JUST PUBLISHED. 



NEW CATALOGUE 



OP THE 



Marine Mollusks of Japan 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS OF 



NEW SPECIES AND NOTES 



ON OTHERS 



COLLECTED BY FREDERICK STEARNS. 



BY 



HENRY A. PILSBRY, 



Conservator Conchological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 of Philadelphia. 



This catalogue grew from the research incidental to the identifica- 

 tion of the mollusca procured by Frederick Stearns during two visits 

 ) Japan A portion of the collection made in 1889-'90 having been 

 submitted to Mr. Pilsbry for identification, it was found to contain a 

 number of new and interesting species, some of which were described 

 and figured in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia for 1891, and in The Nautilus. 



A much more extensive collection was secured by Mr. Stearns upon 

 his second visit to Japan (1892), and it was found necessary to review 

 so considerable an amount of conchological literature in its identifica- 

 tion that it seemed desirable to collate all the references to Japanese 

 mollusks subsequent to the date of Bunker's excellent work, Index 

 MoUuscomm Marls Japonic!, as well as those not contained m that 

 catalogue and, together with descriptions and figures of the new forms 

 discovered bv Mr. Stearns, to publish a new catalogue of Japanese 

 marine mollusca. The present volume contains about five hundred 

 species more than Bunker's Index, although a considerable number 

 of forms enumerated by him are herein considered synonyms or are re- 

 iected from the Japanese list. Forty species and eight varieties be- 

 lieved to be new, are described and illustrated, including some of which 

 diagnoses have already appeared in The Nautilus, and the species of 

 certain families, such as Patellidae, Fissurellidae, etc., are somewhat 



critically revised 



The work consists of three portions: A list of marine mollusks 

 which have been stated to inhabit Japan from Yezzo to Kiushiu, with 

 references to description or figures of most species, and enumeration 

 of the special localities at which each species has been found by 

 previous naturalists or by Mr. Stearns. This is followed by a eata- 

 lo<me of the Inland mollusks taken by Mr. Stearns in Japan; and 

 finally a list of mollusks of the Loo Choo group procured by Mr. 

 Stearns is given. 



204 pages, ii plates, 140 figures. 8vo. Paper, $1.00. Cloth, $1.50. 

 Postage, 12 cts. extra. 



PUBLISHED AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U. S. A., 

 BY FREDERICK STEARNS. 



