CURRENT LITERATURE. I5 



MoellendorfF, O. von. — Uelier den \Vertl\ ties Deckels fur die Systematik. 

 Nach. Deutsch. Makik. Gesell, 1893, pp. 137-147. 



Moellendorff", O. von. — Ivlaterialen zur Fauna der Philippinen xi. Die Insel 

 Leyte. Ber. Senck. Nat. Ges. Frankf., 1893, pp. 51-154, pis. iii.-v. 



The new species are too numerous to detail here. A new section Coneiiplecta 

 is created (type Eiiplecta scalar ina, Pfr.) for some species of Trochonanina from 

 the Philippines, such as rotitndala. Semper., and from the South Seas, such as 

 tongana, Quoy. Ceratopoma is a new section of Heliciiia for H. caroli, Kob. ; it 

 is near Geophorns, but is distinguished by a less acute keel and by its not being 

 agglutinous, the operculum is simple, thin, and corneous. Other new sections of 

 Helicina are Pkitropoina (type dichroa, Mlldf), and Sitbfurina (type citriiia, 

 Gould). About thirty species are noted as peculiar to the island, which seems to 

 be most nearly related to Cebu ; though, as the author remarks, this may be due 

 to the small species in the Cebu fauna having been more thoroughly worked than 

 most of the other islands. — E. R. S. 



Pilsbry, H. A. — Prelim, note on the species oi Strobilops. Naut., 1893, vol. vii., 

 pp. 56-7. 



Pilsbry, H. A. — Illustration of Mexican Mclanians. Ibid., pp. 61-4, jil. iii. 



Pilsbry, H A. — A New Gastropod from New Jersey. Ibid., pp. 67-8, pi. iii. 



P[ilsbry], H. A. — A Synonym o\ Leptothyra. Ibid., p. 84. 



Gabb's genus /V^rci/i;wa. {Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., viii. , p. 281.) 



Scharff, R. F. — A new Irish species oi Avion, Irish Nat., 1893, vol. ii. p. 302. 



Dr. Scharfif thinks that A. Jlagelhis, Cllge. , is only a variety of A. sitbftcscus. 

 Most of the anatomical features are overlooked. The constricted oviduct is 

 ascribed to the passage of ova, and the flagellum is — very wrongly — thought to be 

 a portion of the retractor muscle. (See CoUinge, W. E. , p. 10.) 



Simroth, H. — Ueber die von Herrn Dr. Stuhlmann ine Inneren von Ostafrika 

 gesammelten Nacktschnecken. LSerich. d. Naturf Gesell. zu Leipzig. 

 Feby., 1893. 



Smith, Edgar A. — Descrs. of six new species of Land-Shells from Annam. 

 Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, vol. i., j)p. 10-13, 3 ^g^- 



Smith, Edgar A. — Note on Cyprcea greegori. Ford. Naut., 1893, ^o'- vii., 

 pp. 64-5. 



Sowerby, G. B. — Descrs. of fifteen new shells of the femily PletirotoJiiidi?. 

 P.Z.S., 1893, pp. 487-92, pi. xxxviii. 

 Pleurotoma 8, Daphiiella 3, Defrancia 2, Cythara 2. 



Sowerby, G. B.- — Notes on the Genus Cariiiaria, with an enumeration of the 

 s])ecies, and the clescr. of a new form. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, 

 vol. i., pp. 14-16, 4 figs. 



Sowerby, G. B. — Descr. of a new species of Cancel/aria from Penang. Ibid., 

 p. 27, fig. 



Sterki, V. — (Observations on Valloiiia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Soc. Philad., 1893, 

 pp. 234-79. 



An enlarged edition of his nionngrajih in the Manual of Conchology (ser. 2 

 vol. viii.). 



Sykes, E. R. — On the Claiisiliic of Sumatra, with descrs. of two new species and 

 a variety. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., 1893, ^'o'- '•> PP- 28-30, 3 figs. 



Suter, Henry. — Prelim. Note on Tasmanian Land-She'.ls. Naut., 1893, vol. vii., 

 pp. 77-8. 



