142 THE NAUTILUS. 
might be classed as intermediate, which would seem to confirm my 
conclusions. 
NOTE ON PATELLA KERMADECENSIS, PILSBRY.! 
BY GEO. W. TAYLOR. 
More than a year ago a little parcel of limpets from Kermadec 
Tslands was sent to me by a correspondent in New Zealand. They 
were sent by way of England and were there delayed so that they 
did not reach me until about a month ago. 
I at once perceived that they belonged to an unknown species and 
I promptly sat down and wrote a note, with a diagnosis of the spe- 
cies for the Nauriius, but on a second thought decided not to be 
too hasty, and so instead of sending my note, I sent a specimen (a 
young one) of the shell itself to the Associate Editor asking him 
kindly to compare it with the series in the Philadelphia Museum 
and let me have his opinion. 
I did this because I thought and still think it possible that the 
young shell may have been already described. 
This morning I received the February Nauri.us, and I find that 
some one else has a correspondent in Kermadec Island and that Mr. 
Pilsbry has been beforehand with me and named the new shell most 
appropriately, Patella kermadecensis. 
However, as Dr. Pilsbry has only 2 specimens and I have 14, I 
venture to write a line or two to supplement his description. 
I may say that in my opinion, the shell is very nearly related to 
pica Reeve which by the way is a South Pacific species according to 
the original descriptions, although Mr. Pilsbry in his “ Manual” has 
transferred it to the Mauritius. 
My suite of kermadecensis consists of 2 full grown shells and a 
series of 12 others ranging from 75 mm. down to 6 mm. in length. 
The large ones are respectively 130 mm. x 109 mm. x 41 mm. and 
1 This remarkable limpet seems to have been received by Mr. Taylor and 
Dr. W. H. Dall at about the same time. Dr. Dall sent to the NAUuTILUs a des- 
cription of the species under the name P. Aermadecensis, but after the Editors’ 
description was already in print. Dall’s description of the young and adult shells, 
with figures, will shortly be published in the Proc. Acad. N. S. Phila.—Ep. 
