102 THE NAUTILUS. 
chocolata Cpr., and Lordi Smith, Seala indianorum Cpr., Solariella 
peramabilis Cpr., and varicosa Mighels, Puncturella galeata Gould, 
cucullata Gould, and Cooperi Cpr. (all living), Cryptobranchia con- 
centrica Midd., Ischnochiton interstinctus Gould, and cancellatus Sby., 
Placiphorella sinuata Cpr., Utriculus ineultus Gould, and Rictaxis 
punctocelata Cpr., this last being new to our Vancouver list. 
I have not attempted to give a complete list, as such would take 
up too much of THe Navuritus’s valuable space, and would, more- 
over, be of little interest ; but I think I have written enough to show 
how very abundant the Mollusca are in our seas, and how much may 
be accomplished in even a single day’s collecting if one knows ex- 
actly how and where to look. 
A REPLY TO ‘‘SOME (RESPONSIVE) REMARKS RELATIVE TO CYPREA 
GREEGORI, FORD.” 
BY EDGAR A, SMITH. 
Tt is flattering to see that my remarks on Mr. Ford’s so-called 
species of Cyprea have been deemed worthy of such lengthy con- 
sideration. It were easy to take Mr. Ford’s paragraphs seriatim, 
to make sharp replies, aud to confute them, but I value the pages of 
Tue Navriuus too highly to occupy them with matter of that de- 
scription. I will merely observe, then, that I have carefully recon- 
sidered the subject, and I still am of opinion that Mr. Melvill’s 
meaning is quite evident. It is to be regretted that Mr. Ford did 
not cut the leaves of the work he was consulting and carefully ex- 
amine it, for, had he done so, he could not possibly have failed to see 
_to which species Mr. Melvill assigned the var. co/oba, and possibly he 
would have adopted that name. When I suggested that even 
courtesy directed us toemploy Mr. Melvill’s name, it occurred to 
me that possibly some persons might be ignorant of or disregard the 
friendly custom of adopting as a specifie name one already used in 
a varietal sense by another, and the readers of THe NAvuTILus are 
now in a position to judge whether my supposition was well-founded. 
In conclusion I would point out that it is hardly fair for a writer 
who is criticising the work of another, unnecessarily to put in in- 
verted commas phrases and words which the general reader might 
estimate as quotations. The words “state of things,” “ reminded,” 
“ with thanks,” do not occur among my observations, and the “bit 
of presumption ” also emanates from Mr. Ford. 
