48 THE NAUTILUS. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



We extract the following from a letter recently received from Rev. 

 W. H. Fluck, Wounta Haulover. (Address care of Moravian Mission, 

 Bluefields. Nicaragua): 



" 1 believe I am the only conchologist in Nicaragua, and 1 sup- 

 pose my collection is not only the largest but the finest. Caesar 

 said, ' Better be first in a little Iberian village than be second in 

 Rome,' but I don't agree with him. I send you herewith a few shells. 



Donax cayennensis Lam. Prinzapolka, Mosquito Coast, Nica- 

 ragua, C. A. 



Donax denticulatus L. AVounta Haulover. 



Nerita pelaronta L. Man of War Keys, Mosquito Coast, Nica- 

 ragua, C. A. 



Dione dione Linne. Wounta Haulover. 



Neritina reel iv at a Say, var. reticulata C. & J. In the Lagoon at 

 Wounta Haulover. 



Pacltycheihts corvinus Morel. Quiquina, on the Toongla River. 



Polymesoda inHata Ilanley. Lagoon, Wounta Haulover. 



I have eaten bushels of the Donaces. The Indian children collect 

 them at low water." 



We would add that the specimens of Donax and Dione are the 

 finest we have ever seen. The Neritina is exceptionally large. 

 Neritina reclivata is now referred, correctly no doubt, to N. lineolata 

 Lam.; and the netted Central American race will stand as N. lineo- 

 lata var. reticulata C. & J. Polymesoda is what has usually been 

 known as Cyrena; and is now accepted as the generic name for the 

 American Cyrenas, which have a small pallial sinus, such as carolin- 

 ensis and the tropical American species. 



Working alone in a bookless land, we are sure that Mr. Fluck 

 will be glad to receive papers on conchological topics, and exchanges 

 for the shells of his region. 



GEORGE W. DEAN. 



We regret to learn of the death of our old friend Mr. Geo. W. 

 Dean, which occurred on April 10th at his home in Kent, Ohio. 

 Mr. Dean was born in Wayne township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, 

 August 20, 182(). In 1<S.")5 he took up the occupation of a nursery- 

 man and florist, a business in wdiich he was successfully engaged 

 until the time of his death. 



Mi-. Dean was a great lover and student of nature, and well known 

 to many of the readers of The Nautilus, for notwithstanding his 

 busy life as a horticulturist, he was an ardent and enthusiastic col- 

 lector of shells. 



