CURRENT LITERATURE. 



It is hoped that all Malacologists will aid in making this Biblio- 

 graphy as complete and useful as possible. Writers, both at home and 

 abroad, arc especially asked to send in copies of their respective papers 

 for review to Wilfred Mark Webb, Holmesdale, Brentwood, to whom 

 all communications should be addressed. 



MALACOLOGY IN GENERAL. 



Martini and Chemnitz. — Systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Fortges. 



von W. Kobelt. Niirnberg, 1895, part 414, pp. 49-54, pis. zvi.-xxi. 



(finishes MoUusca DiiriN-aria— Gastrochaenidae), parts 413 and 415, 



pp. 751-794, pis. cvii.-cxiii. (Helix). 

 Taylor, J. W. — ' A monograph of ths land and freshwater mollusca of tho 



British Isles." Part ii., 1895, PP- 65-128, pi. ii., figs. 139-286. 



Tryon, G. W., continued by Pilsbry, H. A. — "Manual of Conchology," 

 . series i, part 61 (contains vol. xvi., pp. 1-48, pis. i.-xvi.) ; series 2, part 

 37 (contains vol. x. pp. 1-48, pis. ii.-xv.), Philadelphia, Sept., 1895. 



In the Marine Ssrie^, part 61 is almost entirely filled with an account of 

 the Philinid.i:, which Mr. Pilsbry states may be divided into three, or possibly 

 four, genera ; these last being foimded on combinations of the shell and 

 external bodily characters. 



An exceedingly interesting review of the history of the names Bulimus 

 and DiiUnus commences the new volume of the Terrestial series. The con- 

 clusions arrived at are that Bulimus. Adanson (1757) should be ignored ; that 

 Bulimus, Scopoli (1777 n>n 1786), represents a freshwater shell, preferably 

 Bythinia (which name must be abandone.i) ; that Styophochcihis, Spix (1827), 

 should, therefore, be used for the group usually known as the Bulimi. It is 

 with regret that we have to concur in tliis lamentable conclusion. In the 

 letterpress referring to Borus obljtigus, Miiller, Mr. Pilsbry appears to have 

 over-looked a recent study of the species by Mr. E. A. Smith (I'roc. Mai. 

 Soc. i., 1894, p. 137). A reference to this paper would have saved his naming 

 from Tobago, a variety already described by Mr. Smith from that island. 



Bpi'us oosoiiius, from Brazil, is a new species belonging to the group of 

 B. ovatus, to which it appears nearly allied. 



An introduction and key to the groups are promised latter ; we trust that 

 the author will be as successful as when dealing with the Hdicidac. 



E.R.S. 



ANATOMY. 



Anonymous. — " Sexual Characters in Nautilus." Nat. Sci,, vol. v August, 

 1895, p. 84. 



Note on papers by Mr Willey, see p 49 ; and Dr. A Vayssiere, sec 

 below, p. 61. 

 Collinge, Walter E. and Godwin-Austen, H. H. — " On the structure and 



affinities of some new species of molluscs from Borneo." . Proc Z06I. 



Soc, 1895, pt. 2, pp. 241-250, pis. xi.-xiv. 

 Coxen, Mrs. C. — " Notes on Cyf-raca." Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensland, 



vol. X., 1894, PP- 35-36- 

 Describes animals of C. crrones, vitellus and cvosa. 

 Gwatkin, H. M. and Suter, Henry, with a prefatory note by Pilsbry, 



H. A. — " Observations on the dentition of the Achatinellidae." Proc. 



Ac. I'hil., 1S95, pp. 237-240. 



