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THE CONCHOLOGIST. 



REVIEWS. 



A List of Mollusca and Other Forms 

 OF Marine Life collected in Japan. 

 By Frederick Stearns. Detroit : John F. 

 Eby & Co. 

 This is a very useful list of a valuable 

 collection made by the author in 1889-90, 

 which contains 72 named species not found 

 in Dunker's Index Mollusc ruvi Mai-is Japonici 

 and there remains 32 species yet undeter- 

 mined, besides a large number of varieties. 

 The list contains figures of Scalpelliim sfearnsii, 

 Pilsbry, Terebratella gouldii, Dall., and T. 

 steaj-nsii, Dall. and Pilsbry. 



Larel Lists of British Marine and Land 



AND Freshwater Shells. Birmingham : 



The Naturalists' Publishing Co. 



To all conchologists who require either 



label or exchange lists we recommend the 



above. They are well printed on good paper 



and may be had at a very small cost. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Literature on the Genus Vitrina.— 



I should feel much obliged to any concho- 

 logist for any references to English or Foreign 

 literature upon this genus. — J. R. Neal. 



Caecilianella acicula in West Kent- 

 Mr. J. R. Longhurst has forwarded me some 

 specimens of this pretty little shell which were 

 collected round Sittingbourne, out of a bag of 

 dust. He says he picked out about seventy, 

 so that in this locality it seems to be very 

 abundant. I think that this is the first time 

 this shell has been recorded for this county 

 west of the Medway. — J. W. ^^'ILLIAMS. 



A New Variety of Helix Cantiana 

 in West Kent.— Mr. J. R. Longhurst has 

 sent me a variety of Helix cantiana^ which 

 he found dead near Sittingbourne, and which 

 is interesting, since, as far as I am aware, 

 it is new, and its varietal characteristics 

 are well marked. If I am correct in my 

 surmise as to this specimen being new, 

 I would call it var. elevata. The description 

 runs thus : — Shell smaller than type, with the 

 whorls of the spire ; compressed as in type, 

 but bodily raised from the body whorl as 

 a dais from the floor ; as a consecjuence of 

 this elevation, the suture between the body- 

 whorl and the whorl next to it, is deep and 

 canaliculata, and the greater portion of this 

 last-named whorl is not hidden as in type, 

 but rises for three-fourths of its length 

 above the body-whorl. Thus, at the very 

 first look, one would think it to be a sub- 

 scalarid monstrosity. The shell measures in 

 length 8-5 mm., and in breadth 12 ram. — 

 J. ^V. Williams. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All co7)iiint)iicatioiis intended for fitblicatioii vnts/ lie 

 authenticated with name and address of sender. 



A. R. B. — The matter shall have our attention. 



J. M. — Yes. Mr. R. Standen is the Hon. Secretary of 

 the Manchester Conchological Society. 



J. R. Neal. — Consult Wesley's Book Circulars or 

 Collins' Catal 



Dundee. — No, we cannot undertake to name collections 

 of shells. 



Honorary Secretary.— Your letter bears no address 

 whatever. If you still think of founding a Society 

 we shall be pleased on receipt of stamped and 

 addressed envelope to send you the names of those 

 conchologists we know in the neighbourhood. 



A. R. B. — Mr. Damon (see advt. on cover) will be able 

 to supply you with almost any foreign shells you 

 desire. 



