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hundred square feet of case floor, and representing geographically the molluscan forms or format of several of the principal zoölogical provinces, - especially those of North America

Of course it was quite impossible to make anything more than a representative display for reasons, first that the limitation of time within which the material had to be made ready, and second the limit of space, [[crossed-out]] which [[/crossed-out]] within the total or entire exhibit made by the [[crossed-out]] Mus [[/crossed-out]] National Museum, which it was possible to accord to the department of Mollusca.

Included in the exhibit made by this department - which is the occasion of this communication, are two ca-