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Crucihulum piliferum ; G. Siil)sutum (pi. xviii. 4) ; Donax fahagel- 

 loides (pi. xviii. 10) ; Venus Blandina (pi. xvii. 8) ; Chama involuta 

 (pi. xvii. 5) ; and Plicatida vexillata (pi. xvii. 7). 



At the end of the paper is a complete list of the fossil mollusca 

 (253 species) hitherto discovered and recorded from the tertiary rocks 

 of the Caribbean area (exclusiA'^e of the post-pliocene). The distri- 

 bution of the species in the ten formations of these rocks is shown 

 in a tabular form, a column being given to each formation, and an 

 additional column shows the range of each outside the limits of the 

 Caribbean area. 



The following articles appear in the French " Journal de Con- 

 chyliologie," edited by MM. Crosse and Fischer, 3e serie, tome 

 xiv., Nos. 1 and 2, for Jamiary and April, 1874. 



Pages 120 — 136 of the January number, and 217 — 220 of the 

 April number, are devoted to Bibliography and Palaeontology. 



1. MoussoN, A.— " Coquilles terrestres et fluviatiles recueillies 

 par M. le Dr. Alex. Schlcefli en Orient" (land and freshwater shells 

 collected in the East by Dr. Schloefli).— No. 1, pp. 1 — 60. 



This is a very complete catalogue of the species collected chiefly 

 in Mesopotamia, to which Prof. Mousson has added some general con- 

 siderations on the Mesopotamian fauna. The following species and 

 vai'ieties are described as new : — 



Helix Derhentina, Andrzejowski, var. suberrans^ Mousson ; H. 

 miiscicola, Bourguignat, var, Merssince, Ms. ; Ghondrus septemden- 

 tatus, Roth, var. borealis, Ms. ; all from Merssina. Helix commeata, 

 Mousson ; H. Mesojiotamica, Ms. ; //. Escheriana, Ms. ; Ghondrus 

 ardespira, Ms. ; Fupa scijphus^ Frivaldsky, var. Mesopotamica, Ms. 

 (perhaps a separate species) ; Neritina Rarasuna, Ms. ; from Upper 

 Mesopotamia. Buliviinus Samavaensis, Ms. ; Acicula minuia, Ms. ; 

 Limncea Euphratica, Ms. ; L. cancdifera, Ms. ; L. hordeum, Ms. ; 

 Physa lorata. Ms. ; Planorbis devians, Porro, var. Eupkratica, Ms. ; 

 P. intermixtus, Ms. ; Bythinia ejecta^ Ms. ; Melanopsis nodosa, 

 F^russac, var. moderata, Ms. ; Neritina Eupliratica, Ms. ; N. 'Schlceflii, 

 Ms. ; Anodonta vescoiana, Bourguignat, var. Mesopotamica, Ms. ; 

 A. Schloiflii, Ms. ; Gyrena Tigridis, Ms. ; all from the lower part of 

 the same province. 



2. MoRELET, A. — " Sur r Achatina Bohrniana de Pfeiffer." — N"o. 

 1, pp. 60—62. 



The author points out that A. Dohrniana difiers from A. Welwit- 

 schii by having one whorl less, by longitudinal bands of a second 

 epidermis, and by its finer and more irregular sculpture. 



3. Deshayes, G. p. — Description d'un Cone nouveau des Antilles 

 (description of a new cone from the West Indie.s). — No. 1, pp. 62 — 66. 



Gonus Mazei, Desh., from Martinique (PI. i, fig. 1) is dis- 

 tinguished by its elongated form, its thin and semi-transparent shell, 

 and its coloring, which much resembles that of Valuta Junonia, viz., 

 yeliowish white, with nine rows of large chestnut-colored spots. 



