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Fusus turtoni, N.E. Scotland. (Sci. Goss., p. 212, 1892.) James Simpson. 



The Shells of Stourport. (Sci. Goss., p. 226, 1892.) Joseph W. Williams. 



Land Shells from Co. Donegal. (Irish Nat., p. 171, 1892.) R. L. Praeger. 



Land Moll, from the I. of Dominica. (Trans. Con. Acad., viii, 1892.) 

 Henry A. Pilsbry. 



Note on above Article. (Trans. Con. Acad., viii, 1892.) G. E. Verrill. 



PAL/EONTOLOGY. 



A New fossil Cypraea. (Naut., p. 51, 1892.) J. H. Campbell. 



Geological Excursions In Alsace. (Feu. d. Jeune Nat., p. n, 1892.) 

 Mathiew Mieg. 



TECHNIQUE. 



Preserving the Epidermis of Shells. (Sci. Goss., p. 212, 1S92.) 

 W. Jones, junr. 



Preparing Liver of Gastropoda. (Jy. Roy. Micros. Soc, p. 698, 1892.) 



Preparation of Nudibranchs. (Jy. Roy. Micros. Soc, p. 699, 1892.) 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Notice Necrologique sur J. R. Bourguignat. (Jy. Conch., p. 74. 1S92.) 

 C. F. Ancey. 



Shell Hunting in Merionethshire. (Jy. Conch., p. 78, 1892.) G. W. 

 Chaster. 



Burrowing Molluscs. (Irish Nat., p. 11S, 1S92.) R. F. Scharff. 



Additions to the Comital Census of the L. and F. M. of Scotland. 



(Ann. Scot. N.I I., 1892.) W. D. Roebuck. 



Note on Bulimus oblongus. (P.Z.S , p. 271, 1892.) R.J. L. Guppy. 



NOTES. 



A Further Capture of Pleurophyllidia loveni in Britain. 



By Edward J. Bles, B.Sc. (Lond.), Owens College, Manchester. 

 The records of the capture of Pleurophyllidia loveni in Britain noted by 

 Professor MTntosh in the " Conchologist " for June, p. 21, 1892, are from the 

 east, with one from the south coast of Britain. The only other recorded locality 

 in Britain is that mentioned by Professor Herdman*, viz., off Dunbar also on the 

 east coast. It may therefore be of interest to note that I found six large specimens 

 in a haul of the trawl taken from Dr. Murray's steam-yacht " Medusa " in Loch 

 Striven, Clyde area, on August 29th, 1891, at a depth of 40 fathoms, bottom : fine 

 mud. The two specimens in my possession were successfully preserved in an 

 expanded condition by first adding alcohol gradually to the small quantity 

 of sea-water containing them, until the animals were stupefied and no longer 

 responded to stimuli. They were then killed in 50% alcohol, and after a couple 

 of hours transferred to 70% alcohol. The largest now measures 40 mm. in length. 



Some New and Rare Varieties of British Shells. 



By Walter E. Collinge, Mason College, Birmingham. 



In examining the " Hunter Barron Collection of Mollusca," in the Natural 



History Museum in Mason College, Birmingham, I find there are a few very 



interesting varieties ; some are new forms, while others are rare in Britain or have 



not been previously recorded. 



" Conchologist," p. 52, 1892. 



