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here — then the step forward, or upward, follows. The movement of 

 the body-whorl reminded me of this hunching of the shoulders of 

 workmen when extra weight was to be borne by them. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Goniobasis in Massachusetts — A few years ago the Rev. 

 Geo. D. Reid found Goniobasis virginica at Deep River, Connecticut. 

 That was, 1 think, the first instance of that species being found in 

 New England. On October 1st, while riding the wheel from Spring- 

 field to Hartford, I examined the Connecticut River for a few 

 minutes and found the same species in the town of Agawam, Mass., 

 at a spot some three miles from Springfield. This establishes the 

 species in Massachusetts, and no doubt it will be found farther north 

 in the same river Henry W. Winkley, Branford, Conn. 



Tkincatella on Guadalupe Island Specimens of this 



genus were collected by Mr. R. E. Snodgrass, in November, 1899, 

 for the first time on any of the islands off Lower California. They 

 resemble T. stimpsoni Stearns, but differ in being stouter with less 

 convex whorls, and of a pale red color. Length 6, diam. 2^ mm. 

 This form may be called T. stimpsoni guadalupensis H. A. Pilsbry. 



C\prjea citrina Gray Any one interested in the geographical 



distribution of Cypraeidae will be pleased to learn that the true 

 Cyprcea citrina Gray, has been rediscovered on the beach at Fort 

 Dauphin, S. Madagascar. The old authors have recorded the species 

 from Madagascar, but some more recent ones gave Australian locali- 

 ties as the habitat of this scarce cowry, and supposed there was some 

 error about the existence of the species on the shores of Madagascar. 

 As there may be no doubt whatever about this and about the identi- 

 fication of the specimens, Cyprcea citrina must really belong to the 

 fauna of Australia as well as to the fauna of Madagascar. It some- 

 what recalls the far more common C. helvola, but the teeth are totally 



different. The color itself, although similar, is not quite the same 



C. F. Ancey. 



