LORQUINIA 
REORGANIZATION 
At the regular business meeting of the Chib, held at the home 
of Percival Chase Dec. 13th, a committee was appointed to arrange 
for affiliation with the Southwest Museum, making certain necessary 
changes in the Constitution, with power to act. The committee, con- 
sisting of Percival Chase, President ; Stuart S. Towne, Secretary ; E. 
P. Chace, Treasurer ; Dr. Comstock, representing the Southwest Mu- 
seum ; Enrico Piazza, H. M. Simms, and Geo. L. Moxley, met on 
Monday evening, Dec. 16th, and adopted an almost entirely new Con- 
stitution and ratified the affiliation with the Museum. This action will 
give the Club much larger privileges and greater scope in its activities. 
The management of Club affairs is delegated to an Executive Council, 
consisting of the officers of the Club, the Director of the Southwest 
Museum, the Editor of Lorquinia and the chairmen of the various 
sections that may be formed. Membership is open to anyone interested 
in any phase of Natural History. No membership fee is charged, but 
a General Activities Fund is maintained by the voluntary contribution 
of $1.50 per year, which entitles the contributing members to access 
to the Club Library and Collections. It is expected that each member 
will take up some congenial line of study and report progress at least 
semi-annually. Plans are being made for the issue of Lorquinia at 
least quarterly. Altogether we feel that the Club is now on a pQvma- 
nent and safe basis. 
PRELIMINARY NOTICES OF SOME NEW WEST 
AMERICAN CHITONS 
By S. S. Berry, Redlands, California 
Publication of the papers originally intended to contain them 
having been unexpectedly delayed, the following very brief notices of 
certain undescribed chitons are published herewith, in order that the 
names involved may be used without having to wait for the more full 
descriptions forthcoming in the publications referred to. 
Advance publication of species from the dredgings of the United 
States Bureau of Fisheries Steamer "Albatross" is made possible by 
kind permission of the Commissioner of Fisheries : 
XipJiiozona, new subgenus. 
Lepidopleurids of simple structure and sculpture ; the dorsal girdle 
armature composed of minute, spine-like scales, among which are 
scattered numerous isolated longer spines, some of which are gathered 
into compact groups in the angles of the sutures. 
Type: the foUounng species. 
