176 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Buddieom, R. A.— The Land and Freshwater MoUuscs of Chnrch Stretton. 

 pp. 16, and plate. Shrewsbury: 1900. 



Records 42 species, with notes on the distribution, habits, «S:c. 



CockePell, T. D. A.— A new Philomyais. Naut., 1900, vol. xiv, p. 59. 



P. secretns, n. sp. "Length (in alcohol) 12 mm. Mantle very dark grey, with 

 numerous small black spots, best seen at the sides. Body pallid, sole whitish with 

 an ocherous tint. Jaw light yellow, arched, with five strong ribs in the middle, 

 nearly the outer thirds being ribless. Teeth 9—11—13—1—13—11—9. The side 

 cusps on both centrals and laterals arc very small. Penis-sac as Binney describes 

 for P. hemphilli. 



iTaft.— Roan Mtn., Mitchell Co., Nth. Carolina (A. G. Wetherby)." 



Prof. Cockerell's new species differs from P. ]iem})hilli, W. G. Binn., which it 

 resembles by Ihe characters of its jaws, " mainly in being only half the size." We 

 hope, at an early date, the author will figure and describe the animal in greater 

 detail, and give some account of the anatomy. — W. E. C. 



Sykes, E. R.— The Zoological Record, London : 1900. Record vii, Mollusca, 

 pp. 1-87. 



With the increase in the number of workers and their writings this publication 

 yearly becomes more and more indispensable. The present part chionicles papers 

 dated from 1896 to 1S99, although it is not always clear what the date is that any 

 given paper bears, for, as we have previously pointed out, the year of publication is j 

 seldom given. For a work of this kind it is surprising how few slips the Recorder! 

 has made, we note, however, on p. 41, under Java, that Microparmarion javanica, 

 n. sp., are omitted. The number of papers referred to under the "Systematic" 

 portion, which do not find mention under " Titles," is, we regret to say, largely on 

 the increase. 



Hitherto the Record has taken no notice of abstracts and critical reviews of 

 papers given in thn "Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society," this, and other 

 publications ; whilst their inclusi(jn would add largely to the number of pages, it 

 would nevertheless make the Record more complete, and we venture to direct the 

 Recorders attention to the consideration of this matter. — W. E. C. 



Sturany, R. — Lamellibranchiaten des Rothen Meeres. Denk. K. Akad. Wiss. 

 Wien, 1899, Bd. Ixix, pp. 255 — 295, Tfn. i — vii. 



In all 148 species were obtained of which 20 are new, these Ijelong to the 

 following genera: Solcairhis i, Lyonsia i, Cu.yndaria 4, Pseiidoneaera (n. g.) i, 

 Raeta 1, Cardita I, Liuiopsis i. Amussium 2, Gaslrochacna 3, TcUina i, Chione i, 

 Diplodonta l, Scintilla 2. All the new species are liberally illustrated.— W. E. C. 



Jensen, A. S. — Studier over nordiske Mollusker. \. Mya. S?ertryk af Vidensk. 

 Meddel. fra den naturh. Foren. i Kbhvn., 1900, pp. 133 — 158. 



Jensen, A. S. — Om Leoninger af Grundtvandsdyr paa store Havdyb mellam Jan 

 Mayen og Island. Ibid., pp. 229 — 239. 



Rogers, Thomas. — The Eggs of the Kerry Slug, Geomalacus mamlosus, Allman. 

 Irish. Nat., 1900, vol. ix, pp. 168 — 170, pt. pi. v. 



Nichols, A. R. — A List of the Marine Mollusca of Ireland. Proc. Roy. Irish 

 Acad., 1900 (3), vol. v. pp. 477 — 662. 



Byrnes, E. F. — The Maturation and Fertilisation of the Eggs of Limax [Agrio- 

 liiM.v] agrcstis, L. Journ. Morph., 1899, vol. xvi, pp. 201 — 236, pis. xi, xii. 



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