THE NAUTILUS. 95 
ON THE ANATOMY OF BuLimus sSINIStTRORSUS DeEsH., by Wm. 
Moss and W. M. Webb (Journ. of Malacol., VI, 1897, no. 1). 
Specimens from Lifu of this species, the type of the group Dru- 
parnaudia Montrouzier,' yielded preparations of the genitalia, 
dentition, etc., which are figured and briefly commented upon. The 
penis has a terminal retractor and bears a well differentiated 
epiphallus, but no flagellum. Jaw apparently almost smooth, 
judging from the figure. Radula with mesocones only developed on 
the rachis, laterals with large ectocone, marginals 4-denticulate 
from deep splitting of both mesocone and ectocone. The details 
given are sufficient to show that Draparnaudia is not a subordinate 
group of Papuina. It lacks the arboreal or subarboreal type of 
teeth, the weak, wide ribbed jaw, and the insertion of the retractor 
on epiphallus. The dentition and jaw also exclude it from the 
immediate neighborhood of Amphidromus. Penial accessories are 
absent, so it cannot be a Buliminus. Draparnaudia would seem to 
be a valid genus, not a satellite to any larger group; and the 
evidence offered indicates its position to be among the epiphal- 
logonous Helices ; though until the pallial region is investigated, we 
cannot be certain that it is not a member of the Bulimulide. 
New Creraceovs Fosstts from an artesian well-boring at Mount 
Laurel, New Jersey, by C. W. Johnson (Proce. A. N.S. Phila., 1898, 
pp. 461-464). A list of some 36 species is given, obtained from 
depths of 100 to 160 feet. The fauna is regarded by Mr. Johnson 
as equivalent to the Ripley bed of the Alabama and Mississippi 
Cretaceous. Cinulia costatu, Anchura pergracilis, Turritella quad- 
rilira and Tuba reticulata are described and figured as new, and the 
lip of another new Anchura is figured but not named. Mr. John- 
son states that Trigonia eufalensis is merely the young of T. thoracica 
Morton.—H. A. P. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
We regret to announce the death of our esteemed friend, Mr. 
John Shallcross, which occurred at his home in Frankford, Phila- 
delphia, on October 30th. He was born in that suburb January 
4th, 1827, where he spent his entire life. He was a prominent 
1See Nauriius, Feb. 1897. 
