CURRENT LITERATURE. 



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VII. BIOGRAPHIES 



Bttj^.— (Obituary notice of Bjrnhar.l S;'.irrn;'.or). Nac'irbl. diutszh. 

 mala'i. G33., xxviii., 74, i8g6. 



C , E. W.— " Sir Joseph Prestwich." Scienca (N.S.), iv., 190-1, 



1S96. 

 Dautzenberg, P. — "Paul Fischer." Ann. Soc. malac. Belgique, xxix. 



(TS94), PP- xi.-ii., 1S95. 

 Nickles, R. — " Notice sur les Travaux scientifiques de J. Wohlgemuth." 



Bull. Soc. Nancy (S. 2), xiv., pp. 59-64, i8g6. 



Pelseneer, P.— "P. J. van Beneden." Ann. Soc. malac. Balgique, xxix. 

 (1894), pp. v.-ix., 1896. 



W, H. B.-" Thomas Beesley, J. P., F.C.S." Geol. Alag. (N.S., 



Dec. i\.), vol. iii., p. 336. 



Williamson, W. C— " RemiTiscences of a Yorkshire Naturalist (edited by 

 his wife). London (Redway, 5s.), 228 pp. 8vo., 1S96. 

 Includes list of his scientific writings. 



NOTE. 



Corasia laurae, Gude. — Testa imperforata, orbiculate depressa, tenuis, 

 obliquis c/eberrimis striis distincta, quae striis spiralibus decussantur ; 

 subpellucida, nitida, pallide coerulea ; media pars anfractus ultimi vivide 

 coerulescens, fascia lutea sub sutura ornata ; spira convexa, obtusa ; apex 

 pallide lutea vel albida ; sutura leviterimpressa ; anfr. 45, convexi ; peripheria 

 acute carinata, pars superior paulum crenulata ; anfr. ultimus antice breviter 

 deflexus ; apertura obliqua, subtrigona ; peristoma simplex, tenue, margine 

 supenori paulum expanso, gibboso, luteo, basali breviter refiexo, columellari 

 arcuate declivi, compresso, paulum excavato, ex albido coerulescens. — Uiam. 

 maj. 19-25, min. 16-22, alt. 11-13 mm. 



Coiasia laurae. Gude. 



Hab. — North Luzon, Phillipine Islands. 



Shell imperforate, orbiculately depressed, thin, obHquely and closely 

 striate, decussated with spiral lines, sub-pellucid, shining, pale blue ; the 

 middle of the last whorl vivid blue, with a yellow band under the suture ; 

 spire convex, obtuse ; apex pale yellow or whitish ; suture slightly impressed ; 

 whorls 45, convex ; periphery acutely keeled, the upper side of the keel 

 slightly crenulate ; last whorl shortly descending in front ; aperture obliquel 

 subtrigonal ; peristome simple, thin ; upper margin slightly expanded, 

 gibbous, yellow ; basal margin shortly reflexed ; columellar margin arcuately 

 sloping, compressed, slightly excavated, bluish white. 



