News has just been received of the death of Mr Eiji Tsuchida of the Tokyo
University of Fisheries. Mr Tsuchida was the author of a large number of
papers dealing with the mollusca of Japan, and was formerly the editor of
the Chiribotan. Among his best-known works were series of papers describing
material recovered by the R.V. 'Tansei-Maru' and the molluscan fauna of
Otsuchi Bay.
The funeral will be held in Tokyo on the 24th of April. All messages should
be addressed to Taiji Kurozumi at :
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