60 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



PAL.yEONTOL.OGY. 



Cossman, M. — Revision sommaire de la faune du Terrain Oligocene marin aux 

 environs d' Etampes (suite). Journ. de Conchy., 1893, PP- 2 97 _ 363, pi. x. 



A new family Diastomidce is created for Diastoma and allied fossil genera. 

 The following species are new : — Euthria dollfnsi, Scaphander mediocris, Sand- 

 bergeria trimargarita. 



Jahn, J. J. — Duslia, eine neue Chitonidengattung aus dem Bohmischen 

 untersilur. Setz. Akad. wiss. Wien, 1S94, Bd. cii. , pp. 591-603, pi. 



A remarkable new species which has twelve valves ; it seems, however, hardly 

 necessary to have created a new genus for it, as Triopus, Barrande (from the same 

 formation) seems nearly enough allied to have contained Duslia insignis. 



Lehmann, F. — Die Lamellibranchiata des Miocens von Dingden, ii. Theil. 

 Siphonida sinupalliata. Ver. Nat. Vereins. d. pi. Rheinlande, 1894, 

 pp. 273-94, pi. v. 



Monterosato, Marquis de. — Conchiglie terr. viv. e foss. de Monte IVllcgrino. 

 Nat. Siciliano, 1894, An xiii., pp. 165-73. 



Newton, R. B. — Note on some Molluscan remains lately discovered in the 

 English Keuper. Journ. Conch., 1S94, p. 408. 



Newton, R. B., and Harris, G. W. F.--A Revision of the British Eocene 

 Cephalopoda. Pro. Malac. Soc, Lond. , 1894, vol. i., pp. 119-131, pi. x. 



Tate, R. — Unrecorded genera of the older Tertiary Fauna of Australia, including 

 diagnoses "1 some new genera and species. Proc. Roy. Soc, N.S.W., 1893, 

 xxvii. (puli. Mar. 1894), pp. 167-96, plates x. to xii. 



Herein I'rof. Tate transfers to the Eocene various Australian beds formerly 

 held to be Miocene, correlates the ( (amaru series of New Zealand with the 

 Australian Eocene, and associates both with the oldest European Eocene deposits. 

 The bulk of this important paper is devoted to the mollusca, trie following new 

 genera of which are proposed : — Ataxocerithium, Calylrapis, Triploca, Poro/eda, 

 and Phragmorisma. New species figured and described are : — Spirttlirostra 

 curt a, Concholepas antiquata, Distort io inter posit a, Haifa pachycheila, Dolium 

 biomatum, Eburnopsis tessellatus, Genotia fontinalis , G. decomposita, G. pritchardi, 

 G. angtistifrons, Diastoma provisi, Semivertagus subcalvatus, S. capillatus, 

 Ataxocerithium concatenation, Colina apicilivata, C. fenestralis, Actapyramis 

 olivelhcfoi nils, Isapis col hi 11 its, I. elaliis, Litiopa punclulifera, A'isei/a alia, 

 Basilissa cosmani, Triploca ligata, Poro/eda lanceolata, Pholadomya auslialica, 

 Anatina doiabraformis, thragmorisma anatinceformis, Rlyochama plana, M. 

 ruga/a, and Crania quadrangular is. We note that the penus Poroleda has already 

 appeared on p. S6 ot the Macleay Memorial volume. — C. II. 



BIOGRAPHICAL. 

 Ashford, Charles. — Journ. Conch., 1894, pp. 405 7, and portrait. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



We regret to hear of the death of Prof. Michele Lessona, of Turin, on 

 Tuly 20th, in his "]\%X year. 



