25 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Mr Hedley describes the occurrence in Australia of the genus Lucapincllci^ 

 A new species, L. pritchanU. is described and figured^ Another addition to the 

 Austrahan fauna is Scylhm pelagka, L., collected at Port Phillip. 

 Hedley, C— [Mol. N. Guinea; see "Fauna."] 



New species : -Otopoma mucgregoyia, Sitala anthivpopJnigomm. Papuina 

 sccans. 



Kobelt, W.— " Zweiter Nachtrag zur Fauna der Nassauischen Mollusken." 

 j'ahrb. Nassau, ver. xlvii.. 83-9, pi. iv. 

 ? New species -. — Unio (pktorum var.) battoiwnsis. 

 Martens, E. von.—" On Dveisscnsia polymoiplia, Pallas. " J. of C, vii., 1894 

 (Pub. 1895), pp. 4i5-4if'- 

 Points out that its specific name should stand. 

 Melvill J. C, and Ponsonby, J. H.— " Descriptions of Four New Species of 

 Terrestrial Mollusca from South Africa." Ann. Nat. Hist. (s. 6), xv., 

 163-5, Pl- >;ii- 

 Zingis ddicata, II. (Tntchycystis) alcochi, Achatina chuniiilliuihi. Cydostoma 

 fovcokitum, Natalina chaplini. and Dorcusla inluzami are also figured. 



Monterosato, Marquis de.— " Note sure le genre Hagenmulleria, de Bour- 

 guinat. • J. de Conch, xlii.. No. 2, 1894 (pub. 1895), p. 112-116. 



Newton, R. Bullen.— [See " Palaeontology." Madagascar fossils.] 



' The following new species of Mollusca are described and figured : — 

 Trochactcoiiina riclianhoni, Peina latoconvexa, Gervillia imonensis, Lima inioiwnsis, 

 Mytilus madagascariensis, Modiola angiistissima, Covbuhi gnuididicii, Pscudotrapczium 

 vcntrkosum, P. dcpressum, P. elongatum. 



Pelseneer, P.—" Branchiate Pulmonates." Abst. in Jour. R. Mic. Soc, 



1894, p. 670. Compt. Rend., Ac. Sci., Paris v. 1894, pp. 357-358. 

 Pilsbry, H. A. — " New Forms of American Shells." Naut. viii., p. 109. 



Gastrodonta and Somatogyris. 

 Pilsbry, H. A. — "New Forms of Western Helices." Naut. viii., p, 81. 



(One new species.) 

 Pilsbry, H. A. — " New American Fresh-water Molluscs." Naut. viii., 



pp. 114-116. 



Sargent, H. E. — " Fcnissacia subcylindrica [Cuchlicopa liibrka, Risso], and two 

 new species in Jackson County, Alabama." Naut. viii., pp. 104-105. 



Scharff, R. F. — " A supposed new Species of Liiiiax from Ireland." Irish 

 Nat., 1894, p. 261. 



Simroth, H. — " Ueber einige von Herrn Dr. Sturany auf der Bulkanhalbinsel 

 erbeutete Nacktschnecken." Ann. K. K. Natur. Hist. Hofniuseums, 

 1894, Bd. ix., pp. 391-4, figs, i-ii T xix. 



Three new species of AgrioUmax are described and figures given of parts 

 of their anatomy. The differences are so minute, and coniined to one organ 

 almost, that we doubt whether they can be regarded as good species. The 

 three forms are named Agv. tunkus, Agi: stiiranyi, and Agy. miiriniis. 



W.E.C. 



Smith, E. A. — "Descriptions of new Species cf Land Shells from New- 

 Guinea." Ann. Nat. Hist. (s. 6), xv., 230-3, no fig. 



Nanina amblytropis, N. lissorhapha, Rhysota anniti, H. (HadraJ stiruphora, 

 H. (Doirasia) subplkifera, H. (ChloritisJ cphamilla, Chi. perambigua, H. (Cristi- 

 gibba) musgravci. 



