Miscellaneous. 181 



and in. Cyclophorus crocatug, and to '• some details of the anatomr " 

 of Otopoma contained in ten lines on p. 30. Theradnlae also of this 

 genus and two species of Tropidophora are described. There are 

 some slight inaccuracies in the nomenclature, which is scarcely up 

 to date ; for example, it has been pointed out in these ' Annals ' as 

 long ago as 1S91 that the name Cydostorna can no longer be used 

 for the genus of operculated land-shells to which it has generally 

 been applied, and therefore the family name " Cvclostomidie/' 

 which should be CyclostomatidcB, also becomes obsolete. Cydostoma 

 elegans is more than once erroneously referred to as the type of 

 Cydostama, and mention is made (p. 34) of a viviparous BuUmiis at 

 Aden. Three writers at least within the last few years have pointed 

 out that ScopoU did not originally apply this term to a land-sheU, 

 but to a freshwater form. There is also a mistake with regard to 

 the authorship of the ' Catalogue of Phaneropneumona or Terrestrial 

 Operculated Mollusca in the Collection of the British ilaseura/ to 

 which attention should be directed. It is several times referred to 

 as Gray's work, whereas, as stated in the preface, it was prepared 

 by Dr. L. Pfeiffer. In speaking of the subdivision of the genus 

 CydopJiorus ten so-called subgenera are enumerated. Xo mention, 

 however, is made of Crossopoma. Crosse, Ptychopoma, Mollendorff, 

 Japonia, Gould, Afendits, Martens, Ostodes, Gould, and some other 

 groups, so that we are left in ignorance as to the author's views 

 respecting these sections. The statement with regard to the distri- 

 bution of the Pupince (p. 37) is not accurate, as certain members of 

 the group occur in Japan, Formosa, and as far eastward as the 

 Solomon Islands, Xew Hebrides, and Fiji Islands. 



The seven plates, drawn by the author, do not possess a highly 

 artistic finish, but this is probably compensated by the accuracy of 

 outline of the figures and the true indication of the sculpture. The 

 drawings of the soft parts (plates Lsvii. and IxviiL), although charac- 

 teristic perhaps, do not exhibit the precision and clear definition 

 usually furnished by the anatomist. 



As a contribution to Indian malacology this work undoubtedly 

 possesses a certain value which recommends its continuation ; 

 moreover, the author having lived and personally worked in the 

 country, is in a position to speak with special authority upon the 

 Indian fauna. 



inSCELLA^H'EOUS. 

 Pierine Butterflies of the Genus Terias. 

 To the Editors of the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History' 

 GEXTLiTME^f, — In my article on Terias I omitted to erase T. hainana, 

 Moore \^suprd, p. 63), as a synonym of T. belhcseba, which it super- 

 ficially resembles, though actually a form of T. libythea. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Yours &c., 



A. G. BUTLBE. 



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