THE JOURNAL OF MALACOLOGY. 



Eilahlisluil 111 iSijo lus " TliL Coiicliolo}*isl, a Journal of Malacolog}'." 



No. 4. DECEMBER, 1904. VOL. XI. 



Page. 



Contents. 



Descriptions of some new species of Cingalese and Indian Marine 



Shells. By H. B. Preston, F.Z.S. 75 



Descriptions of Twelve new species and one variety of Marine Gastro- 

 poda from ihe Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, 

 collected by Mv. V. W. Townsend. 1902-1904. 



By J. Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 79 



Note on Mitra sicpliainiclia, Melv., with description of a proposed new 



variety. By J. Cosmo Melvill. M.A., F.L.S. 86 



On some Xon-iVIariiie Shells from the Austro- and Indo-Malayan Region. 



By E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.L.S. 87 



The Helicoid Land Shells uf Asia. Corrections and Additions. 



By G. K. Gude, F.Z.S. 93 



Xute on Two varieties of Arioii siib/iiscii^, Drap. 



By Walter E. Collinge, M.Sc. 98 



Current Literature. 9*^ 



Title Page, Contents, and Index to Volume XL 



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