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FRENCH. 



Catalogue des Mollusques Testaces des Mers d'Europe. By M. Petit 

 DE LA Saussaye. 8 vo., 312, pp. Paris, 1869. 



This is an exceedingly valuable volume, and its author has 

 performed a good work in preparing and publishing it,' for which 

 he will receive the thanks of his brother Conchologists not only 

 of Europe but throughout the world. Its principal contents are : 



1. Complete list of authors cited. 



2. Classification of Families and Genera. 



3. Systematic Catalogue. This part of the book occupies 150 

 pages, and contains a list of 1150 species, with the synonyms 

 carefully worked out. The print is large, so that the names can be 

 cut out and used as labels if deemed desirable. The attachment of 

 numbers to the names I think would also have been desirable, as 

 it would have enabled those who prefer it to label their collec- 

 tions with corresponding numbers only. 



4. Geographical Distribution, tabulated into Polar, Boreal, 

 British, Celtic, Lusitanian, Mediterranean and Algerian Zones 

 and Special Localities. 



5. Notice of the exotic species cited as living in the Seas of 

 Europe. 



6. Explanatory and critical notices of many of the European 

 Species. 



7. Instruction to collectors of shells. 



8. Republication of the Diagnoses of Shells published by 

 Requien in his Catalogue of the shells of Corsica. 



Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu oonnus. By M. J. R. Bour- 

 GUiGNAT. 10th liv. Paris, 1868. With 4 plates. 



We have already noticed the species herein contained, in re- 

 viewing the "Revue et Magasin de Zoologie," where they were 

 first published. 



Catalogue of the Shells and Crustaceans of Guadeloupe, seat to the 

 Universal Exposition of 1867 by the Administration of the Colony. 

 Determined by M A. Schramm. 2d edition. 27 pp. 8 vo. Basse-Terre, 

 1869. 



This catalogue of Mollusks is very complete, extending to 

 781 numbers. 



