CURRENT LITERATURE.* 



By E. R. SYKES, B.A., F.Z.S., and S. PACE, F.Z.S. 



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, are especially asked to send in copies of their respective papers 

 for review. 



I. CLASSIFICATION AND NEW FORMS. 



A. RECENT FORMS. 



Bavay, A. — " Coquilles nouvelles, provenant des recoltes de M. L. Levay, 

 dans les rapides du Haut-Mekong, pendant la campagne da Massie, 

 1893-4-5." Journ. de Conch., vol. xliii., pp. 82-94, P^- '^■> P'"'^' ^^• 



Brazier, J. — "New species of Cone from the Solomon Islands." Pro. Linn. 

 Soc, N.S.W., vol. X, p. 471. 



Ball, W. H. — " New species of Lt'(?(( from the Pacific Coast." Naut, vol. x., 

 pp. 1-2. 



Dall, W. H. — " Diagnoses of new Molhisks from the Survey of the Me.\ican 

 Boundary." Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xviii., pp. 1-6. 

 New Land and Freshwater Mollusks, with a scheme for breaking up the 

 genus Holospira. 



Dall, W. H. — " Diagnoses of new species of Mollusks from the West Coast 

 of America." Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xviii., pp. 7-20. 

 New species of Marine Univalves and Bivalves. Two interesting new 

 genera are characterised: one, Anaplocanius, is "probably referable to the 

 family Trichotropidae, as the peculiar production of the aperture, the thick, 

 brown epidermis, and the curious operculum all have points in common with 

 species o{ Ti'ichotropis.." The other, T;-(?cfo//;((, " appears to be a degenerate 

 abyssal form of Volutidae." 



Garstang, W. — " On Doyis maculata, a new species of Nudibranchiate Mollusc 

 found at Plymouth." Journ. Mar. Biol. Assn., n.s., vol. iv., pp. 167-8. 

 The species may be recognised by its orange colour and " the presence, 

 on the back, of a number of conspicuously [purple] coloured tubercles, con- 

 nected with one another by a network of low ridges." 



Gude, G. K. — " Description of a new species of Vitrina, and new forms of 

 Helicidae, with a list of the Helicoid shells hitherto found in the 

 Canary Islands." Proc. Malac. Soc , vol. ii., pp. 15-22, figs. 



Gude, G. K. — " Description of Strcptaxis pnulus, a new species." I'roc. 

 Malac. Soc, vol. ii., p. 23, fig. 



Hedley, C. — " Notes on MoUusca from the Alpine Zone of Mount Ko.sciusko." 

 Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. ii., pp. 101-5, pi. x\m., pars. 

 A new Endodonta and a new Flammulina. 



Hedley, C. — " Description of Pugnus, a new genus of I^ingiculidae from 

 Sydney Harbour." Rec. Austral. Mus., vol. ii., pp. 105-6, pi. xxiii.,/(Ns. 



* An asterisk denotes that the work has not been seen. The bibUography ts carried up to 



June ist, 1896. 



