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

 for review. 



We regret that it is not possible for us this quarter to present the 

 Palaeontological portion of our Bibliography. Mr. Pace, owing to his 

 approaching departure from England, has been unable to attend to it, and, as 

 yet, we have not found a recorder who, being qualified and having sufficient 

 opportunities, has been able to spare the necessary amount of time. 



An attempt has been made, also, to save space by not inserting the names 

 of authors, &c., in more than one section : cross-references at the close f)f 

 each section being ample for the purpose. We believe that our readers will 

 approve the change, as they will be enabled to survey the whole field in a 

 smaller compass. The practice of inserting works " not seen " has also been 

 given up, as otherv.ise works are recorded when only some favoured person 

 has had the opportunity of perusing them. A striking feature of this quarter 

 is the small amount of strictly anatomical work. 



I. CLASSIFICATION AND NEW FORMS. 



Ancey, C. F. — " Descriptions of some new .shells from the New Hebrides 

 Archipelago." Nautilus, x., 90-1. 

 Endihiontii, Melanin, and Nei'itina. 



Boettger, Dr. O. — " Diagnosen neuer Clausilien." Nach. Malak. Ges., 

 1896, 124-7. 

 Two species and thres varieties from Asia Minor and Cyprus. 



Brazier, John. — "On the new genus Pcttcnliana." Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania, 

 ICS94-5 [Aug., 1S9G], 105-6, 

 A new name (speaking strictly, not a new genus) for Brazici'ia, Petterd 

 lion Ancey ; the t_\pe being the Ampnllaria tasynanica, Ten. -Woods. 



Clessin, S. — " ' Dentaliidae' in ' Conchylien-Cabinet.' " Lief. 422 and 424, 



pp. 48, pis. II. 



Rather incomplete. 



Dall, W. H. — " Note on Lcda caelata, Hinds." Nautilus, x., 70. 

 L. taphvia nom. nov. = L. caelata, Hinds, iiou Conrad. 



Dautzenberg, Ph., and Fischer, H. — " Dragages effectues par I'Hirondelle 

 et par la Princesse-Alice, 1888-1895. I., IMollusques Gasteropodes 

 [et Polyplacophores]." Mem. Soc. Z06I. France, ix., 1896, pi. xv.-xxii. 



This elaborate memoir forms a valuable addition to our knowledge of the 

 deep-water molluscs found off the Azores and in the Mediterranean : the 

 depths at which dredgings were made having varied from forty to four 

 thousand mstres. The total number of species recorded amounts to 153, of 

 wh'ch no less than 86 are described and figured as new. They are distributed 

 in the following genera: — Acnincii i, Actnecn i, Alvania 2, Calliostunni 3, Ccri- 

 thie'.la 4, Cciithiopsis i, Cyclostrema 2, Cyliclma i, Danilia 1, Emarginula i, Eulima 

 II, Fissuris'Sptd 2, Fusns i, Glyphis i, Iphitus 2, Liptothyra i, Margindla i, Mitro- 

 viorpha 2, Natica 2, Philine 2, Fleurotoma 21, Propilidium 2, Pseudjmurex i, Ringi- 



