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THE COXCHOLOGISr 



Xlbc Concbolooist : 



A OUARTKRLV MaGAZINK FOR CoNCHOLOGISTS. 



''The Coiic/ioloi^isl''' IS published on each quarter-day. 

 Aiiinial S/ihsiriplioii, js. 6d., post free. Single 

 Copies, fod. each. 



.411 coininniiicatioiis intended for publication, advertise- 

 ments, and books, (Sr'^r., intended for review, should 

 be fonuarded on or before the ist of the month 

 preceding publication, and addressed to 



W. E. Colli NGE, St. Andrezvs, N.8. 



Dkcembkr 241'H, 1891. 



§5ifor's "ilofes. 



Willi this number we complete the first 

 vohime of T/w Coiic/io/oi^ist. Acting upt)n 

 the suggestion of a large number of our 

 subscribers, we have decided to issue Volume 

 II. in a sliglitly different size, viz., demy 8vo., 

 and to increase the number of pages to 

 twenty four. Twelve numbers will complete 



the volume. 



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To those subscribers who liave given such 

 hearty su[)port during the past year, it will 

 be gratifying to learn lluit tiie [)aper has 

 continued self-supporting. The additional 

 expense which will be incurretl by its en- 

 largement will, we trust, easily be met by 

 an increase in the number of subscribers. 



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A CORRESPONDENT writes us suggesting the 

 formation of a " Postal Conchological Society, 

 from which members, on payment of a small 

 fee, could borrow books, authenticated type 

 s|)ec'imens and varieties, microscopical pre- 

 parations, ivc." The itlea is a good one 

 and well worthy of consideration. 



We should like to call the attention of all 

 conchologists interested in the distribution 

 of the Mollusca, to the issue very shortly 

 of " A Topographical List of the Local 

 Lists of British Land, Freshwater, and Marine 

 Mollusca." This publication will, to a large 

 extent, show the work that has been done 

 in each county in the British Isles, prefaced 



by useful notes, t\:c. 



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It is desirable to make one edition suffice 

 for some little time, and to aid in making 

 the same as complete as possible, the editor 

 earnestly asks for the assistance of at least 

 one conchologist in each county. A list of 

 those who have rendered assistance will be 

 jjublished with each county's records. 



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An important contribution to the literature 

 of the molhisca has lately appeared in the 

 "Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society," 

 viz.. Dr. Scharff's memoir on " The Slugs of 

 Ireland," illustrated by two coloured plates. 

 We trust it will give an impetus to Irish 

 conchology. 



CONCHOLOGICAL AND LEARNED 

 SOCIETIES. 



THE CONCIFULOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT 

 BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



September 2nd. — Mr. J. W. Taylor, F.L.S., 

 in the chair. 



Papers were read from Dr. Heinrich 

 Simroth, of Gohlis, Germany, upon " Some 

 Testactilai ; " and another by the Rev. J. 

 E. Somerville, on " Adiatina acicitia,'' in a 

 Roman Cemetery at Ventimiglia, Italian 

 Riviera. The exhibits were very numerous, 

 including species of PisiditiDi from various 

 localities, sent by Mr. Charles Oldham ; 



