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MOLLUSCA. 



Linnean Society, N.S.W. — J. C. Cox, J. Brazier. 



Royal Society, N.S.W. — Yol. XXII. : On the Anatomy and 

 Life-history of MoUusca peculiar to Australia. J. E. Tenison- 

 Woods. 



Royal Society, Tasmania. — Contributions for a systematic 

 Catalogue of the Aquatic Shells of Tasmania. W. F. Petterd ; 

 Critical observations on the above ; Variability of the Tasmanian 

 Unio. R. M. Johnston. 



Royal Society, South Australia. — Vol. XL : Lamellibranch 

 and Palliobranch MoUusca of South Australia ; Census of the 

 Molluscan Fauna of Australia; Gastropods of the Older Tertiary 

 of Australia. R. Tate. 



Royal Society, Queensland. — Vol. V. : Errata in list of Land 

 Shells recorded from Queensland. H. Tryon ; Limax Queens- 

 landicus, n.sp., described ; On Aneitea Graeffei and its allies, 

 C. Hedley. Vol. VI. : Anatomical Notes on Helicid?e. Parts 

 1-3. ; Notes on Queensland Land Shells. C. Hedley. 



New Zealand Institute. —XX. : On Architeuthis longimanus. 

 n.sp. T. W. Kirk ; On Pary'phanta lignaria, n.sp. F. W. 

 Hutton. 



Victorian Naturalist. — V. : On Yoluta undulata and its allied 

 species. R. Tate. 



Australian Association for the Advancement of Science, Section 

 D. — On some new or little known genera of Australian MoUusca. 

 R. Tate. 



The Rev. A. H. Cooke (P.Z.S. 1889, p. 136) discusses the 

 generic position of the Physoi (so called) of Australia, concluding 

 that they are in reality sinistral Limn^idse, characteristic of the 

 lands of the S.E. Pacific, Africa and the Mediterranean. 



