OF CONCHOLOGY, 323 



NOTICES AND REVIEWS 



OF 



NEW CONCHOLOGICAL WORKS. 



BY GEO. W. TRYON, JR. 



BRITISH. 



Report of the Thirty-ninth Meeting of the British Association for 

 the Advancement of.Science ; held at Exeter in August, 18(J9. 8vo. 

 London. 



On the Land and Fresli-tvater 3IoUusca of Nicaragua. By 

 Ralph Tate. 



Conchologla Indica ; being: illustrations of the Land and Fresh-water Shells 

 of British India. Edited by Sylyanus Hani.ey and William Theobald. 

 Part 1, 4to, 20 plates, colored. London, 1870. 



A very valuable and much-needed work, prepared by gentle- 

 men who thoroughly understand their subject. The text does 

 not include descriptions, but full synonymy and localities. 



Annals and Magazine cf Natural History, Vol. 5, No. 30. London, 

 June, 1870. 



On some Species of Proooscidiferous G-asteropods tvhich in- 

 habit the iSeas cif Japan. By Arthur Adams. 



This paper is a continuation of a list of Japanese Gasteropods 

 noticed by me on several previous occasions. 



The species of the families Tritonid?e, Buccinidfe, Fasciolari- 

 idse, Volutidae, Cassidaa, Doliidse and Sycotypid^e, collected by 

 the author, are enumerated. The following are new : 

 Simpulum lirostoma, Epidromus reticosus, 



" papillosum, Volutharpa Fischeriana, 



'' nodiliratum, Zeuxis elandestina, 



" triuf/a, Cyllene gibha. 



Cabestana dorsuosa. 



