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papers, anatomical descriptions of the animal of Ancylus fluvia- 

 tiUs, and of the animal of Glandina — the former by Mr. Moquin- 

 Tandon, the latter by M. Morelet : also descriptions of various 

 new species of Mollusks. and a Catalogue of the marine shells 

 of the coasts of France. The price of each volume of the Jour- 

 nal is 18 fr. Address M. Petit de la Saussaye, Kue neuve des 

 Mathurins No. 19. Paris. T. B. 



Memorias sohre la HisTORiA Natural de la Isla de Cuba, 

 acompanadas de sumarios latinos y extractos en frances. By 

 Felipe Poey. Havana, 1851. — The two first parts of the first 

 volume of this work have been published, and contain 16 fine 

 plates, some of them highly coloured, with 120 pages of letter- 

 press. Of the plates, 2 are of mammalia, 5 of fishes, 3 of insects, 

 and 6 of land shells. The first part contains, on the subject of 

 Conchology, an introductory article on Terrestrial Univalves, 

 and the second, an article on the Genus Cyclostoma, with gene- 

 ral remarks on Gasteropods, and particularly on terrestrial oper- 

 culated shells, followed by descriptions of ten new species of 

 Cyclostoma, a note on C. tortum Wood, and also descriptions of 

 thirteen species of Helicina. "We hope that this undertaking 

 will meet with the liberal encouragement which it deserves. 

 The author proposes to complete the work in 24 parts, to be 

 issued periodically, the last by the end of 1854. The price of 

 each part at Bailli^re's, Broadway, New York, is $2 50. 



T. B. 



Catalogue o/ Species of Lucina, which inhabit the "West Indian 

 Seas. By C. B. Adams. November, 1852. 



The genus Lucina contains about 90 known species, of which 

 69 are described in Mr. Eeeve's monograph. The following list 

 of 20 West Indian species is presented chiefly as a vehicle for 

 some miscellaneous statements respecting the nomenclature, and 

 the habitats of some of them. 



