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way here. We suppose Mr. Blanford would call this last a va- 

 riety, only, of U. erispatus. 



It seems scarcely necessary to reply to Mr. Blanford's criti- 

 cisms of Monocondyloea crehristinata, M. Peguensis, 3Ielania ylo- 

 riosa, or of the genus Trigonodon (all published in the first vol- 

 ume of this Journal), because he acknowledges that he has not 

 seen the descriptions, figures or shells, and asserts that he can- 

 not distinguish satisfactorily 3Iargaritana and 3Ionocondyl€ea 

 from Anodonta, and even insists that among fresh water shells 

 forms pass into one another to such an extent that species in the 

 ordinary acceptation of the term have no existence. Under 

 these circumstances we congratulate Mr. Blanford upon the reti- 

 cence which caused him to refrain from publishing the " 20 or 

 30 forms of Unio and nearly as many more of Melania, with as 

 good claims to distinction as one-half at least of those already 

 published from India and Burma." 



FRENCH. 



Journal de Conchyliologie. Third Series. Vol. VII , No. 1. Paris, Jan- 

 uary, 1867. 



The present number contains 100 pages and two plates. Its 

 contents are — 



Catalogue des Nudihranches et Cephalopodes des cotes ocean- 

 iques de la France. By P. Fischer. 



Doris derelicta is proposed and described as a new species. 

 It is stated to be possibly the D. verrucosa of Philippi and of 

 Verany, but not the species described under the latter name by 

 Cuvier. 



Hate sur V animal de V Helix eonstricta, Bouhee. By J. B. 



Gassies. 

 Observations sur la nomenclajure de quelques esplces de la 

 Nouvelle-CaUdonie. By E. Marie. 



The following changes are made in names of species : — 



Helix Lomhardoi, Montrouzier, should be H. Lomhardeaui. 

 '' Seisseti, " " " Saisseti. 



" Lifuana, " " " Lifouana. 



Faunule malacologique de la vallee de Bareges [Hautes- 

 Pyrenees. By 0. Debeaux. 



Descriptions de deux nouvelles especes de Streptaxis. By 

 Dr. Louis Pfeiffer. 



S. Crossei, Corcobado, near Rio Janeiro, Brazil. 

 " Paivana, Macahe, Brazil. 



