lOO NOTES. 



reference as " Univ. Geol. Surv. Kansas, iv, p. 497," leaves those who c, 

 consult the original paper in doubt as to whether the new species there mentic 

 were described in 1896 — 7 or 8, for papers published in all these years find mentu 

 in the present record. As we have previously pointed out, the addition of the ye: 

 of publication would greatly add to the value of the record, so also, it would 1 

 better to state the actual numbers of the plates in a paper e.g. x — xxi, instead 1 

 " twelve plates." Having ourselves found these omissions a disadvantage, m 

 draw attention to the same believing that their inclusion would add greatly to th 

 value of a work which no student of the MoUusca can afford to be without. — W. E. C 



BlanfOPd, W. T. — Note on the Land MoUusca of Bombay. Journ. Bomba 

 N. H. Soc, 1899, vol. xii, pp. 326 — 28. 



Dr. Blanford calls attention to the occurrence, in Mr. Peile's recent list c 

 mollusca found in 15onibay Island, oi Nanina ( Microcystina) perrottcti, Pfr. Th 

 Helix pcrrottcti of Pfeiffer is a species inhabiting the Nilgiri Hills, and has bee 

 collected there by Dr. Blanford, but it is not the same as the Bombay species, fo 

 which, in 1S80, he proposed the name Macrochlamys (?) platychlaniys. A specime 

 of the animal has recently been dissected by Lt.-Col. Godwin- Austen, who find 

 several differences from the typical Macrochlamys, which are of such a nature as h 

 warrant its removal to a separate subgenus. M. pedi7ia is also another specie 

 which differs from the typical forms of Macrochlamys. — W. E. C. 



BlanfOFd. W. T. — On Ariophanta dahji, n. subsp., from Mysore, with a not* 

 on Maria^lla dussumieri (Val. ). Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1899, vol. iii 

 pp. 280 — 83, 2 figs. 



This is evidently allied to A. cysis, Bs., but the shell exhibits so many peculi 

 arities that the author thinks it desirable to give a description of the same and £ 

 subspccific name. According to Lt.-Col. Godwin- Austen, who has examined the 

 animal, the generative organs are like those of ^. Icp.vipcs, Mull. The paper con- 

 cludes with a list of the typical sinistrorse species oi Ariophanta known to occur in 

 the Indian Peninsula. — W. E. C. 



Blanford, W. T. — On some Species of Shells of the Genera StreptavAs and 

 Knnca from India, Ceylon, and Burma. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, 

 pp. 764—770, pi. L. 



The new species are: Strcptaxis lavis, S. scalptus, S. suhacutiis, S. ravance, 

 Ennea iurricula, and E. brevicollis. Some notes and figures are given of S. bed- 

 domii, Nev. MS., E. nagacnsis, G.-A. MS., E. milium, G.-A., E. canarica, 

 Bedd., and E. heddomii, Blf.— W. E. C. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



Mr. E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.Z.S., F.L.S.,has recently been elected President of 

 the Conchological Society. 



The Library and Collections of the late M. H. Crosse have recently been sold 

 by auction in Paris. The sale commenced on November 20th and concluded on 

 the 30th. 



We regret to have to record the death of Dr. W. D. Hartman which occurred 

 on August i6th, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, at the age of 81. He is perhaps 

 best known by his work on the genus Partula, Fer., and his " Conchologia 

 Cestrica" treating of the mollusca of Chester county, Pa., U.S.A. 



A portrait and full account of his life is given in the October issue of the 

 "■I^autiliis.'' 



