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collected around Hamilton. I also collected a few specimens near 
Brantford. 
Pyramidula perspectiva Say, is another species which seems to be 
2 confined to the southern portion of the province. I have found it 
around Hamilton, and, also in Brant County, but it is not abundant 
in either place. 
Polygyra (Mesodon) Sayii Binn. has been found in several parts 
-of the Province, but is by no means a common species. I have 
never been fortunate enough to find any live specimens, but have 
found dead ones. 
Polygyra (Triodopsis) palliata Say, and T. tridentata Say, are 
both comparatively common in parts of Southern Ontario, I have 
not heard of their being found in the Northern or Eastern parts. 
Pupa fallax Say, has been found very abundantly around Hamil- 
ton, especially in sandy places, but I have not found it elsewhere. 
It is chiefly among our Fresh Water species that additions to the 
list are to be expected. Ontario abounds in lakes and streams, 
which when diligently explored will no doubt yield a number of 
species new to the Province. Many additions may be expected 
among the Unionide and Cycladide (Spherum and Pisidium), 
although over 30 of our 92 Fresh Water species belong to the 
Unionide. | 
During the coming summer I hope to have more time to devote 
to the study of Conchology, and will endeavor to get as complete a 
a loPy 
list, as possible, of those shells found around Toronto. 
CUTTLE FISHES WASHED ASHORE IN SAN PEDRO BAY. 
[Extract from the reportof H. Lowe. Fromthe Transactions of the Isaac Lea Con- . 
chological Chapter for 1895]. 
In June, while I was out collecting one morning, I was surprised 
to find a number of cuttle fishes which had been washed ashore. 
They were all dead, excepting one, which I carried home and kept 
in water for a day or two. The length of the entire mollusk was 
about four feet, and, weight about twenty pounds. It was covered 
with a very thin paper-like skin, so thin that the bloodvessels could 
be seen beneath for it has, unlike most other mollusks, red blood. 
The head was surmounted by ten arms with powerful suckers, two 
of these arms were much longer than the rest, being about two feet 
long. Where the ten arms radiated was the mandible, shaped like, 
