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The following communications were read : — " On a small 

 collection of Land and Freshwater Shells from Oman, Arabia," 

 by E. Smith, F.Z.S. ; "On the Anatomy of Pterocera, with 

 some notes on the Crystalline Style," by M. F. Woodward i 

 " Descriptions of Marine Shells from the neighbourhood of 

 Hong Kong," by G. B. Sowerby, F.Z.S. ; "Notes on the 

 Anatomy of Bulimus glaber" by S. Pace. 



NOTES. 



Limax maximus in the City of Mexico. 



Dr. A. Duges has just sent me a good specimen of L. maximus, marked 

 " Ville de Mexico." This is a new locality, but of course it is an introduction. 

 The example is of fair size, blackish, with three pale ochreous lines down the 

 back ; the mantle is uniformly blackish except for some pale marbling near its 

 anterior edge ; the sole is uniformly pale ochreous. 



While on the subject of L. maximus, I may draw attention to an error in the 

 Check-List. The peculiar variety bielzi, with red slime, should be credited to 

 Seibert instead of to Simroth, being the same thing as L. bielzi, Seib., No. 52 of 

 the Check-List. — T. D. A. Cockerei.l, Las duces, N. Mexico, March 18th. 



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In order to make the following Bibliography as complete as 

 possible, the Editor invites the co-operation of British and foreign 

 authors. All communications should be addressed to the Editor, 

 the "Journal of Malacology," Mason College, Birmingham, England. 



MALACOLOGY IN GENERAL. 



Hickson, Sidney J. — The Fauna of the Deep Sea. London: Kegan Paul, 

 pp. i.-xii., and 1-169, illustrated. 



Dr. Hickson's little book will be read with pleasure by all interested in 

 zoology. It is full of interest, delightfully written, and well printed and 

 illustrated. 



The references to the Mollusca are as follows: — Pages 62-3 and p. 119, Colour 

 of Deep-sea Molluscs; pp. 71-2, Eyes of Deep-sea Molluscs; p. 83, on the 

 absence of lime in bathybial Molluscs. 



Pelseneer, Paul. — Introduction a l'Etude des Mollusques, 8°, Bruxelles, 1894, 

 216 pp., 146 text illust. [Extrait des Mem. Soc. R. Malac. Belgique 

 (1892), xxvii.] 



Malacologists generally will be greatly indebted to Dr. Pelseneer for this- 

 most admirable text-book, which summarises for them the principal points in the 

 anatomy of the chief groups and even families of the Mollusca. 



Unfortunately it is only brought down to the beginning of 1892, having been 

 prepared for that year's volume of the " Me moires de la Societe Royale Mala- 

 cologique de Belgique," which society must be held responsible for the delay, and 

 consequent depreciation of the work, now two years old ; indeed, their volume 

 from which it professes to have been extracted has not yet been issued. 



Fortunately for the author, this delay has not proved so serious as might have 

 been expected, and any modifications necessary will doubtless be made in future 

 editions ; what these modifications may be, the student can readily gather for 

 himself by consulting the annual volumes of the Zoological Record. 



The " Introduction " is, of course, written purely from a zoological and nut 

 from a mere conchological point of view. It begins with a summary of the 



