CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Hoyle, William E.— Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the 



Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, on the U.S. P'ish Commission 



Steamer "Albatross," from August, 1889, to March, 1900. Commander Jefferson 



T. Moser, U.S.X., Commanding. Report on the Cephalopoda. Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool. Camb., Mass., 1904, vol. xliii, pp. i — 71, pits, i — 12, text figs, a — G. 



The collection here described by Dr. HoyJe consists of thirty species, distributed in 



nineteen genera, of which the following are new : Staiiroteiitliis liippocrcpinni, 



Frockeiiia clara, gen. et sp. nov., Trenioclopiis scalcnsiis, Polypus ociilifcr, Cirrobracliiiuu 



filifennii, gen. et sp. nov., Loligo dioincdcac, Rhyuchoteiiihis chiuii, Mastlgotentliis 



dcutata ; in addition to these, there are a few forms to wliich the author has not found 



it possible to afiix names. 



A List of Stations, with the species obtained at e.ich is given, and an Appendix 

 treats of the Luminous Organs of Plciyi*iotciitIiis i^ianii and Abraliopsis lioylei. 



The paper is beautifully illustrated. In the preparation of certain plates the 

 author remarks that he has "utilised a number of water-colour drawings made on the 

 expedition by Mr. Agassiz and Mr. Magnus Westergren whilst the animals were still 

 fresh and the colours of life retained. It would be well if this practice had been fol- 

 lowed on other expeditions, as the appearance of Ceplialopoda changes very markedly 

 after preservation in alcohol." 



Melvill, J Cosmo. — Descriptions of twenty-three species of Gastropoda from the 

 Persian Gulf, etc. Proc. Malac, Soc. Lond., 1904, vol. vi, pp. 51 — 60, pi. v. 



Melvill, J. Cosmo. — On Bcrtliais, a proposed new genus of Marine Gastropoda from 



the Gulf of Oman. Ibid., pp. 61 — 63, figs, i, 11. 

 The type of this genus was described some short time back as Scala (CoiisUuiliit) 

 intcrh'xa, Melv. & Stand. Since then Mr. Melvill has submitted the shell to Dr. Dall, 

 who regards it as belonging to a new genus. Its nearest ally, Mr. Melvill regards as 

 -4t7/.s-, while Coiisttuiiia is not far removed. 



As has already been suggested by Mr. Edgar A. Smith, Onoha cgrci^ia, A. Ad., 

 also belongs to the same genus. 



Melvill, J. Cosmo. — Note upon Oliva gibbosti, Born, and its limits of variation. 

 Ibid., pp. 64, 65. 



Burne, R. H. — N jtes on the Nervous System of the Pelecypoda. Ibid., pp. 41 — 47, 

 figs, i — iii. 



Collinge, Walter E. — Some Remarks on the genera Damayantia, Issel., Collitigca, 

 Simr., and Issticntin, Cllge. Ibid., pp. 9—12. 



Collingre, Walter* E. — Contributions to the Teirestrial Zoology of the Faroes. By 

 Nelson Annandale. Land and Freshwater Mollusca. Proc. Roy. Physical Soc. 

 Edinb., 1904, vol. xv, pp. 153, 154. 



SimPOth, Heinrieh. — Uber Ostracolclhe und einige P'olgerungen fiir das System der 

 Gastropoden. Zeit. f. wiss. Zool., 1904, Bd. Ixxvi, pp. 612—672, T. xxxii. 



Dr. Simroth here gives a more detailed account of Ostracolctlu friihstorfcri described 

 in 1901, and which he regards as synonymous with Myoitsta, Cllge. 



SimPOth, H. — Uber Philomyciden and Arioniden. SB. Naturf. Gesell. Leipzig, 1901 

 pp. 32—45- 



