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always remember the courtesy shown to me, and the kindly interest 
taken in my growing desire to know something about conchology 
by those who have long made it a study. 
Mrs. Mary P. Dartine has collected, at the various beaches in 
Los Angeles County, and reports “one hundred and eighty-three 
species; among them are a live Calliostoma splendens and a dead 
Nassa inseulpta.” 
WITH A DREDGE. 
{Report of Miss Ida M. Shepard. From the Transactions of the Isaac Lea Conchological 
Chapter of the Agassiz Association for 1894. ] 
I have added a number of specimens to my collection during the 
year, and had the pleasure of dredging in the bay, with very good 
results. It is with impatience we wait the dredge to fill, after drop- 
ping it over the stern of the boat; and when it comes up filled with 
mud how we watch and exclaim over some treasure we see as the 
mud is being washed out. But often we find nothing, and often 
many good and rare specimens. I will tell you of what a few 
dredges contained. After the dredge is pulled up and the mud 
washed out, the contents, if any, are dumped into the tub, and we 
look it over, and find nothing but a stone or two and a few Olivella 
boetica, Tornatina culcitella, and young Rictaxis punctocaelatus. 
After the dredge was dropped over again, J picked up a small stone 
and looked it over, and soon gave an exclamation of delight, for, on 
one side, snugly in its nest, was a fine, large Lima orientalis Ad. & 
Rve. It did not take long to cut the nest from the stone and put it 
into a jar of sea-water, and before we reached the shore the Lima 
came out of the nest and swam around the jar. I wish I could give 
a good description of what a beauty it was swimming. Will do the 
best I-can. About 7 of the length of theshell the tentacles are of a 
bright rose color, the rest pure white, and, as it swam around, its 
beauty can be imagined. The tentacles are about } inch in length. 
It would put out its foot at times to help it along. 
Another dredge brought up a fine, large Clidiophora punctata 
Cpr., and it gave an exhibition after being put into a cup of sea- 
water and sand. Other dredges gave live Dentalium hexagonum 
Sby., Scala hindsii Cpr., Eulima micans Cpr., Mangilia variegata 
Turbonilla tridentata, Macoma yoldiformis, and the pretty Tellina 
variegata Cpr. 
