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EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Members are reminded that Subscriptions for 1914 are due on January ist. 



In \\\t Journal of Conchology, xiv. , p. 72, Mr. J. T. Marshall, in his "Additions 

 to British Conchology," expresses the opinion that a record of Terebratula cranmni 

 Miill., from the Bay of Biscay, is incorrect. Mr. J. W. Jackson writes me that he 

 has recently examined the specimen upon which this record was based, and finds it 

 to be T. 'c'itrea Gmel. as Mr. Marshall surmised, and labelled as such, so that it is 

 difficult to understand how it came to be recorded in 1906 as T. craiiiiini. 



With reference to Mr. Collier's paper on the section Tachea — this name, by the 

 way is inadmissible and yields to Cepaa — Canon Ilorsley writes that in Switzer- 

 land he always finds H. sylvatica higher up than H. nenioralis or H. hortensis, and 

 that in his experience it is never abundant and does not live on grassy banks but on 

 exposed rocks. 



All records of authentic localities are valuable, and we make no apology for 

 giving the following list of species contained in a small collection recently received 

 from Natuna Island in the China Sea : — 



Bulla ampulla L. v. hifasciata Mke. 



Oliva erythrostoiiia L. 



Mitra filaris L. 



M. corrugata Lam. 



M. ligata A. Ad. 



Nassa arcularia I^ 



N. coronata Brug. 



N. lurida Old. 



Cyprcea errones L. 



C. annulus L. 



Cerit Ilium morus Lam. 



Nearly all these species were received in some number 



C. coraliuiii Dufr. 



Vertagus obelisais Brug. 



V. vertagus L. 



Potamides fluviatilis P. & M. 



Natica lineata Lam. 



ISf. chiiieiisis Lam. 



Pyramidella veutricosa Guerin. 



Otoplenra auris-cati Ch. 



N'eritina ualanensis Less. 



Umbonium depressuni A. Ad. 



Macira auliquata Spengler. 



We learn from the Journal de Conchyliologie that the collection of recent shells 

 made by the late Andre Bonnet — better known to many of our members as a genial 

 and generous correspondent in Paris Basin fossils— was sold by auction on April 23rd 

 in Paris. It did not contain many rarities. The following prices were given for 

 single specimens: — Latiaxis majvae (large, but not in first-rate condition), iifr. ; 

 Volula papulosa, I5fr. ; Turcicnla bairdi, i6fr. ; KostelLxria delicalula, 4 to 6fr. 

 each ; Tiphobia horei, 'Ji.x. ; N'eothauina tanganyicense, 6fr. ; Hybocystis elep/ias, 

 gfr. 



Note on Urocoptis (Bactrocoptis) rosea Pfr.— The normally decollate por- 

 tion of the species contained in the Section Bactrocoptis appears to be unknown. 

 At any rate I am unable to trace any description of the same. This beinc so, I 

 was pleased, when looking through some Urocoptids belonging to Mr. J. R. le B. 

 Tomlin, to come across specimens of U. rosea Pfr., retaining the early whorls. The 

 shells are 16 -5 mm. in length, and have 18 whorls, cylindric for the lower half 

 above which they taper regularly to the slightly bulbous nepionic whorls (of about 

 i\ volutions). The initial half whorl is decidedly elevated, and calls to mind that 

 of some of the Jamaican Brachypodellas. The upper whorls are practicallv smooth 

 at first, and gradually develope riblets until at about the 6th or 7th whorl from the 



