PREFACE. 



As I shall retire from the active control of the Journal 

 with the commencement of 1895, ]i nas ^ een thought 

 better to commence a new volume with the fifth year of 

 its existence and Mr. Webb's proprietorship. 



I hope to continue to contribute to the pages of the 

 journal and share, in so far as I am able, the editorship, 

 and 1 trust that all who have so liberally supported my 

 efforts in the past, will continue to do so in the future. 



It is, I know, Mr. Webb's wish to make the paper 

 thoroughly representative, and the extent to which he will 

 be able to carry out these wishes depends entirely on 

 the supporters of the paper, I therefore sincerely hope that 

 he will receive the same kind of generous support from 

 English and foreign Malacologists that has been extended 

 to me. 



To the Members of the editorial staff — and particularly 

 in)- friend Mr. E. R. Sykes — I tender my sincere thanks 

 for the very valuable assistance and co-operation they have 

 at all times so willingly given. 



W. E. C. 

 Mason College, 



Birmingham, 1894. 



