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remarks on the subject, now or hereafter. — John Ford, Philadelphia, 

 Jan., 1894. 



The collection of Dr. Wm. D. Hartman of West Chester, Pa., 

 is offered for sale. It is one of the richest in America in Melanians, 

 Partula, Achatinella, Bulivius, etc., and comprises the types of Dr. 

 Hartman's new species, as well as duplicate types from Lea, Anth- 

 ony, Wheatley, and many other conchologists. It will prove a very 

 valuable collection to whoever may purchase it. 



NOTES ON NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



Preliminary Report on the Molluscan Species collected by 

 the U. S. Scientific Expedition to West Africa in 1889-90, pp. 32. 



On Rare or Little Known Mollusks from the west coast of 

 North and South America ivith descriptions of new species, pp. 11 and 

 plate. 



Report on the Mollusk-Fauna of the Galapagos Islands, 

 with descriptions of new species etc., 97 pp., plate and map. 



The foregoing are the titles of recent papers on Mollusca by Dr. 

 Stearns published in the proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 

 in Volume XVI, which includes the various articles for the year 

 1893. The first of the above, is an annotated catalogue of the shells 

 collected by the Eclipse Expedition so-called, that went to the west 

 coast of Africa for the purpose of observing the total eclipse of the 

 sun, that occurred on the 22nd of December 1889. The Natural 

 History work was of course incidental; it includes also the forms 

 collected at the Azores, where the Pensacola touched on her way. 

 The total number of molluscan species collected foots up 120, the 

 greater jwrtion, over one hundred, at various African points, Ascen- 

 sion Island and Cape de Verde, etc. Several ol' the species are 

 shown to have a wide distribution, from the Gulf of Mexico and the 

 Caribbean waters to the African region ; and Trochatella radians "not 

 before reported outside of Peru and Chili, " was detected, a single 

 example, at Cape de Verde ; many other forms have nearly as wide 

 a range. 



The second paper embraces several forms, some of which were 

 preliminarily described in "The Nautilus" in May, 1893. Many 



