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of Arnold Lang's "Text-Book of Comparative Anatomy" so far as 

 it applies to the Mollusca. Mr. J. W. Taylor has issued a further 

 part of his work on British Land and Eresh-water Mollusca, 

 devoting much attention to anatomy ; and Mr. L. E. Adams has 

 published a second edition of his " Collector's Manual." Last, but not 

 least, our thanks are due to the Editor of the Journal of Malacology, 

 and to our Secretary and Mr. S. Pace, for their enterprising "Biblio- 

 graphy," which we hope will continue a leading feature of that 

 periodical. 



For the student of fossil forms, the year has been noteworthy. 

 Our Corresponding Members, Dr. R. J. Lechmere Guppy and Professor 

 AV. H. Dall, have written a joint work' entitled "Descriptions of 

 Tertiary Eossils from the Antillean Region," the horizons whence 

 they were obtained ranging from the Pliocene to the Eocene. A new 

 genus, Stromhinella, is ciescribed from the Oligocene of 8t. Domingo. It 

 appears at first sight like a strongly sculptured Terehra of the section 

 Acus ; the aperture, however, is that of Anachis, and it doubtless has 

 much the same relation to tliis as JEsopusi has to Astyris. 



Professor Sacco's stupendous work still progresses.^ Part 20 lias 

 appeared during the year, and comprises the Coecidae, Vermetidns, 

 Sili(piariida\ Phorida), Calyptra3idoe, Capulido), Hipponycidie, Neri- 

 tida?, and Neritopsidaj. In this we have another appalling addition to 

 the number of ' varieties ' of divers species of fossil Mollusca. 

 Fortunately, however, considerable re^^sion has been effected with the 

 species themselves ; and the systematic position of many has been so 

 carefully considered that, despite its faults, the work will constitute a 

 standard of reference on Pliocene Mollusca for some time to come. 



A paper by our member, Mr. G. B. Pritchard. on the fossil fauna 

 of Table Cape beds, Tasmania, deals principally ^ with the Mollusca. 

 The summary of species records one cephalopod, 153 iinstropods, and 

 65 pelecypods ; and the Avhole is an excellent piece of work, 

 apparently based chiefly on the writings of Ralph Tate, but con- 

 taining some welcome criticisms and addenda. 



Dr. Paul Oppenheim, in a work entitled "Die Eocaenfauna des 

 Monte I'ostale bei Bolca im Veronesischen," dealing largely with a 

 Molluscan fauna which has often been partly described, and is of much 

 interest from a geological point of view, records^ some large Cerithidaj 

 and Naticidse. Large Luciuida3 are also described, which suggest 

 those of the Eocene of North AVestein Europe. The state of some 

 of the fossils is unfortunately bad, and the nomenclature somewhat 

 antiquated. 



The volume of the Paheontographical Society contains four 

 monographs of especial interest to us. That on the " Fauna of the 



1 E. J. Guppy and W. H. Dall, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. xix, p. 303. 



2 F. J. Sacci), Mnllnschi Terr. Terz. Piedmoiite e Lisjuria. Turin. 

 2 G. B. Pritchard, Troc. Kov. Soc. Vict, (n.s.), vol. viii, p. 74. 



* P. Uppeuhuim, rultcoutog-raphica, sliii, pp. 125-221, 8 pis. Stuttgart, 1896. 



