joukxAL OF conchoLogV. iOj 



With a few exceptions all the above species are common 

 well-known forms, the distribution of which has already been 

 recorded. Most of them occur in many parts of the Indian Ocean. 

 Only two of the species are new to the collection of the British 

 Museum, namely, Murcx lobbeckei and Latiaxis de burghice. 

 The single specimen of the former is a most lovely shell and a 

 very beautiful addition to the national collection. It is, I believe, 

 the second known example. The specimen of Latiaxis de 

 burghice. is only about half grown, but shows, I think, the distinct- 

 ness of this species from L. mawcv, with which it has been united 

 by Tryon. 



I would also call attention to two examples of Delphitiula 

 sphcerida of Kiener, which is said to be the same as D. arioii of 

 Meuschen. They differ from the typical form as figured by 

 Kiener (Coq. Viv., pi. 3, fig. 3) in having both the upper and 

 lower surfaces much more finely spirally ridged, so that they 

 have a considerably smoother appearance than usual. 



No special locality has been previously assigned to this 

 very rare and beautiful shell, although Roeters van Lennep * 

 suggested the Moluccas. 



ARION MINIMUS (Simroth) A BRITISH SLUG. 



By R. F. SCHARFF, Ph.D., B.Sc, M.R.I.A., 

 Curator of the Natural History Museum, Dublin. 



(Read before the Conchological Society, Oct. 8lh, iSgo). 



The Slug which I am about to describe agrees in every respect 

 with the description given by Simroth in his admirable treatise 

 on German Slugs (feitschrift fiir VViss. ZooL, vol. xlii., p. 289). 

 It is probably no other than the Umax flavus of Miiller 

 (Hist. Vermium Terr, et Fluv., 1774), which subsequently 

 found a place among the doubtful species in Moquin-Tandon's 



* Jourii. de Conch., 1870, vol. .wiii, p. 3S1. 



