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NOTES. 
MiTRA AMANDA: A CorRRECcTION."—In my little preliminary 
paper ‘‘ New Marine Mollusks from the Philippine Islands,’’ 
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, volume 
31, pp. 181-188, December 30, 1918, I published Mitra amanda 
new species from the Philippines, type Cat. No. 221815, U. S. 
N. M., collected by the author at Dumurug Point, Cataingan 
Bay, Masbate. 
In monographing this group I note that the same combina- 
tion was used by Lowell Reeve, Proceedings of the Zoological 
Society London, 1842, p. 59, and Conchologica Iconica, 1845, 
species number 318, type ‘‘from the islands of Burias and 
Negros, Philippines,’’ now known as Turricula amanda Reeve. 
It is therefore necessary to bestow a new designation on my 
shell, which may now be known as Mitra signa.—PauL BARTSCH. 
OPEAS PUMILUM PFR. IN PHILADELPHIA.—This snail has been 
living in the decayed boards of fences at the rear of the houses 
in the 1800 blocks of North 17th and N. Willington Streets for 
some time. I found the first specimen in 1917 and collected 
eight others April 30 and May 22, 1919. It may be of interest 
to record this West Indian species as it is new to Philadelphia. 
The colony is in the built-up part of the city, at the sides of a 
cemented alley and not near any hothouse. The animal ex- 
cretes a white froth like soapsuds when it retracts into the shell. 
The eyes are very small and black. The body of the living 
specimens is pale yellow in color, with lighter tentacles. They 
are quite active in daylight after a rain.—E. G. VaANarta. 
Dr. HERMANN voN IuERING, formerly Director of the State 
Museum of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has accepted the position of 
Director of the State Museum of Sta. Catharina, to be organized 
by him. During the last few months he has been sent by the 
government on a scientific expedition to Argentina and Chile, 
charged with the study of the fishes and fisheries of these Re- 
1 Published by permission of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
