l6 CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Suter, Henry. — Contributions toward a Revision of the Tasmanian Land 

 Mollusca. Naut. , 1S93, vol. vii., pp. 87-90. 



Tate, Ralph. — On some new sp. ot Australian Marine Gasteropoda. Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S. Aust., vol. xviii. , pp. 189-97, P'- !• 



The new species belong to Sipho i, Columbella i, Cerithiopsis i, Bittiuiii I, 

 Torinia 1, Turbo i, Clancitlus 2, IVialotia i, Calliostoina i, Euchdus 5. 



Vayssiere, A. — Note sur les coijuilles de 1' Homalogyra polyzona et de 

 V Aininonicera Jischeria>ia. Journ. de Conchyl., 1893, jip. 106-9, pl- of pl- V. 



Webster, G. W. — Strobila hubhardi. Naut., 1893, ^'ol- ^'''-j P- 94- 



PHYSIOLOGY, HABITS, AND CONDITIONS OF LIFE. 



Coupin, H. — La faune des Conduites d'eau. Le Nat., 1893, P- 261. 



Coupin, H. — Sur Telimination des matieres etrangeres chez les Acephales et, en 

 particulier, chez les Pholades. Comptes Rendus, 1893, vol. cxvii., pp. 373-6. 



D [all]. W. H. — HKckel's Planktonic Studies. Naut., 1893, vol. vii., pp. 86-7. 



Hornell, James. — On the habits of the Octopus in captivity. Journ. Mar. Zool., 

 1893, ^'"'l- i-> PP- 9-1 '• 



Webb, W. M. — On the manner of feeding in Tcstacella scutiihiiii. Zool., 1893, 

 vol. xvii. , pp. 281-9, pi. i. 



Mr. Webb records a series of very interesting and careful observations upon 

 a subject which previously has been anything but clear. 



Webb, W. M. — The Method of Feeding in Testacella. Zool., 1893, vol. xvii., 

 P- 356. 



SPECIAL FAUNA AND DISTRIBUTION. 



Anon. — Zur Molluskenfeuna des nordwestlichen Persiens. Nachr. Deutsch. 

 Malak. Gesel., 1893, PP- 148-9- 



Baldwin, D, D.— Catalogue of the L. & F. Shells of the Hawaiian Islands. 

 Honolulu, 1893. 



Deals of course principally with Achatinella. There is a list of synonymy given 

 which will prove useful ; more care might have been taken, however, to investigate 

 the relative antiquity of the names. 



Billinghurst, F. L. — Notes on the L. & F. M. of Castlemaineand neighbourhood. 

 Victorian Nat., 1893, pp. 61-64. 



Boettger, O. — Die Marinen Mollusken der Philijjpinen (H.). Nachr. Deutsch. 

 Malak. Gesel , 1893, pp. 153-67. 



Deals with Eidiina, Subulana, Miuronalia. Niso, and Stylifer : the new 

 species are Euliina 6, Niso i , and Stylifer 2. 



Brazier, John.— Catal. of the Marine Shells of Australia and Tasmania. Ft. HL 

 Aust. Mus. , Sydney, 1S93, pp. 45-74. 



Contains the genus Mitrex. 



Brazier, John. — Note on Cassis ivvvilld, ^^'atson, from the Solomon Isles., 

 Proc. Linn. Soc, N.S.W., ser. 2, vol. viii., p. 43. 



Extends the range of this "Challenger "' s]-)ecies from the Philippines to the 

 Solomon Is. 



