No. 7. SEPTEMBER 29th, 1900. Vol. VII. 



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THE 



JOURNAL 



OF 



MALACOLOGY 



(Establbhtb in 1890 as " ^hc Conchologist, a Journal of ^alacolofis-" 



EDITED BY 



WALTER E. COLLINGE, F.Z.S., 



President of the Midland Malacolooical Society. 



WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF 



Dr. JOSEF F. BABOR. CHARLES HEDLEY, F.L.S. 



The Rev. A. H. COOKE, M.A., F.Z.S. E. R. SYKES, B.A., F.Z.S., F.L.S. 



B. B. WOODWARD, F.G.S., F.L.S. 



Contents. 



A List ofa small collection of Shells from China By Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S 157 



Descriptions of two new Species of Shells : Murex vtarcoensh and Cassis booleyi. 



„ , . By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 162 



Malacological Notes r^ttdcitjat^to 



_, „., . cy E. R. Sykes, B.A., F.L.S. 164 



On a British species of Myrina, with a Note on the Genus Idas By J. T. Marshall. 167 



Notes : 



On some large specimens of Valvata piscinalis By Walter E. Collinge, F.Z.S. 170 



'iioteon Heiixru/escens P>,, w wii uu t:-!,- 



„ ,. , By H. Willoughby Elhs. 170 



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