CURRENT LITERATURE. 55 



CLASSIFICATION, NOMENCLATURE, NEW GENERA AND 

 SPECIES. 



Boettger, O. and Schmacker, B. — Descriptions of New Chinese Clansilice. 

 Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1894, vol. i., pp. 100- 117, pis. viii.-ix. 



Brazier, John. — On a new Murex from S. Australia. Proc. Linn. Soc, 

 N.S.W., 1893, vo '- vm -? PP- J 79-8o, fig. 



Crosse, H. et Fischer, P. — Diag. Moll. nov. reipablicse Mexicans iricolarum. 

 Journ. de Conchy, 1893, PP- 2 93"7> pi- x - 

 Six new Unionidce. 



Dall, W. H. — On some species of Mulinia from the Pacific Coast. Naut., 1894, 

 vol. viii. , pp. 5-6, pi. i. 



Hedley, C. — Descr. of Cacum amputation, an undescribed mollusc from Sydney 

 Harbour. Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., 1893, vol. viii., p. 504 and fig. 



Hedley, C. — On the Australasian Gundlachia. Ibid., pp. 505-14, pi. xxiv. 



The genus Gundlachia contains 4 American, 2 Australian, and 1 New 

 Zealand species. G. beddomei, Petterd, MS. is described as new from South 

 Tasmania. Figures are given of the animal, lingual ribbon, jaw (now first made 

 clear), &c. , of G. pctterdi, and of the growth stages of the undescribed New Zealand 

 species. Mr. Hedley concludes " The distribution of Gundlachia agrees in part 

 with that of the recent Marsupials, and the theory of a Mesozoic or older Tertiary 

 migration to or from Australia across the South Pole, when a lost land with a mild 

 climate united Tierra del Fuego to Tasmania, would explain its present position." 



Hedley. C. — On the value of Ancylastrum. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1894, 

 vol. i., p. 118. 



Jousseaume. — Descrs. de Moll. nouv. Le Nat., 1894, pp. 167-8. 

 Two new species of Caucilla. 



Martens, E. von. — Diag. neuer Arten. Nachr. Deulsch. Malak. Gesel., 1894, 

 PP- 135-6. 



A new Helix and a Lippistes. 



Moellendorff, O. F. von. — On a collection of Land-Shells from the Samin 

 Islands, Gulf of Siam. P.Z.S., 1S94, pp. 146-56, pi. xvi. 

 The first collection from these islands, consisting of 32 species, of which 18 

 are new. The fauna appears to be essentially Malaccan, and consists of Streptaxidcz 

 (5), Naninidce (5), Helicida (2), Bulvmida (1), Stenogyridcr (2), Pupida (3), 

 Asiculidcc{z), Cyclophorid<c(6), Diplommatinida (3), Pupinidoe (2), Hydrocanidce{\). 



Nobre, Augusto. — Descrip. d'uma nova especie de Vaginula de Angola. Ann. 

 de Sci. Nat., Porto, 1894, vol. i., pp. 160-1, Est. viii. 



Under the title of Vdgimtla simrothi, Signor Nobre describes a new African 

 species. Figures are given of the slug and also of the nervous and digestive 

 systems. We regret no figure is given of the reproductive organs, such always 

 being useful for comparison. The original description is as follows: — 



" Corpus elongatum, vel ovatum, dorsum convex um in speciminibus vero spritu 

 vine conservatis, subtilissime rugosum. Color obscure olivaceo-viridis, infra 

 pallidore ; solea anguste, postice acuminata, media leviter expansa, transverse 

 rugosa ; tentaculis anterioribus, parvis, rugosis, posterioribus, parvis, transverse 

 striatis. (Coll. Nobre.) 



Long. 42 ; lat. 23 ; alt. 12 mill. 



Hab. : In Angola, Africa? occidentalis. 



