CURRENT LITERATURE. I9 



Mr. Bloomer exhibited a large numl)er of land and marine molluscs preserved in 

 a 5 per cent, solution of P'ormalin, and stated that so far as tested it showed a 

 decided advantage over alcohol as a preservative for museum specimens, nearly all 

 of those exhibited being in as perfect a condition as when first put up three years 

 ago. It was also to be observed that considerably less decolouration had taken 

 place than in those preserved in alcohol. 



Mr. H. Willoughby Ellis made some remarks upon the occurrence of Helix 

 rtifescens, Penn., in Warwickshire. 



EXHIlilTS. 



By Mr. Collinge : A large collection of British Sphtci-iida\ including all the 

 known species and most of the varieties ; also specimens of Amalia soiverbii, Fer. , 

 var. nigrocarinata, CUge., \a.x. Jlavcscats, Cllge., both from Lynton, Nth. Devon, 

 and var. plumbca, CUge., from Barnstable, Nth. Devon, all collected by Mr. 

 Partridge. 



By Mr. Bloomer : Numerous land and marine molluscs preserved in a 5 per 

 cent, solution of Formalin. 



By Mr. F. J. Partridge : The following shells an<l molluscs recently collected in 

 North Devon. Hdix virgata with vars. albicans, Grat., stibalbida, Poir. , hya- 

 lozona, Taylor, deprcssa, Req., ininoi\ Taylor, m. sinislrorsitm, Taylor; H. 

 caperata and vars. oniata, V\c.,fulva. Moq. , obliterata, Pic, lidescens. Pas., m. 

 scalarifonue ; H. hortensis and vars. Intea, Moq., lilacina, Taylor : Hy. drapar- 

 naldi, Testdcclla inaiigei, Amalia so'cvcrhii 2l\\A \2X'i. fuscocariuata, Ckll. , nigrcsccns, 

 CklL, bicolor, CkW., p/umbea, Cllge., all from Barnstable. 



From Braunton "Marshes and ^'Burrows," Si/aiiiea pulris, S. clegajis, Vitrina 

 pelhuida, Hyalinia crystallina, H. fulva, H. ccllarius. Helix aspersa, H. hortensis, 

 H. virgata and vars., albicans, Grat., radiata. Hid., H. caperata and v. ornata, 

 Pic, H. hispida, H. rotundata, H. pulchclla and v. costata. Mull., H. acuta and 

 vars. alba, Req., and strigata, Menke, Pupa tnarginata. Vertigo antivcrtigo, F. 

 vioulinsiana, Cochlicopa lubrica, and Carycliium miniinmn. 



From Lynton, Atnalia gagates, A. sovierbii and vars. nigrocarinata, Cllge., 

 flavescens, CUge, and plnmbea, Cllge., Arion empiricoruui v. bicolor, Moq., Limax 

 maxiniiis, L. tiiarginatus, Helix arbustoruui v. ftisccscens, D. & M., H. neiuoralis 

 and vars., rubella, Moq., and castanea, Moq., H. liortensis, H. lapicidav. albina, 

 Menke., H. j-otundata and v. alba, Mo(^., H. hispida v. albida, Jeff., H. 

 ru/escens ar\([ v. alba, Mo(|., Balea perversa, Clausilia rugosa, C. lainiiiata. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Aeloque, A. — Faune de France. Tome iii. Paris, 1899 (189S). Des MoUusques, 

 PP- 334-453> pis. 160-275. 

 M. Acloque's work is intended for students of general zoology rather than the 

 specialist. Covering as it does the whole field of invertebrate zoology, it is not to 

 be expected that it is free from errors, still in the pages treating of the Mollusca, 

 these are remarkably few. The illustrations leave much to be desired, those of 

 Haliotis, pi. 161, p. 344, Limncca glabra, pi. 195, p. 386, Ancylus, pi. 197, p. 387, 

 and Dendronotus, pi. 223, p. 416, being very poor. The classification adopted is 

 one we must dissent from, as it tends to hide the affinities between the different 

 groups. — W. E. C. 



Adams, L. E. — Observations on the pairing of Liinax niaxiinns, L. Journ. 

 Conch., 1897, vol. ix, pp. 92-95, pi. 3. 



A very interesting article, well illustrated. 



Adams, L. E. — Arion aUr var. rubra. Baud., new to Britain. Journ. Conch., 

 1897, vol. ix, pp. 112. 



