488 Bibliographical Notice. 
This quotation will serve to answer the question often 
asked in this country as to the truth of the statement that 
these large parasitic species of Cordyceps are found on living 
caterpillars. It may safely be asserted that they are not; 
after the germination of the spores, which, I believe, usually 
occurs in the stomach and intestines, the host-insect quickly 
dies, and life is certainly extinct long before the stem and 
other external parts of the fungus are developed. 
[This is followed by a synopsis of the species, with descrip- 
tions of several new ones, accompanied with tour Plates, to 
which we must refer the reader.-—W. F.] 
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. 
Catalogue of the Marine Mollusks of Japan. By Henry A, Pinssry. 
8vo. Frederick Stearns, Detroit; Kegan Paul, Trench, Triibner, 
& Co., London, 1895. 
PropaBLy more attention has been bestowed upon the marine 
Molluscan fauna of Japan than upon that of any country, with the 
exception of Europe, N. America, and some of the British colonies. 
Within the last thirty-four years two more or less complete cata- 
logues of the known forms were issued by the late Dr. W. Dunker, 
three very valuable and beautifully illustrated quarto volumes were 
published by the late Dr. C. E. Lischke, and an enormous number 
of genera and species were described by Mr. A. Adams from material 
which he himself collected. In addition, very numerous and 
important papers have appeared in various journals, and very many 
species have been described in monographic works and in the reports 
of the ‘Samarang,’ ‘ Challenger,’ and other voyages. 
The volume before us is the latest contribution to our knowledge 
of this fauna. It resulted ‘from the research incidental to the 
identification of the Mollusca procured by Mr. Frederick Stearns 
(the publisher) during two visits to Japan.” 
It consists of a few prefatory remarks by the author, a short 
introduction by Mr. Stearns, a list of the principal works quoted, 
and 196 pages of text, containing the list of species, with references 
and descriptions of about thirty new ones, illustrated by eleven 
excellent plates. 
The whole of the text is not, however, devoted to the marine 
mollusks, as might be inferred from the title of the work. Only 
154 pages have reference to that part of the Japanese fauna, the 
remainder containing two appendices, respectively on the ‘* Land 
