| | = — a - a : tare SS _ " Ant lity a voLome XI. JULY, 1900. Established 1884. : E ‘ = CONTENTS: aR aries ra Auswers. ; At yathor’ 8 Catalog. West. Amer.cun Mollusea.—III. { NUMBER 94. Official organ San Diego Society of Natural History. a _ San Diego, California: a Number 365 Twenty-first street. ‘Charles Russell Orcutt Editor and Publisher, Price 10 cents; $1 a.zear; $10 for Life. “Mest American Scientists | popular monthly review and record for the Pacific Coast. es 206. oe 2c Sti a nee wo avast AMERICAN. aR ee ee san Roars my ae 4 Pu oe her. SP “10 cents: a cop secutive tt Na) $10.60. tone “abies) 20 ae wi yinuimibers 1 aes | no : 4 pert panent Fendt dat ; ‘be STONE, CHARLES B See os ee ey | ; 2 : a YEARS’ : EXPERIENCE pe sendi stcheand ‘description m preg: ies ee 1 eae free whether pes ae ah Bintan Ie ee ge A handsomely ilhis weekl SMC hy Sank Nee a de culation: of any ae eee journal. Terms, $ Ng aie he gy cg da Sold yall fences ae ; uN MUNN. Ct 361 sadwan Np YS a SANITARIAN, Ti 837, eaone . | Oe. moutiiy. qwagace, estab blished ti in pe ne upon. moeheal Ena Peale e and’ sanitary. service, 6 1 tensive’ fel a ot obser z ation an verious climates, larg Sa pct in deanng- ait 5: cals Ste maintainance of health aie ‘ trying st He ds vores’ ‘a Peary Be se edyaee, 3 Ge a ine apl A NGCING eee editor. = TEE West American Scientist Volume XI. No. 7. August, 1900. : Whole No. 92. SKA-URCHINS OF THE PACIFIC COAST. These beautiful animals scem to have received slight atten- tion, as the following is about all the information that I find. J— Regular sea-urchins. ARBACIA NIGRA, credited to west coast. A. SUHLUATA Gray, collected at San Juan, in the Gulf of Cal- Orta, by the writer, No. 1772 (1899). ASTROPYGA PULVINATA, eredited to Lower California and Central America, described as having flesh-colored spines, DEADEMA MEXICANUS A. Ag. San Diego, south. HIPFONOE DEPRESSA, San Diego, Gulf of Cal. STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS occurs at San Diego, south; often a foot in diameter, including spines. | S. MEXIOCANUS of the Gulf of California I have not seen. 8. PURPURASCENS is the common Sau Diego purple urchin. ]i—Cake-urchins. | CLYPHASTER ROTUNDAS, San Tiego, south. HCHINARACHNIUS EXCENTRICUS Val. Lhis common species is abundant from Oregon to Mexico; a form from Santo Domingo, Lower Oalifornia (Orcutt No. 2552) is quite different from the ‘sand dollars’ of San Diego, and we are in- clined to consider it distinct. BNCOPE CALIFORNICA Vernll. Oreutt No, 2551: Santo Domingo, Lower California. H. GRANDIS, Gulf of California. [i{—tfrregular sen-urchins. | AGASSIZIA SCROBICULATA, western Mexico. BRISSUS OBESUS Verrill. Gulf of Cal.—Orentt. LOYENIA CORDIFORMIS, Pt. Conception to Mexico. RAYNCOPYGUS PACIFICUS, western Mexico. We will be pleased to learn of any additions that can be made to this cshort list. C. R. Orcurt. fe: WEST AMERICAN MOLULUSCA.—IV. SHELLS OF LAGOON HEAD. The following list is the result of two or three days spent in the latter part of February, 1899. mostly spent in botanizing. No rocky beach was visited, all the living shells being collected in the lagoon, nearly due east of Cedrus Island, the landing being known locally as Santo Dominyo, It is new the 28th degree north lat. on the west coast of Baju California, a few miles north of Scam- mons lagoon. Species not found living are marked d. The letter e indicates species observed in the kitchen mid- dens or shell heaps on the sand dunes near the lagoon, probably of Indian origin—but possibly in part of more recent origin; species marked ee were probably collected attached to other shelis and not sought for food; Pinna and Avicula were doubtless sought by pearl! fishers. ; In one of these heaps was fuund a stone cylinder, perforated, undoubtedly of Indian origin, which was sent to the American museum of natural history, with several thousand other specimens on approval in exchange for books—which they now refuse to send and likewise refuse to return the specimens—compclling us _to make a forced donation, a species of wholesale robbery, founded originally we suspect on a misunderstanding, but so far the mu- seum officers concerned have shown no trace of honor. Purpura biserlalis Blainv. Found living a few miles north of San Diego was seen only in beach worn specimens; observed abundant at San Juan and other points in the Gulf of California. Chorus belcheri Hinds. d O cS) Ranella californica Hinds. d abundant. Macron eethiops Reeve. Not rare. e@ Nassa tegula Reeve. Abundant. Myurella simplex Cpr. Not rare. Drilla 5 d ee Jonus califoruicus Hinds. al ee Cypreea spadicea Gray. Several fine examples were collecled by the pearl fishers who were in the lagoon at the time of my visit. Neverita reclusiana Reeve. | Apparently as abundant as formerly in San Diego bay. e 1d Polyniees uber Valenciennes. One living speeimen found. Jrucibulum spinosum Sowerby. Abundant. ce C. imbricatum Lam. Orcutt No. 1751. d ee Crepidula unguiformis Lamarck. One collected. C. dorsata Brod. Found on shells collected by the pearl divers. C. rugosa Nuttall. Abundant. ee ' Litorina scutulata Gould. Abundant. LL. planaxis Nuttall. d rare. Cerithidea sacrata Gould. ° d rare. Burleeia subtenuis Cpr, Extremely abundant on sea-grass. Truncatel.a californica Pfeiffer. Not rare. LT’ stimpsoni Stearns. Very common. Pomeaulax undosus Wood. de common. Omphalus aureotinctus Forbes. Oxe seen, d. Ialictis cracherodii Leach. Lo the north of iagoon Head, at ‘Santa Rosalia,’ on the west | coist, hundred of sacks of this species were loaded on the steamer | duriug my trip. e : H. splendens Reeve The pearl fishers had only two or three. H. corrugata Gray. he pewrl fishers had collected about two dozen fine typical shells of this species. Fissurella volcano Reeve. d PF. violacea, one specimen, d. | Lucapina crenulata Sowerby. e | Acmeea pitina Esch. tare. | A. spectrum Nuttall. Few small ones seen. Lottia gigantea Gray. e common. Cylichna inculta Gould. d Bulla nebulosa Gould. Not rare. Haminea vesicuia Gould. Abundant. If. virescens Sowerby. d abundant. Melimpus olivaceus Carpenter. d ee abundant. Pedipes unisulcata Carpenter. Abundant. . | Airplices crispata LL. d | Pholis g aes Solen rosaceus Gould. serutiful and large, 2% inches long. te ee : Lagelus califurnianus Conrad. Abundant. 06 Cryptomya californica Conr. d Clidiophora punctata Gabb. d one specimen. Semele decisa Conr. d Lyonsia californica Conr. d common. Periploma argentaria Conr. d Sanguinolaria nuttalli Conr. A fine series obtained. Tellina rubescens Hanl. © One fine specimen obtained. T. variegata Cpr. d not rare. Heterodonax bimaculatus D’Orb. d common. Macoma indentata Cpr. Abundant. Donax ecalifornicus Conr. — d common. D. flexuosus Gould. Few fine ones obtained. q Venus fluctifraga Sowerby. One diztorted specimen. e@ j V. succincta Val. Large and abundant. e ‘Tivela crassatelloides Conr. d not abundant? } T. radiata Sowerby. Not common? Amiant?s callosa Conr. Abundant. d | Cytherea chionea Mke. e edible, not abundant. | ‘Tapes staminea Conr. d | Jardium procerum Sby. Liocardium elatum Sby. L. substriatum Conr. Chama exogyra Conr. d Area multicostata Sby. e not rare, edible. Mytilus californianus Conr. de Modiola capax Conr. d Septifer bifurcatus Reeve. Pinna lanceolata Sby. de Avicula peruviana Reeve. Found abundant by pearl fishers. ¢ Pecten subnodosus Sby. de P. monotimeris Conr. d rare. P. equisulcatus Conr. e extremely abundant. Anomia lampe Gray. ‘Thousands of find specimens were found, attached to each other, or to other shells, bits of wreckage, etc. Found also at Guaymas, in the Gulf. Ostrea lurida Cpr. ee common. Labiosa (Reta) undulata Gould. d Dosinia ponderosa Gray. e edible, common. To be concluded. | SUPPLEMENT (not for preservation). QUERIES AND ANSWERS. W G Watkins—Your ferns are 1—Adiantum pedatum L. Maiden Hair fern. 2—Aspidium nevadense Haton., 3—Lomaria spicant Desvaux. ) BOTEOREAT: | ‘The editor’s illness has abbreviated and delayed this issue but we propose to give our readers a yearly average of not less than 16 pee a month. aoe NOTES AND NEWS. ‘I should be noted that Epiphragmophora Harperi was named in honor of Pref. George W. Harper, for nearly half a cen- tury devoted to educational work in Cincinnati, and until lately priacipal of Woodward High School—having resigned that position to devote his time more fully to scientific research; geology and — — conchology are his specialties. . | Epiphragmophora Bowersi was named in honor of Dr. Ste- phen A. Bowers, a veteran in scientific and other good work on the Pacific coast, now state mine examiner for California. 3 Mrs. Olive L. Hddy Orcutt M. D. has opened an office for the practice of medicine at 365 21st St., San Diego. ? AUTHOR’S CATALOG. Stone, Alaric: My summer with some chipmunks. 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