l6 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Suter, Henry. — Contributions toward a Revision of the Tasmanian Land 

 Mollusca. Naut., 1893, vol. vii. , pp. 87-90. 



Tate, Ralph. — On some new sp. ol Australian Marine Gasteropoda. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S. Aust., vol. xviii., pp. 189-97, pi. I. 



The new species belong to Sipho 1, Columbella 1, Cerithiopsis 1, Bittium I, 

 Tori nia 1, Turbo 1, Clancultts 2, Thalotia I, Caliiostoma 1, Euchelus 5. 



Vayssiere, A. — Note sur les coquilles de 1' Homalogyra polyzona et de 

 1' Aiumonicera fischeriana. Journ. de Conchyl. , 1893, pp. 106-9, pt. of pi. V. 



Webster, G. W. — Strobila hitbbardi. Naut., 1893, vo '- v ''-> P- 94- 



PHYSIOLOGY, HABITS, AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 



Coupin, H. — La faune des Conduites d'eau. Le Nat., 1893, p. 261. 



Coupin, H.— Sur ['elimination des matieres etrangeres chez les Acephales et, en 

 particulier, chez les l'holades. Comptes Rendus, 1893, vol. cxvii., pp. 373-6. 



D [all]. W. H. — Ha^ckel's Planktonic Studies. Naut., 1893, vol. vii., pp. 86-7. 



Hornell, James. — On the habits of the Octopus in captivity. Journ. Mar. Zool., 

 1893, vol. i., pp. 9-11. 



Webb, W. M. — On the manner of feeding in Testacella scutulum. Zool., 1893, 

 vol. xvii., pp. 281-9, pi. i. 



Mr. Webb records a series of very interesting and careful observations upon 

 a subject which previously has been anything but clear. 



Webb, W. M.— The Method of Feeding in Testacella. Zool., 1893, vol. xvii., 

 P- 356. 



SPECIAL FAUNA AND DISTRIBUTION. 



Anon. — Zur Molluskenfauna des nordwestlichen Persiens. Nachr. Deutsch. 

 Malak. Gesel., 1S93, PP- 148-9. 



Baldwin, D. D.— Catalogue of the L. & F. Shells of the Hawaiian Islands. 

 Honolulu, 1893. 



Deals of course principally with Achatinella. There is a list of synonymy given 

 which will prove useful ; more care might have been taken, however, to investigate 

 the relative antiquity of the names. 



Billinghurst, F. L. — Notes on the L. & F. M. of Castlemaine and neighbourhood. 

 Victorian Nat., 1893, pp. 61-64. 



Boettger, O.— Die Marinen Mollusken der Philippinen (II.). Nachr. Deutsch. 

 Malak. Gesel , 1893, PP- r 53-67- 



Deals with Ealinia, Sitbularia, Mucronalia. Niso, and Stylifer : the new 

 species are Eulinia 6, Niso 1, and Stylifer 2. 



Brazier, John.— Catal. of the Marine Shells of Australia and Tasmania. Pt. III. 

 Aust. Mus., Sydney, 1893, PP- 45-/4- 

 Contains the genus Murex. 



Brazier, John. — Note on Cassis wyvillei, Watson, from the Solomon Isles., 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., ser. 2, vol. viii., p. 43. 



Extends the range of this "Challenger"' species from the Philippines to the 

 Solomon Is. 



