604: REPORT—1863. 
ploring the regions south of the political boundary, similar explorations, on 
a less extensive scale, were being made under the direction of the British 
Government. The naturalist to the British North American Boundary Com- 
mission, during the years 1858-1862, was J. K. Lord, Esq., F.Z.S. He made a 
very valuable collection of shells in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 
the first series of which was presented to the British Museum. The new 
species were described by W. Baird*, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., in a paper com- 
municated to the Zool. Soc., and published in its ‘ Proceedings,’ Feb. 10th, 
1863, pp. 66-70.—<Another series of shells, from the same district, was pre- 
sented to the Brit. Mus. by the Lords of the Admiralty, collected by Dr. Lyall, 
of H. M. Ship ‘ Plumper.’ Two new species from this collection were described 
by Dr. Baird, in a separate paper, P. Z.8., Feb. 10th, 1863, p. 71. The new 
species from Mr. Lord’s collections have been drawn on stone by Sowerby. 
The figure-numbers here quoted correspond with the proof-copy kindly fur- 
nished by Dr. Baird.—A third series was collected by Dr. Forbes, R.N., in the 
same Expedition. After Mr. Cuming had made his own selections, this passed 
into the ordinary London market. It contained several species of peculiar 
interest. The following are the (supposed) new species of the Survey :— 
P.Z.S: Plate I: 
Page: No. Fig. 
66 1. Chrysodomus tabulatus, Baird. One broken specimen, Esquimalt Harb., 
Vancouver Island, Lord. [One perfect shell, Neeah Bay, Swan. ] 
2 2. Vitularia aspera, Bd.* Several living specimens, Esquimalt Harb., 
Vane. Island, Lord. [Belongs to a group of grooved muricoid Pur- 
purids, intermediate between Rhizochetlus and Cerostoma, for which 
the subgenus Ocinebra may he reconstituted. These shells are the 
rough form of Ocinebra huvida, Midd. | 
67 3 3, Chemnitzia Vancouverensis, Bd. | =torquata, Gld.]._ Esquimalt Hazb., 
Vane. Island, Lord. From the crop of a pintail Duck. [The 
artist has failed to represent the peculiar character of the species, 
which is, that the ribs end above the periphery, so that a smooth 
belt appears round the spire above the sutures. | : 
4 4, Amnicola Hindsii, Bd. Seven sp., River Kootanie East; nine sp., 
Wigwam River, west slope of Rocky Mts., 4626 ft. high, Br. Col., 
Lord. Resembles Paludina [ Fluminicola] seminalis, Has. 
. Bullina ( Tornatina) eximia, Bd. Esquimalt Harb., V. I., Lord. Alive 
in 12 fm.; dead in Duck’s stomach. [Not Bullina, Add. Gen. ] 
. Succinea Hawkinsti, Ba. Six sp. Lake Osoyoos, Brit. Col., Lord. 
- Inmnea Sumassiit, Bd. Like LZ. elodes, Say. Plentiful. Sumass 
Prairie, Fraser R., Brit. Col., Zord. [Extremely like LZ. palustris. ] 
. Physa Lordi, Bd. Plentiful. Lake Osoyoos, British Columbia, Lord. 
{Larger than Ph. humerosa, Gld., and with strong columellar fold.] 
. Ancylus Kootaniensis, Bd. Six sp., River Kootanie East; five sp., 
River Spokane, British Columbia, Lord. 
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* It is due to the memory of Dr, Kennerley, as well as to the other naturalists con- 
nected with the various American surveys, and the officers of the Smiths. Inst., who so 
generously entrusted to the writer their unique specimens for comparison with the 
London museums, to state, that (with two exceptions) the new marine species of the 
British Survey would have been published long before the appearance of Dr. Baird’s 
paper, but for the derangement of the U.S. natural-history publications, consequent on 
the slaveholders’ secession movement. Although the Smithsonian Inst. had offered to 
present to the Brit. Mus. their first series of duplicate specimens from these expeditions, 
which was exhibited at the Manchester Meeting of the Brit. Assoe., where this Report was 
called-for, no notice was given to the writer of the valuable results of the British survey ; 
and it was only through the private kindness of Drs. Sclater and Baird that he was pre- 
vented from adding to the list of synonyms, already, alas! so numerous and perplexing. 
+ These species are named after places, not after persons, as would be supposed by 
the terminations. 
