CURRENT LITERATURE. 1 5 



Moellendorff, O. von. — Ueber den Werth des Deckels fur die Systematik, 

 Nach. Deutsch. Malak. Gesell, 1893, pp. 137-147. 



Moellendorff", O. von. — Materialen zur Fauna der Philippinen xi. Die Insel 

 Leyte. Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. Frankf., 1893, pp. 51-154, pis. iii.-v. 



The new species are too numerous to detail here. A new section Coneiiplecta 

 is created (type Euplecta scalarina, Pfr.) for some species of Trochonamna from 

 the Philippines, such as rotundata, Semper., and from the South Seas, such as 

 tongana, Quoy. Ceratopoma is a new section of Helicina for H. caroli, Kob. ; it 

 is near Geoplionts, but is distinguished by a less acute keel and by its not being 

 agglutinous, the operculum is simple, thin, and corneous. Other new sections of 

 Helicina are Pleuropoma (type dichroa, Mlldf. ), and Subfurina (type citrina, 

 Gould). About thirty species are noted as peculiar to the island, which seems to 

 be most nearly related to Cebu ; though, as the author remarks, this may be due 

 to the small species in the Cebu fauna having been more thoroughly worked than 

 most of the other islands. — F. R. S. 



Pilsbry, H. A. — Prelim, note on the species of Strobilops. Naut., 1893, vol. vii. T 

 pp. 56-7. 



Pilsbry, H. A. — Illustration of Mexican Melanians. Ibid., pp. 61-4, pi. iii. 



Pilsbry, H A. — A New Gastropod from New Jersey. Ibid., pp. 67-8, pi. iii. 



Pfilsbry], H. A. — A Synonym of leptothyra. Ibid., p. 84. 



Gabb's genus Petropoma. [Joiirn. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., viii., p. 281.) 



Scharff, R. F. — A new Irish species of Arion. Irish Nat., 1893, vol. ii. p. 302. 



Dr. Scharff thinks that A. flagellits, Cllge. , is only a variety of A. subfuscus. 

 Most of the anatomical features are overlooked. The constricted oviduct is 

 ascribed to the passage of ova, and the flagellum is — very wrongly — thought to be 

 a portion of the retractor muscle. (See Collinge, W. E., p. 10.) 



Simroth, H. — Ueber die von Herrn Dr. Stuhlmann ine Inneren von Ostafrika 

 gesammelten Nacktschnecken. Berich. d. Naturf. Gesell. zu Leipzig. 

 Feby., 1893. 



Smith, Edgar A. — Descrs. of six new species of Land-Shells from Annam, 



Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, vol. i., pp. 10-13, 3 figs- 

 Smith, Edgar A. — Note on Cyprcea greegori, Ford. Naut., 1893, v °l« vu -> 

 pp. 64-5. 



Sower by, G. B. — Descrs. of fifteen new shells of the family Pleurotomidce. 

 P.Z.S., 1893, PP- 487-92, pi. xxxviii. 

 Plenrotoma 8, Daphnella 3, Defrancia 2, Cythara 2. 



Sowerby, G. B. — Notes on the Genus Carinaria, with an enumeration of the 

 species, and the descr. of a new form. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, 

 vol. i. , pp. 14-16, 4 figs. 



Sowerby, G. B. — Descr. of a new species of Cancellaria from Penang. Ibid., 

 p. 27, fig. 



Sterki, V. — Observations on Vallonia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Soc. Philad., 1893, 

 pp. 234-79. 



An enlarged edition of his monograph in the Manual of Conchology (ser. 2 

 vol. viii. ). 



Sykes, E. R. — On the Clausilitc of Sumatra, with descrs. of two new species and 

 a variety. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, vol. i., pp. 28-30, 3 figs. 



Suter, Henry. — Prelim. Note on Tasmanian Land-Shells. Naut., 1893, vol. v "-» 

 pp. 77-8. 



