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tered on the beach, only a close scrutiny can distinguish a difference. 
Among the species that were revealed in this almost perfect state 
were: Fusus kobelti Dall, Fusus barbarensis Trask, Lucina acutili- 
neata Conrad, L. californica Conrad, L. nuttalli Conrad, Innatia 
lewisti Gld., Olivella biplicata Sby., Cardiwm centifilosum Cpr., and 
a very unique and interesting specimen of Serpulorbis squamigerus 
Cpr., together with a large number of common species of shells. 
NOTES ON VITREA CELLARIA MULL. 
[Extract from the report of Mr. Leon Walker. From the Transactions of the Isaac 
Lea Conchological Chapter for 1896.] 
There is, perhaps, no more interesting land shells in New England 
than Vitrea cellaria Mill., on account of its peculiar habits. It 
was first noticed in cities along the Atlantic Coast about fifty years 
ago, and was undoubtedly introduced through commerce on wine 
casks or hothouse plants. For some physical cause this shell has 
not yet been found at any distance from the ocean, and is still con- 
fined to a few cities on the coast. Living chiefly in cellars, as its 
specific name implies, and not exposed to the weather, it does not 
hibernate, but is active the year around. It is sometimes a great 
pest to the housewife, annoying her greatly by crawling into milk- 
pans or eating vegetables that are placed on the cellar bottoms. The 
depredations of the animal are confined to the night ; in the daytime 
it lies hidden under some board or in some crack or crevice in the 
wall. The animal has a very acute sense of smell, and can be 
readily collected by placing fruit or vegetables within its reach. 
Vitrea cellaria is not the only cellar mollusk, as there are a few 
slugs that lurk in similar situations, but it alone has an external 
shell. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
THe Cotony or HerLIx NEMORALIS AT LEXINGTON, VA.— 
The colony of Helix nemoralis is thriving ; one yard is full of them, 
but I do not see that they do any injury to vegetation. They ap- 
pear to grow larger here than the specimens I have seen of the same 
species from Europe. Another feature I have also observed: 
When they were first introduced we could find solid brown ones 
