3l8 OBITUARY. 



private collection of shells (now on sale) consists of over 

 eight thousand species, and more than thirty thousand 

 examples, representing almost every known part of the globe. 

 Of this large collection, Mr. Garrett has himself collected some 

 four thousand species. The deceased was a corresponding 

 member of the California Academy of Sciences, and Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences. The following is a list 

 of Mr. Garrett's principal writings : — In " Proceedings of Zool. 

 Soc, London": " List of Mitrid» collected at Rarotonga, Cook's 

 Isles," " Descriptions of two new species of Separatista,' 

 " Descriptions of two new species of Coecum," " Description 

 of a new species of Scissurella," " On the terrestrial moUusca 

 of the Viti Islands." In the " Journal of Conchology ": 

 " Occurrence of Crepidula aculeata at the Marquesas Islands," 

 " Occurrence of Gadinia reticulata in Eastern Polynesia," 

 " Annotated catalogue of the species of Conus collected in the 

 South Sea Islands," " Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitridse,- 

 with remarks on their geographical distribution, station, and 

 description of supposed new species," " Annotated catalogue of 

 the Cypreeidse collected in the South Sea Islands." In the 

 " Bull. Soc. Malacologique de France " : " On the terrestrial 

 mollusca of the Marquesas Islands." In " American Journal 

 of Conchology," vol. vii. : " Descriptions of new species of Land 

 and Freshwater Shells from the South Sea Islands," " List 

 of Viti Bulimi and descriptions of new species." In 

 " Proceedings of the California Academy Nat. Sciences " : 

 " Descriptions of new species of shells inhabiting the Sandwich 

 •Islands," " Descriptions of new species of fishes inhabiting the 

 Sandwich Islands," " Descriptions of new species of South Sea 

 Shells." In " Proc. of Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia " : 

 " On the terrestrial mollusca inhabiting Cook's Islands, Society 

 Islands, and Samoan group," " List of Land Shells inhabiting 

 Rurutu (one of the Austral Islands), with remarks on their 

 synonyms and geographical range," and several other papers. 



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