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remarks on the subject, now or hereafter—John Ford, Philadelphia, 
Jan., 1894. 
The collection of Dr. Wm. D. Hartman of West Chester, Pa., 
is offered for sale. It is one of the richest in America in Melanians, 
Partula, Achatinella, Bulimus, ete., and comprises the types of Dr. 
Hartman’s new species, as well as duplicate types from Lea, Anth- 
ony, Wheatley, and many other conchologists. It will prove a very 
valuable collection to whoever may purchase it. 
NOTES ON NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE MOLLUSCAN SPECIES collected by 
the U.S. Scientific Expedition to West Africa in 1889-90, pp. 82. 
On Rare or Lirrte Known Moxuusks from the west coast of 
North and South America with descriptions of new species, pp. 11 and 
plate. 
REPORT ON THE Mouuusk-FAuNA OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, 
with descriptions of new species etc., 97 pp., plate and map. 
The foregoing are the titles of recent papers on Mollusea by Dr. 
Stearns published in the proceedings of the U. S. National Museum, 
in Volume XVI, which includes the various articles for the year 
1893. The first of the above, is an annotated catalogue of the shells 
collected by the Eclipse Expedition so-called, that went to the west 
coast of Africa for the purpose of observing the total eclipse of the 
sun, that occurred on the 22nd of December 1889. The Natural 
History work was of course incidental; itincludes also the forms 
collected at the Azores, where the Pensacola touched on her way. 
The total number of molluscan species collected foots up 120, the 
greater portion, over one hundred, at various African points, Ascen- 
sion Island and Cape de Verde, ete. Several of the species are 
shown to have a wide distribution, from the Gulf of Mexico and the 
Caribbean waters to the African region ; and Trochatella radians “not 
before reported outside of Peru and Chili,” was detected, a single 
example, at Cape de Verde; many other forms have nearly as wide 
a range. 
The second paper embraces several forms, some of which were 
preliminarily described in “The Nauriius” in May, 1893. Many 
