38 Quarterly Journol of Conchology. 



Turning now to the catalogue we find, under Mv/rex (L.), a list of 

 164 species and a few varieties, the figure prefixed to each referring 

 to the above list of sections. 



Thus to the first section are ascribed 20 species, including M. 

 tenuispina (Tjam) and its allies. 



Of § 2 there are 4 species, one of which of course is 3L haustellum 

 (L.), whilst of § 3 there are only 2 examples, viz., M. Brandaris (L.), 

 and M. cornutus (L.) Of § 4, which comprises some of the most 

 elegant forms, there are 32 species, of which M. palma-rosce (Lam) 

 may be cited as a good type. Of § 5, which includes M. pinnatus 

 (Wood) and its allies, there are 15 species, and of § 6 there are 26 

 species, including 31. regius (Wood), M. brassica (Lam), &c. We 

 find 10 species referred to § 7, but some at least of these do not belong 

 to Murex. Vitularia is now usually placed with the Pui-puridse, to 

 which family it clearly belongs. The best known species is Vitularia 

 salehrosa (King). Of § 8 only M. rota (Sen) and two others are given, 

 but of § 9 there are 30 species, of which no better type can be given 

 than the familiar M. erinaceus (L.) To § 10 are referred 22 species, 

 including M. octogonus (Quoy), &c. 



To every species, with few exceptions, a locality is given, in some 

 cases sufiiciently vague to include a tolerably wide range, e. g., 

 oc. Ind. (Indian Ocean), but in others, especially amongst the land 

 shells, more precise. There are, as might be expected, a few eiTors 

 and inaccuracies, arising partly from mistakes in classification, and 

 partly from inadvertence ; but, on the whole, the work is very well 

 done, and cannot fail to be acceptable to the student and collector of 

 recent shells. A. W. L. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Lankester, E. Ray. — " Observations on the development of the 

 Pond-snail {Lymnmus stagnalis)., and on the early stages of other 

 Mollusca." — The Quarterly Journal of Ilicroscojncal Science for 

 October, 1874, vol. xiv. (new series), pp. 365 to 391, with woodcuts 

 and plates xvi. and xvii. 



Mr. Lankester first gives remarks on some of the developmental 

 phenomena exhibited by the mollusca geuerally, and in the second 

 part of his paper he details his investigations into the development 

 of the particular species under consideration. 



GUPPY, R. J. L. — " On the West Indian Tertiary Fossils," by R. J. 

 Lechmere Guppy, F.L.S., F.G.S. — Geological Magazine for 

 October, 1874 : New series, Decade II., vol. i. pp. 433 — 445; with 

 plates xvi., xvii., and xvui. (continued from the September num- 

 ber, p. 411). 



Mr. Guppy characterizes the following new species of fossil mol- 

 lusca : — Strombus x>ugiloides ; Murex coUatus (pi. xvi, 8); Ancillaria 

 pingids (pi. xvi. 3) ; Cassis reclusa ; Monodonta basilea (pi. xvi. 2) ; 

 Trochus decipiens (pi. xviii. 18); the same, var laticarinatus (pi. xviii. 

 19); T. plicomphalus (pi. xviii. 17); Vitrinella marginata (pi. xviii. 21); 



