1228 General Notes. { December, 
Holbrook, and the person to whom he dedicated the species, Dr. 
William Blanding, were graduates of this college. A representa- 
tive of the musk turtle (Avomochelys odoratus) is interesting in 
that it is a giant of its species, the carapax measuring four and 
one-half inches in length. An otter (Lutra canadensis) is also 
worthy of note, as it is an animal extremely rare in this region. 
This specimen was shot on the island of Rhode Island, and was 
large and in excellent condition, a state of health somewhat dif- 
ferent from that presented by an emaciated wild cat (Lynx rufus), 
captured in the more southern portion of the State, and probably 
the last Narragansett representative of its species, 
Perhaps the most interesting acquisition is that of a hoary bat 
(Atalapha cinereus). This animal, a beautiful female, was found a 
few miles from Providence, ona pine tree which had been recently 
felled. Dr.C. Hart Merriam, in writing of this species, says: 
“From its almost boreal distribution, and extreme rarity in col- 
lections, the capture of a specimen. of the hoary bat must, for 
some time to come, be regarded as an event worthy of congratu- 
lation and record. Although I have been fortunate enough to 
shoot fourteen, I would rather kill another to-day than slay a 
dozen deer.”—H. C. Bumpus. 
ZOOLOGICAL News.—Echinoderms.—Twenty species of Echini 
were, according to Mr. R. Rathbun, collected during the expedi- 
tion of the Alsatross in 1884. They include Homolampas fra- 
gilis and Aceste bellidifera, The latter species was only ob- 
tained by the Challenger in the vicinity of the Canaries, and was 
not found by the Blake in the Gulf of Mexico. The A/datross 
obtained it off the east coast of the United States, in 1497 fathoms. _ 
_ Crustaceans.—S. J. Smith describes Eunephrops bairdii, n. gen. 
and sp., a relative of Homarus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, 167). 
The writer compares the species throughout with Wephrops nor- 
vegicus. The genus agrees with Homarus in the number and 
-water shells, with a revision of the Auriculacea of 
stern United States. Hydrobia wetherbyi and Pupilla 
: described as new, also Sayella crosseana and Onchi- 
