No. 5. MARCH 25th, 1893. Vol. II. 



THE 



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EDITED BY 



WALTER E. COLLINGE, 



Mason College, Birmingham ; 

 WITH THE ASSISTANCE IN SPECIAL DEPARTMENTS OF 



Rev. A. H. COOKE, M.A., F.Z.S., 

 King's College, Cambridge ; 



WALTER GARSTANG, M.A., F.Z.S., E. RUTHVEN SYKES, B.A., F.Z.S., 



Marine Biological Association, Plymouth ; Weymouth ; 



R. F. SCHARFF, Ph.D., B.Sc, M.R.I.A., 

 Natural History Museum, Dublin ; 



B. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S., F.R.M.S., 

 British Museum, London. 



Contents : p AGE 



Descriptions of New Species of Helix, Rissoina, and Action. .. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. 97 



Three New Species of South American Clausilice. .. . . E. Ruthven Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S. 100 



Professor Sir Richard Owen H. Woodward, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. 102 



Description of Tapes virgineus, L., var. nov. veueroides. .. .. .. G. SherrifT Tye. 107 



Notes on Some Species of Land Shells from New Guinea Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. 10S 



On the Relations of Hesse's Doto uncinata to the Genus Hancockia.— 



Walter Garstang, M.A., F.Z.S. no 



Note on Nomenclature R. Bullen Newton, F.G.S. 112 



On the Nomenclature of Velates schmidelianus. .. B. B. Woodward, F.G.S. , F.R.M.S. 113 



On the Structure and Affinities of some European Slugs. .. .. Walter E. Collinge. 113 



The Malacological Society. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. _ 1T y 



Notes: Cla.usilia(Sterophaeditsa)valida, Pfr., var. nov.fasciata. — 



E. Ruthven Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S. 118 



Note on the Genus Phenacarion. T. D. A. Cockerell, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 118 



Some New Forms of Slugs T. D. A. Cockerell, F.Z.S., F.E.S. 118 



On the Identification of Pisidium nitidum, Jenyns. .. .. .. Walter E. Collinge. 119 



Current Literature. Editor's Notes. 



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