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CATALOG OF THE MOLLUSCA OF SOUTH CAROLINA, by William 

 G. Mazyck (Contributions from the Charleston Museum, II, 1913). 

 Little has been published bearing directly on the Mollusca of South 

 Carolina since the days of Ravenel. A new catalogue is therefore 

 hailed with much pleasure. The Introduction, giving a history of 

 the local conchological work, is very interesting. The list of stu- 

 dents began with Mr. Stephen Elliott, of Charleston, who was a 

 correspondent of Say and Rafinesque. Following him were Dr. 

 Edmund Ravenel, who published two catalogues of his collections. 

 Prof. Lewis R. Gibbes and Lieut. J. D. Kurtz both published cata- 

 logues of the shells of the State. 



The list contains 424 entries, but a considerable number of names, 

 quoted from former catalogues, are synonyms, as noted below. 



New forms described are : Polygyra hopetonensis var. charleston- 

 ensis. Marginella spilota (Ravenel MS.), from Sullivan's Island. 

 Epitonium elliotti, Pawley's Island. Turbonilla kurtzii, Sullivan's 

 Island. Cyclostrema zacalles, entrance of Charleston Harbor. Lamp- 

 silis tenerus (Ravenel MS.), Santee Canal. 



There are many interesting locality records. Rumina decollata 

 is reported to be gradually spreading through the State. Maculo- 

 peplum junonia is very rarely found on Sullivan's Island. Numer- 

 ous species, which we usually associate with the Florida fauna, are 

 recorded. 



In these days, when mollusk nomenclature is so unsettled, the 

 making of a local list covering so wide a range of families and 

 genera is fraught with difficulties. Moreover, the author had to in- 

 clude many earlier records which could not be checked up, among 

 the authentic materials of his own collecting. The authorities for 

 such records are given, and they must be accepted for what they are 

 worth. These difficulties have naturally resulted in some discrep- 

 ancies and duplications, which it may not be amiss to note here. 



Tornatina canaliculata and Cylichna oryza belong to different 

 families, and can not both be placed in the genus Acieocina. Busy- 

 con eliceans is only a variety of carica, and plagosum of pyrum. 

 " Chrysodomus islandicus " Linn6, is now recognized to be a truly 

 Arctic species, and belongs, together with pubescens and stimpsoni, 

 to the genus Tritonofusus. Seila terebralis is now known as S. 



