366 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



On a supposed new Species of the Genus Helix, from North- 

 Eastern Australia : by James c. cox, m, d. 



Helix Forhesii. 



Observations on the Geographical Distribution of the Species 

 of Voluta and Gymbium in the Australian Seas: by 



GEORGE FRENCH ANGAS. 



Mr. Angas writes, that no le?s than twenty-eight or twenty- 

 nine of \\vi seventy species of the genus Voluta, already known 

 to us, and some half-dozen of the allied genus Cymhium have 

 their habitat in the Australian waters." He includes, as be- 

 longing to the same geographical province, New Caledonia, 

 New Zealand, and the adjacent islands. The following are 

 the species enumerated, with notes on localities, &c. : — 



Volut'i {Scipha) fusiformis, Sw. V. {S.) rutila, Brod, V. 

 (S.) piperita, Sowb. V. {S.)Deshayesii, 'Reeve. V. {S.) Norrisii, 

 Sowb. V. {S.) nivosa, Lam. V. (S.) Maria- JEnwfi, Gray. V. 

 (S.) mamilla, Gray. V. {S.) Pacifica, Solander. V. (S.) gra- 

 cilis^ Swn. V. {S.) Sophia, Gray. V. ( Volutella) fiavicans, 

 Gmel. V. ( V) papillosa, Swains. V. ( V.) fulgetrum, Brod. 



V. {V) Rossiniana^ Bernardi. V. {Amoria) undulata, Lam. 



V. {A.) exoptanda, Sowb. V. (A.) volva, Chemn. V. [A.) 

 reticulata. Reeve. V. {A) Turneri, Gray. V. {A.) praetexta, 

 Reeve. V.{A.) macidata, Swn. V. {A.) marmorata, Swn. V, 

 {A) zebra, Leach. V. {Lyria) mitrseformis^ Lam. V. {L.) nu- 

 cleus, Lam. V. (L.) deliciosa, Montr. Melo Oeorginse, Gray. 

 M. umhilicatus, Brod. M. diadema, Lam. M. raucronitus, 

 Sowb. M. Broderipii, Gray. M. Miltonis, Gray. 



List of the Shells collected hij Captain Speke during 

 his Second Joarneij through Central Africa : BY 



DR. H. DOHRN. 



The only new spacies among twenty-seven species enume- 

 rated, is 



Achatina Spekei. 



Remarhs on a Species of Shell belonging to the Fam- 

 ily Dtntaliidce : BY w. baird ; with Notes on 

 their Use hy the Natives of Vancouver s Island and 

 British Columbia : BY J. K. LORD. 



