OF CONCIIOLOCIY. 2S5 



Catalogue of the Genera Helix, Anastoma, Hypselostoma, Strep- 

 taxis, Tomigerus, Bulimus, Orthalicus, Partula, in the collec- 

 tion of A. D. Brown, Princeton, New Jersey. (2d edit.) Jan- 

 uary, 1866. 8vo., 65pp. 



The first edition, published in 1861, contained Terrestrial 

 Shells of all the genera — many of which are excluded from the 

 present Catalogue. Over thirteen hundred species are enume- 

 rated, showing a marked increase since 1861. The collection 

 of Mr. Brown is very rich in West Indian shells, particularly 

 in those of the Island of Jamaica. 



Note on the Affinities of the Bellerophontidse. by f. b. meek. 

 (From the Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences, Vol. I. 

 March, 1866.) 



Mr. Meek considers these ancient Mollusks to have been Gas- 

 teropods, closely allied to Fissurellidse and Haliotidse. 



Descriptions of Palaeozoic Fossils from the Silurian, Devo- 

 nian and Carboniferous rocks of Illinois, and other West- 

 ern States. BY F. B. MEEK AND A. H. WOETHEN. 



Placunopsis carbonaria. Anthracoptera ? fragilis. 



Aviculopecten randolphensis. Myalina meliniformis. 



indianensis. Monopteria, N. sub. gen. 



fimbriates. Pterinea (Monopteria) gibbosa. 



Vanuxemia dixonensis. Pterinea? subpapyracea. 



Macrodon tenuistriatus. Ambonychia {Megaptera)casei . 

 Schizodus curtus. 



II.— FOREIGN. 



BRITISH. 



A Piain and Easy Account of the Land and Fresh-water Mol- 

 lusks of Great Britain ; containing Descriptions, Figures, and a 

 familiar account of the habits of each species, by ralph tate. 18mo., 

 cloth, 244 pp,, London, 1866. (Price 4 shillings plain, or 6 shillings 

 colored.) 



This little volume is more than it claims to be, and will 

 prove a very useful and entertaining pocket companion to tl e 

 well posted, as well as the uninitiated shell collectors of Eng- 

 land. The species are all illustrated by lithographic plates 

 and wood cuts. 



