forms together with many others are 

 illustrated by 52 excellent figures in the text. The author has 

 adopted Caicar Montfort, 1810, in place of Astralium Link, with 

 the following note : " It is obvious that Astralium Link cannot 

 honestly be said to have been published in 1807, Probably as a 

 published name Astralium should date from Herrmannsen's article in 

 the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London for 1851, p. 

 231. Unless the rules of the zoological nomenclature are to be 

 broken, Caicar must be used instead of AsfraUum. Cassidea Brug. 

 1789 is used in place of Semicassis (Klein 1753, pre-Linnean) Morch 

 1852.— C. W. J. 



Diagnoses of New Species of Mollusks from the Santa 

 Barbara Channel, California. By William Healey Dall 

 (Proc. Biol. Soc, Wash., Dec. 13, 1903, pp. 171-176). 



In tills interesting paper Dr. Dall describes ten new west-coast 

 species. Of this number all, excepting Mitra dolorosa Iroui the Gulf 

 of California, were dredged at Santa Catalina Island duiing the 

 summer of 1903, by Messrs. Lowe and Paine. One genus, Macrom- 

 phalina, is new to the west coast. New species are : Acl(Roti {Ric- 

 taxis) painei, ClatJairella loxoei., Mangelia fane her ce^ Mitra lowei, Mitra 

 dolorosa, Murex (Ocinebra 'i) painei, Lunatia draconis, Macromphalina 

 californica, Scala saivince and Ischnochiton biarcuatus. As will be 

 seen by the feminine endings two species are named for ladies. Be- 

 sides the species from the Gulf of California, Lunatia draconis has 

 been dredged at Drake's Bay, Monterey and the Farallones Islands. 

 Of the specific name draconis Dr. Dall says: "As Drake was long 

 known to the Spaniards as ' El Drako,' I have named the species 

 draconis in his honor." Sccda sawinse has been dredged oti" the 

 Coronada Islands, Avalon and at the Isthmus. Tiie type is from 

 the harbor side of the isthmus at Santa Catalina and was dredged by 

 Dr. Dall in 1873. With these exceptions all the species were 

 dredged off Avalon. Another new species of a genus not before 

 known to inhabit the west coast was described by Dr. Dall in The 

 Nautilus, Sept., 1903, under the title, " A New Species of Metz- 

 geria." Tliis species collected by J. H. Paine, Dr. Dall named 

 Metzgeria californica Mrs. M. Burton WilUaynson. 



