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Crosse, H. — " Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de la Nouvelle- 

 Caledonie et de ses dependances." Journ. de Conch., vol. xlii., no. 3, 

 pp. 161-332, pis. vii.-viii., October, 1895. 



Dall, William Healey. — " Report on moUusca and brachiopoda dredged in 

 deep water chiefly near the Hawaiian Islands, with illustrations of 

 hitherto unfigured species from North-west America." Scientific 

 results of explorations by U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross, 

 No. xxxiv. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xvii., pp. 675-733, pis. xxiii.- 

 xxxiii. 

 Many new species. 



Gabriel, Jos. — " Marine dredging excursion." Victorian Nat., vol. xii. 

 July, 1895, pp. 39-42. 



Godwin-Austen, Lt.-Col. H. H. — " List and distribution of the land- 

 mollusca of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with descriptions of 

 some supposed new species." Proc. Zool. Soc, 1895, pp. 43S-457, figs 

 This is one of those studies of island faunas which in a very great 

 measure are the indispensable guides of working naturalists. It is interesting 

 to note how little we yet know of these islands. For instance, Mr. Cooke, in 

 his recent work (at p. 306), has stated that in the Nicobars the land operculates 

 outnumber the pulmonates ; turning to Col. Godwin-Austen's paper, we see 

 that the reverse is really the case, as the Helicacea number 43, while the 

 operculata are only 29 all-told. Again, Col. Godwin-Austen extends the range 

 oi Amphidromus to the Nicobars, w-hile Mr. Cooke gave it as only being from 

 the Andamans. New species are described belonging to the following 

 genera : — Sitala, Plunispira, Pupa, Vaginuhis, Acmella, Cyathopoma, Omphalo- 

 ti'opis. The general notes on species are also very interesting. There is a slip 

 in the arithmetic of the table at the end, for if there be 74 species in the 

 •\ndamans and 72 in the Nicobars, of which 8 are common, this cannot give a 

 total of 137. We leave our readers to find out whereabouts in the table the 

 error is. E. R. S. 



Hedley, C. — "On the Australasian Gundlachia." Nautilus, vol.ix., Oct. 1895, 

 pp. 61-S, fig. 

 Taken in the main from Mr. Hedley's paper in Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W. 

 vol. viii., 1893 ; there are some notes added by Mr. Pilsbry on the American 

 species. 



Hume, W. F. — " Oceanic deposits ancient and modern, part ii. The Mol- 

 hisca." Nat. Sci., vol. vii., pp. 3S5-394. 



Imhof, Dr. Othm. Em, — " Summarische beitrage zur kenntniss der Aquatilia 

 Invertebrata der Schweiz." Biol. Centralblatt, Bnd. xv., Oct. 1895, 

 pp. 713-719- 

 Contains three capital tables with prefatory remarks. The tables relate 



to distribution— (a) by watersheds, (bj by altitudes. 



Iwakawa, T. — "Fresh-water moUusca of Japan." Zool. Mag., Tokyo, vol. 

 vii., no. 8, i pi. In Japanese. 



Kingsley, R. J. — •' Zoological notes, Paryphanta hochstetteri, found at low 

 levels at West Wanganui." Trans. N. Z. Inst., 1894, xxvii., p. 239. 



Locard, A. — "Notices Conchyliologiques, No. xxxii., une coquille Frangaise 

 meconnue." L' Echange, Rev. Linneenne, ann. xi., pp. 85-6. 



Long, F. C. — ^" Shell-collecting around Whalley." Nat. Journ., vol. iv. 

 PP- 273-4- 



Melvill, James Cosmo, and Standen, Robert. — " Notes on a collection o 



shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, formed by the Rev. James 



and Mrs. Hadfield,with a list of species" (continued). Journ. of Conch., 



viii., 1895, pp. 89-128, pis. ii. and iii. (not finished). 



The complete paper of 130 pages and two pages of addenda has been 



