108 THE NAUTILUS. 
and U. ventricosus and some others. But as the authorities have 
not agreed on this matter, I have included them as separate species. 
(As Dr. Strode will issue a complete printed list of the Unionide 
in some other form, the list as added to his report is not reproduced 
here.—M. B. W.) 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
A LarGce Dacapop.—I have been greatly interested in an im- 
mense Cephalopod which came ashore about five miles south of Jack 
Mound, Anastatia Island. Only the stumps of the tentacles were 
left, as it had been dead for, perhaps, days. The body proper 
measured 18 feet in length, 11 feet in breadth and 33 feet thick 
above the sand as it lay soft and flattened on the beach. Of course 
there is no way of knowing how long the tentacles were, but, judg- 
ing from the size of the body, the arms must have been of enormous 
length. DreWirr Wess, M. D., St. Augustine, Fla. 
ARMATURE OF Hexicoip LAND SHELLS.-—Under this title Mr. 
G. K. Gude, of London, is contributing a series of important articles 
to Science Gossip. The Indian genera Corilla and Plectopylis have 
thus far been discussed, their peculiar internal barriers figured, and 
the specific characters more fully worked out than in any former 
publication. In the first paper (September, 1896) a new species of 
Corilla, C. Frye Gude is described, and the armature of C. hum- 
berti Brot for the first time figured. A key to the species of Corilla 
is given in the second paper; and in the third, which has just ap- 
peared (November, 1896), the discussion of Plectopylis is com- 
menced. The work promises to be very valuable to Helicologists, 
and we hope that Mr. Gude will succeed in procuring a sufficient 
number of specimens to make it complete. 
Sap DratH OF AN ORIENTAL By HavioricrpE.—In the Novem- 
ber Popular Science Monthly, Margaret Wentworth Leighton relates 
that while she was living in San Francisco, “ A Chinamen went out 
on the rocks at low tide to gather some [Haliotis]. As he at- 
tempted to wrench one from its home his hand was caught between 
shell and rock, and so firmly held by the animal that he could not 
escape the rising tide and was drowned.” West coast collectors - 
should take warning. Don’t fool with Haliotis cracherodii without 
having by you a crowbar or at least an ax, lest you should perish 
miserably like this child-like and bland Celestial. 
