Article III . — Zoological Notes. 
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141. TELLINA TENERA.— Say. 
Omit “ Off Douglastown, ’ etc. This Douglastown is in 
Gasp6. 
14.1a. TURTONIA MINUTA.— (0. Fabr.), St. 
Turtonia nitida. — Verrill. 
Has not hitherto been reported from our waters. It oc- 
curs in considerable numbers about Grand Manan, though we 
regret to say we have not noticed in what particular habitat. 
148^?. CUMMINGIA TELLINOIDES.— Conrad. 
[See remarks under 43«.] 
155. COCHLODESMA LEANUM.— (Conrad), Couthouy. 
Omit Near Douglastown,” etc., as in No. 141. 
165. ZIREAEA CRISP AT A. — (Lin.), Adams. 
L’Etang Harbor, near Sturgeon Cove, 4 dead valves. W. 
F. G. 
168. Xylophaga dorsalis. — (Turtou), Forbes and Hanley. 
New Brunswick waters. See Bulletin No. VIII., p. 116. 
II. ECHINODERMATA. 
The numbers refer to the species in the writer’s “ Echinodermata of New Bruns- 
wick,” published in Bulletin No. VII. (1888) of this Society. The typography 
also follows the rules of that list. 
8. Asterias vulgaris, Stimpson, Ms. 
Economics. The only direct value of the species to man 
consists, as stated, of its very limited use as a fertilizer. Yet 
the large amount of lime in its skeleton, and the rapidity 
with which the soft parts decay and allow it to fall to pieces 
and be more easily scattered, should make it of some value for 
this purpose where it can be obtained in abundance. In the 
United States, where they do such damage to oyster-beds that 
they must be systematically dredged, those thus taken are 
