6l CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Leon, N. — " Zur histologie des Dentalium-mantels." Jena Zeitschr, vol. 

 xxix , 1895, pp. 411-416, pt. xii , Bibl. 



Martens, E. von [See " Systematic Work."] Anatomy of Cylindnis 

 obtiisiis, Drap., Steiiogyra insularis, Ehrby., S.fiilla, Gray. 



Michael, Richard. — " Ueber Aptychen und Ammonitenbrut," Jahresber. 

 Schlesischen Gssell., 1894 (P^b. 1895), p. i^S- 



Schmidt, R. — " Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Entvvicklungsgeschichte der 

 Stylommatophoren." Z06I. Jahrh. Anat , vol. viii., 1895, pp. 31S-341, 

 9 figs- 

 Treats of I. " Die Sinnesplatten," II. " Die Entwicklnng des Fusses," 



III. '' Das Mantel oder Schalenfeld," in Snccinea, Limax and Clausilia. 



Schwarz, E. H. L. — " Shell-structure in the Ammonoidea. ' Geol. Mag., 

 vol. ii. (N.S.), 1895, pp. 249-56, figs. 



Vanstone, J. Henry. — " On the sinistral character of the shell oi Plaiiorbis." 

 Proc. Mai. Soc, vol. ii., 1895, pp. 254-256, 3 figs. 



Vayssiere, A. — "Sur le dimorphisme sexueldes Nautiles. " Comptes Rend., 

 vol. cxx , p. 1431. 



Villepoix, Moynier de. — " De la formation de la coquille dans les 

 mollusques. (Note.) Compt. Rend., vol. cxx., 1895, pp. 512-513. 



Woodward, M. F. — " On the Anatomy of Naialina caffi'a, Fer., with special 

 reference to the structure of the buccal mass." Proc. Mai. Soc, vol. i., 

 1895, pp. 270-277, pi. xvii , figs. 



PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOLOGY. 



Anonymous. — " The Origin of the Cephalopods." Nat. Sci., vol. v., Aug. 



1895, p. 84. 

 Clapp, Geo. H.— " Disperal of Shells." Naut., vol. ix., 1895, p. 35. 



Records the finding of three species of Viti'ca on a piece of light porous 

 slag, among the drift of the River Ohio, which must have floated at least a 

 distance of ten miles down. 



Coats, William. — " The shipworm." Trans. Edinburgh Field Nat. Soc, 

 iii., 1891-94, pp. 64-76. 



Crawford, W. C. — " An observation on mind in molluscs." Trans 

 Edinburgh Field Nat. Soc, iii., 1891-94, pp. 39-42. 

 Some observations on slugs and snails seeking out food by means of the 

 sense of smell. 



Coxen, Mrs. C— "Notes on poisonous Cones." Proc. Roy. Soc, Queens- 

 land, vol. X., 1894, pp. 38-39. 

 Bite of Strombiis hthitanus innocuous ; localities of Conns, spp., in Queens- 

 land. 



Hedley, C— " Notes on .\ustralian shipworms," P.L.S , N.S.W., 2, vol. ix., 

 pp. 501-505, pi. xxxii. 



Teredo edax, perhaps the largest known sp. figured and described ; 

 T. antarctka, Hutton, figured from type ; probably the record of T. navalis in 

 the South Seas erroneous ; native species eaten by blacks ; its gnawing 

 audible. 



Sage, J. H. — " A sora caught by a mussel." (From " the Auk," July, 1895). 

 Naut., vol. ix , 1895, p. 49, figure of the bird and mussel. 



Sigerfoos, C. P. — "The Pholadidae : Note on the early stages of develop- 

 ment." Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol xvi., 1895, pp. 230-238. 

 (From John Hopkins University Circulars, vol. xiv., No. 119, pp. 78-79.) 



