67 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



VI. ECONOMICS. 



Dedekind, Alexander.— " Recherches sur la pourpre Oxybatta chez las 



Assyrians at las Egyptians." Arch. Zool. Exper., iv., 481-516, pi. xi. 

 Lacaze-Duthiers, H. de. — " Note sur la conleur da la pourpre tirea das 



Mollusquas." Arch. Z06I. Expar., iv., 471-4S0. 

 Thorne, R. T., Bulstrode, H. T., and Klein, Dr.—" Oyster Culture in 



relation to Disease." 24th Ann. Rep. Local Govt. Board, 1S94-5, 



Supplement iSgo, pp. xxiii. and 174, pis. xvi. 

 Shows that oyster beds are contaminated, and that the germs causing 

 Typhoid Fever and Cholera live for many days in the shells of oysters kept 

 in tanks where the water is constantly changed. 



VII. BIOGRAPHIES. 



Henderson, John B., jun. — "Obituary — B. Schmacker." Nautilus, x., 72. 

 Roberts, S. Raymond. — " Henry D. Van Nostrand." Nautihis, x., 93-4. 

 Obituary : Died Oct. 8th, aged about 73. 



NOTES. 



Supposed New Varieties.— I am in favour of naming varieties, but it 

 is decidedly objectionable to give the same name to more than one, or intro- 

 duce as new those long ago dascribed and named. I sea on p. 37 a reference 

 to Liiiiax maxiiiiiis var. alba, nov., L. E. Adams. If this is the albino form, it 

 was named mcgaspidiis in 1817, and is also the caiididiis of Lessona and Pollonera. 

 And if it were not, the name albus could not ba used, as it was employed in 

 1890 by Amstein for a variety which is not an albino. In the new "Col- 

 lector's Manual," Mr. Adams also re-introduces some old forms. Helix 

 hortcmis v. lutolabiata, L. E. Ad., was first described by the writer, under the 

 same name, in " Sci. Gos.?.," 1887, p. 67. Limnaea stagn.dis m. scalari forme, 

 ascribsd to Taylor, wai also first published, under the sima name, by the 

 writer in 1884, All this confusion appears to be due to the idea that what 

 was not known to the members of the Conchological Society who compiled 

 their official list of Land and Freshwater MoUusca has no existence. If Mr. 

 Adams will spend a few weeks looking up the literature in one of the big 

 London libraries, ha will see how far this is from being the case ! 

 Mesilla, N.M., Oct. 28, 1893. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



To cook Snails. — " Snails tf/j Bourguignonne." — Snails fed on vine-leaves 

 are the best, and should ba brought in ahve. Keep them without food for a 

 few days, then put them into a bowl with a handful of bran and a little 

 vinegar to remove the slime. Wasli them in several waters and place them 

 in a saucepan with a handful of salt and some cold water, a bunch of fennel 

 and two bay-leaves. Cover the saucepan and cook them gently for live or six 

 hours Remove the shells and take out the gut, and again wash in cold water. 

 Pound two or three anchovies, and whan reduced to a paste add 4 oz. of fresh 

 butter, six sprigs of parsley, six shalots and two cloves of garlic (parsley, 

 shalots and garlic all finely minced), a pinch of salt, a pinch of white pepper, 

 and two pinches of cayenne. Add to these, when well mixed, a small quantity 

 of good gravy (made from veal, if possible). Mix well. Put a small quantity 

 of this forcemeat into each shall, than replace the snail. Pour over it a little 

 butter, and lay carefully on a tin and bake for 8 to 10 minutes in a hot oven, 

 Serve very hot. The common garden snail is probably quite as good- 

 although not so large. Floranxe Stephenson. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



This number completes Volume V. of the Journal of Malacology, and the Editor 

 has pleasure in thanking the Editorial staff and the contributors generally for the work 

 which they have done for the Journal in the past year. 

 December ■iist, 1896. 



