86 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



NOTICES AND REVIEWS 



OP 



NEW CONCIIOLOGICAL WORKS. 



BY GEO. W. TRYON, JR. 



FOREIGN. 



BRITISH. 



The Record of Zoological Literature. 1866, vol. 1. Edited by Albert 

 (J. L. G. Guenthkr. 8vo. London, 1867. 



The portion relating to Mollusca — pp. 161 to 216 — is by Dr. 

 Edward von Martens, and contains a very complete review of 

 publications on that subject — genera and species. To the work- 

 ing naturalist this Record is invaluable. 



GERMAN. 



Novitates Conchologiae. Land Conchylien. By Dr. Louis Pfeiffer. Part 

 28 (with three colored plates). 



The first plate illustrates with descriptions, principally, new 

 Bulinii from South America ; the second plate, a number of 

 hitherto unfigured Pythiae, and the third, West Indian Pupse. 

 The species have all been described previously, principally in 

 the Malacozoologische Blatter. 



Novitates Conchologiae. Supplement. Monograph of Cytherea. (Con- 

 tinued.) By Dr. Edward Rcemer. (With three colored plates). 



The new species are : 

 C. fidicina, Rb'mer. Hab. — ? 0. porrecta, Romer. Hab. — ? 

 C. Pfefferi, Rb'mer. Hab. — ? 0. chordata, Romer. Hab. — ? 

 0. soligena, Rom. Ind. Ocean. 0. rustica, Romer. Hab. — ? 



Das Gebiss der Schnecken. Vol. 2, part 2. 4to. Berlin, 1868. 



Dr. Troschel herein treats of the jaws and dentition of the 

 Rhachiglossata. There are four plates. 



