106 THE NAUTILUS. 
Another marked feature of his writings is the cataloguing of all 
known species of certain genera, often with synonymie and geograph- 
ical distribution appended. Among the genera thus treated are 
Cancellaria, Conus, Holospira, Hybocystis, Lyria, Merwe, Opis- 
thostoma, Parmacella, Pireaa, Placobranchus, Pleurotomaria 
Pomatias, Rapa, Rhodea, Kisella and Voluta. 
It naturally befel one who had the handling of vast masses of ma- 
terial to found new genera, as well as innumerable new species, yet he 
” school, and discountenanced. 
rather by example than rebuke, the folly of those who reduce the sci- 
ence to confusion by manufacturing a new species for every second 
specimen. ‘To Crosse are due, either singly or in conjunction with P. 
Fischer, the following, amongst other genera: Acroplychia, Berend- 
tia, Diplomphalus, Eucalodium, Geostilbis, Guestieria, Peret- 
ra. Strebelra and Xanthony-r. 
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PRELIMINARY DESCRIPTION OF A NEW VARIETY OF HALIOTIS. 
was no sympathizer with the “splitting 
BY ROBERT E. C. STEARNS. 
Haliotisfulgens, Phil., yar. Walallensis, Stearns. 
On the coast of Mendocino county, California, in the extreme south- 
west corner, close to the northerly boundary line of Sonoma county, is 
an embarcadero or shipping point of the lumber interests of that neigh- 
borhood ; here is situated a small settlement known as Gualalla.* The 
coast hereabout is broken and rocky, with bluffs fifty to a hundred feet 
high. In the immediate vicinity of this village Mr. J. J. Rivers 
some years ago collected the forms herein described,specimens of which 
are contained in the National Museum (No. 98,327) and in the mu- 
seum of the University of California. The examples in the National 
collection were kindly presented to me by Mr. Rivers, and are a part 
of the original lot. The largest adult is of much smailer size than the 
average adult examples of the ordinary form of H. fulgens ; my ex- 
amination of the entire series collected by Mr. Rivers suggested the 
European H. twberculata of the Channel islands. There is a Japa- 
nese figure in Reeve’s Conch. Icon., H. planata, which it somewhat 
resembles. As my note book containing the diagnosis, ete., of the 
above was unfortunately destroyed some years ago, I am indebted to 
2 Guallala, which is the official post office name of the village, is a local- 
ized corruption of the Indian Wa/a//a, which latter, Ithink, should be per 
petuated. 
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