BY JOHiSr SHIRLEY. 



two volumes dealing witli inoperculate land shells have 

 been published to date. The following table gives a brief 

 summary of their contents and shows wheie the indexes 

 are to be found : — - 



This system of classification is now generally accepted 

 and was used by Mr. Charles Hedley and Mr. W. F. Petterd 

 in their valuable " Revised Censu* of the Terrestrial Mollusca 

 of Tasmania." It will be necessaiy to bring the collections 

 of land shells in our museums into agreement with Pilsbry's 

 classification if they are*bo be of any ser\'ice to students 

 and collectors. 



It is understood that the Manual is not to be extended 

 to include the Pelecypoda. This is a distinct loss to science 

 and to the species makers, whose timidity in dealing with 

 bivalves contrasts with the readiness wibh which they attack 

 material where the main divisions have been dealt with 

 by Try on or Pilsbry. 



The loss of the trawler Endeavour will also be a loss 

 to scientific study in Australia. Material collected by 

 the trawler was distributed to various workers of eminence 

 in the field of science, the Mollusca being reported upon 

 by Mr. Charles Hedley, Assistant Curator and Conchologist, 

 Austrahan Museum, Sydney. Mr. Hedley took part in 



