120 THE NAUTILUS. 



and Helix hortensis was in abundance on the island. A few Helix 

 albolabris were also captured."- F. H. AMES. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



AN ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF SHELLS OF THE GENUS PAR- 

 TULA in the Hartman collection belonging to the Carnegie Museum. 

 By Herbert H. Smith (Ann. Carnegie Mus. I, no. 3). The rich 

 series of Partula? brought together by Dr. W. D. Hartman, having 

 passed with his collection into the possession of the Carnegie Museum, 

 has now been catalogued, with full details concerning each of the 

 240 suites contained therein. The total number of species is 83, 

 besides many named forms which Dr. Hartman regarded as varieties ; 

 in all 1,647 specimens. We feel rather skeptical about the specimens 

 considered hybrids by Hartman (Catal., pp. 471-473). There is not 

 much evidence of hybridism between really distinct species of Gas- 

 tropods. The notes comprise the data accompanying each lot and 

 more or less descriptive commentary on the shells themselves, but 

 consist largely of extracts from the letters of Mr. Andrew Garrett, 

 who collected the major part of the specimens. Within his province, 

 Garrett was one of the best conchologists of his time, and his experi- 

 ence in the field gives his opinions on these shells great weight. The 

 catalogue is arranged according to Dr. Hartman's latest MS.; and 

 embodying as it does the results of both Hartman's and Garrett's 

 mature thought on this difficult genus, it must be regarded as one of 

 the most important papers on South Pacific land snails. Although 

 Mr. Smith has modestly "abstained from expressing opinions and 

 made only a few suggestions," his judicious notes earn for him the 

 thanks of conchologists. 



PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE of [Japanese] Marine Shells in the 

 collection of the Natural History Department, Tokyo Imperial 

 Household Museum. By T. Ivvakawa. Part I, consisting of Cepha- 

 lopoda, Pteropoda and Pectinibranchiata forms a book of 84 pp., 

 recording 893 suites. Localities are carefully noted, botli in English 

 and Japanese, and the list will be chiefly useful to students of the 

 Pacific fauna for the numerous definite Japanese localities. The 

 known faunas of the Riukiu and Ogasawara groups, hitherto but little 

 known, are largely increased by these records. 



