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to the anatomy of other alhed forms, tliat at present it is impossible to assign 

 the two known species of Fontiothauma to any precise position in the sub- 

 family. It would, however, appear that their nearest allies are Pleurotomella, 

 Verrill, and Spergo, Dall. The author is of opinion that the structure of the 

 soft parts of P. abyssicola, E. A. Sm., justify its removal from the genus, but 

 before proposing another neAV name, thinks it advisable to wait until further 

 details are forthcoming regarding Pleurotomella, etc. It seems a great pity 

 that a valuable morphological paper, such as this, could not have been better 

 illustrated. 

 Marshall, J. T — Additions to " British Conchology." Part VII. Pp. 59. 



Torquay : 1903. 

 This paper is a continuation of the series of papers which, under this title, 

 liave been appearing since October, 1893, in the Journal of Conchology. The 

 author details numerous interesting facts and observations upon the distri- 

 bution, size, nomenclature, and variation of the British marine moUusca. The 

 following varieties are described as new : — Cerithiopsis barleel, Jeffr., var. 

 inteiTupta, Clathurella anceps, Eichw., var. soluta, C. linearis, Mont., var. 

 minor, Pleurotoma brachystovia, Phil., var. alba, Pholas Candida, var. cylin- 

 dracea and Lacuna pallidula var. imperforata. 

 Glamann, G — Anatomisch-systematische Beitrage zur Kenntniss der 



Tracheopulmonaten. Zool. Jahrb. (Abth. f. Morph.), 1903, Bd. 17, 



pp. 679—762, Tafn. 29—34. 

 Dr. Glamann gives a detailed account of the anatomy of Aneitella virgata, 

 E. A. Sm., and compares the genus with other Tracheopulmonata, so far as 

 their internal structure is known. The kidney of Aneitella is dealt with in 

 great detail, and compared with that in Aneitea. 

 Walker, Bryant and Pilsbry, H. A. —The MoUusca of the Mt. Mitchell 



Region, North Carolina. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1902, pp. 



413 — 442, pis. xxiv, xxv. 

 This is a report based upon material collected in the summer of 1901. The 

 expedition was vmdertaken primarily for the purpose of exploring Mt. Mitchell) 

 the highest peak of the Appalachian range, with an altitude of 6,711 feet, of 

 whose fauna nothing was known except a few species collected by Hemphill 

 in a hurried visit nearly twenty years ago. In all 59 species or sub-species 

 are recorded, of which the following ai'e new : Polygyra tridentata v. tennes- 

 seensis, P. andrewsae subsp. intermedia, Vitrea approxima, V. vanattai, 

 Gastrodonta gidaris subsp. theloides and decussata (Pils. and Van.). The only 

 species peculiar to Mt. Mitchell, re-discovered on the present expedition, seems 

 to be the rare little Vitrea clingmani, Dall. 

 Pallary, P — Apport a la faude malacologique de I'Arabie et de I'Egypte. 



Bull, de r Inst. Egyptien,1901, pp. 1—8, pi. 

 The following new species are described and figured : Leucochroa arabica, 

 Helix {Eremina) fourtaui, Limnaea sikenbergeri, Valvata innesi, and Pseu- 

 damnicola sinaica. 

 Pallary, P.— MoUusques recueillis par le Dr. Innes Bey dans le Haut-Nil. 



Ibid., 1902, pp. 1—14, pis. i, ii. 

 The author records twenty-four species, of which the following are new : 

 Lanistes innesi, Corbicula artini, Unio fourtaui, Spathella fourtaui, and 

 Spatha innesi. 



