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rences (the form rugosa being an ex- 
he range the sexes may show no shell 
that I believe "that all Pacific 
pecimens are males” is 
showing major structural diffe 
ample), whereas elsewhere in t 
differences. Plotkin's statement : 
species are female and all western Pacific 8 
untrue and absurd. 
i i Maldives 
If, indeed, the specimens that Plotkin obtained in the d 
were all the form rugosa, it would be interesting to know if they 
were males or females, or both. I would welcome the chance to ex- 
amine more specimens in order to clarify this mystery. 
In summary, there is one species in this complex, namely Lambis 
chiragra. In the western Indian Ocean there is the common subspe- 
cies, arthritica Réding. (Subsequent evidence that Plotkin offers 
may show it to be a full species.) In the eastern Indian Ocean » 
(Ceylon eastward) the typical chiragra subspecies chiragra occurs. 
The form (not mibapaen dn) rugosa (see illustrations of intergrades, 
“IPM, pl. 132) is associated with male specimens commonly at the 
Polynesian end of the range and rarely throughout the rest of the 
range. (R.T.A., P.O. Box 2255, Melbourne, Florida 32901.) 

NICK KATSARAS, 30-YEAR MEMBER 
Probably the addressograph plate did not drop into place when the 
cards were run through. Certainly it was inadvertent that the 
name of Nick Katsaras was not on our newly published roster. Nick 
joined the New York Shell Club on November 27, 1949 and has hardly 
missed a meeting in all these thirty years. So please enter on 
your roster the name and address of this very active member: 
KATSARAS, Mr. Nick 31 Merritt Ave., Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621 
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NOVEMBER MEETING 
The monthly display of shells was provided by Mrs. Waverley Harmon. 
From her collection she had chosen a number of particularly fine 
examples of species that are not only uncommon, but uncommonly at- 
tractive. 
In furtherance of plans for a shell show, President Fred Cannon re- 
ported that he had tried to get information about the availability 
of the room in the Gramarcy Arts Club that the Club had rented for 
auctions many years ago. The man he will have to speak to was out 
ill, so Fred will try again. The possibility of using our regular 
meeting room, perhaps on a meeting date, but starting earlier in 
the day, was discussed and will be looked into. 
The speaker was NYSC member Bruce Einsohn, who described a series 
of shelling expeditions in "what may be the most-altered area on 
earth" -- Manhattan. Along the Hudson, Harlem, and East River 
Shorelines he found small areas of tidal flats, heavily polluted 
but still home to several marine and brackish-water species both 
gastropods and bivalves. On one tiny flat on the Hudson a few 
mollusks are neighbors to a sewer outfall. There are many species 
of land and freshwater snails to be found in Inwood Park and in 
several areas of Central Park. On the day that he spent in north- 
ern Manhattan, Bruce arranged to be accompanied by a scooter-cop. 
