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Notes and Comments. 



for the reception of the Helix granulata of Alder, whose 

 internal structure is so strikingly different from that of 

 Hygromia that they cannot logically be grouped together, 



although the shells are so similar 

 in their general aspect.' The 

 name Ashfordia is here proposed 

 to emphasize the peculiarities 

 presented by the typical species 

 and also to honour and per- 

 petuate the memory of the late 

 Mr. Charles Ashford. There are 

 also descriptions of Hygromia 

 umbrosa, Theba canliana and T. 

 cartusiana. There are the usual 

 illustrations, distribution maps, 

 etc., and an admirable coloured 

 plate of the representatives of the 

 three genera mentioned, some 

 of the species being Yorkshire 

 examples. 



PORTRAITS. 



Mr. Taylor follows the usual 

 practice of illustrating his des- 

 criptions by portraits of well- 

 known conchologists, two of which we are kindly permitted 

 to reproduce. The first is of 

 S. P. Woodward, whose ' Manual 

 of Recent and Fossil Mollusca ' 

 has helped so many beginners in 

 this special branch of Natural 

 History. The other is a some- 

 what extraordinary illustration, 

 and we must admit that it did 

 not occur to us that it was a 

 portrait until we read the descrip- 

 tion :— ' The Portrait of Dr. Turton, 

 herewith given from the Title- 

 page of the " Conchological Dic- 

 tionary," is in the form of an 

 ornament constituted by two 

 facial profiles, a right and a left, 

 placed vis a vis, and separated by 

 a dark background, which repre- 

 sents a classical vase, whose two sides form the facial outline of 

 Dr. Turton.' 



THE MUSEUM. 



With the above title, ' A Manual of the Housing and Care 

 of Art Collections,' by Margaret Talbot Jackson, h as been 



Naturalist, 



