110 ' Address. [Feb. 



In the Proceedings of the Zoological Society is an account of some 

 Fishes from Muscat, by Mi*. G. H. Boulenger. 



Mollusca. — The A7171. and Mag. of Nat. Hist, contains a description 

 of a new genus of mollusca from the Indian ocean, parasitic upon an 

 Echinus; also an account, by Col. H. H. Godwin- Austen, of a sup- 

 posed new Helix from Tenasserim — Helix {^gista) mitanensis. Mr. 

 E. A. Smith contributes some notes on the genus Lobiger, containing a 

 synonymy of all the described species, and notes on the genus Melapitim. 



In the Proc. Zool. 80c. Lond. IV, 188S, Mr. G. B. Sowerby de- 

 scribes 14 new species of shells, chiefly collected by Dr. Hungerford. 

 Three species of Mitra, of which two (M. exquisita and M, hrionce) are 

 new, were found at Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands. 



Vol. VIII, No. 13 of Martini and Chemnitz,' Systematisches Conchy- 

 lien Cabinet contains descriptions of Chama fi'om the Red Sea and 

 Indian Ocean. In the Journal of Conchology Mr. J. Cosmo Melvill 

 has described a new shell, Goralliophila andamana, from the Andamans. 



In SpengeVs Zoologische Jahrbilcher, IV. 5, Dr. 0. Boettger has de- 

 scribed the land and fresh-water shells collected by Drs. Radde and 

 Walter in Russian Trans-Caspia and the neighbourhood of the Persian 

 and Afghan Frontiers. 41 species of snails and 6 of bivalve shell-fish 

 are described, of which 18 land and fresh- water snails were found only 

 in N. Persia and not in Trans-Caspia. Among the remaining Trans- 

 Caspian species only two tropical Asiatic forms were found. The 

 author has carefully tabulated the distribution. 



Mr. W. Theobald has prepared an " Index of the Genera and 

 Species of Mollusca in the Hand-list of the Indian Museum, Calcutta," 

 which has been printed by the Trustees, and will be of great service to 

 Indian conchologists. 



Entomology. — As usual, by far tlie greater propoi-tion of the zoolog- 

 cal work of the year has reference to entomology. 



The work done in connection with the Indian Museum relating to 

 this subject, has already been noticed. 



Our Journal contains several valuable entomological contributions. 

 Mr. E. T. Atkinson describes a new species and genus of Coccid {Pseudo- 

 pulvinaria sikkimensis) , found at Mungphu on an oak and chestnut 

 trees. He also continues his notes on Indian Rhynchota, Heteroptera, 

 and communicates a note by Mons. Lethierry giving descriptions of 

 three new homopterons of the genus Idiocerus, found on mango-trees in 

 the neighbourhood of Calcutta. His Catalogues of the Oriental Cicin- 

 delidoi and Capsidce, published in the Supplement, already noticed, will 

 be of great value to workers in this section. Mr. W. Doherty's notes 

 on Assam Butterflies contain interesting remarks on seasonal dimor- 



