BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 1877. 30I 



Martens (Dr. Ed. von). — Japanese Shells. — Sitzungsbericht 

 des Ges. naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, vom 17 Ap., 

 1877. 



A summary is given of the shells, 73 in number, collected 



by Dr. Fr. Hilgendorf and Dr. W. Donitz. The new species are 



Diplommatina laMosa, D. pusilla, Helix sccevola, Clausilia Hilgen- 



doffi, C. eury stoma, C. nodzilifera, C. brevioi', C. platyaiic/ien, C. 



hyperolia, C. decussata, Anodonta lauta, Unio nipponen%is and 



Cyrena transversa. 



Martens (Dr. Ed. von). — Persian Shells. — Sitzungsbericht 

 der Ges. naturf. Freunde zu Berlin, vom 17, July, 1877. 



The author enumerates 75 species collected by Prof. G. 

 Fritsch in his travels in Persia in 1874. 



Morelet(A.) — Excursion to the isle Johanna, Comores.— 



Excursion Conchyliologiquedansl'iled'Anjouan (Johanna). — 

 Journ. de Conchyl,, Oct. 1877, 3e serie, tome xvii., pp. 325 

 to 347 and 2 planches. 



The following shells are described as new : — Succinea Nevilli 

 (pi. xii., f. 2); Helix corusca (xii., i); H. russeola (xiii., i); H. 

 Arachne (xii., 7); Bidimus Bewsheri (vii., 4) and vars. a, ^, y, S, e; 

 B. adumbratus Pfeiffer (xiii., 5) and vars. a, /?, 7; B. {Stenogyra) 

 Johanninus (xii., 3); Achatina cornea (xiii., 9); Ennea modioliformis 

 (xiii., 1); E. larva (xiii., 3)- E. acicula (xiii., 4); Pupa minusaila 

 (xii., 5); Cyclotopsis Nevilli (xiii., 8); C. filicuni (xiii., 2); Assiviinea 

 parvula (xii., 6); and Neriti?ia comorensis (xiii., 6). The paper 

 concludes with a catalogue of the species known to inhabit the 

 Comores group, including 48 species, and is prefaced by remarks 

 on the geograjjhical affinities of the fauna. 



Nelson (William) and Taylor (John W.) — Annotated List 

 of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca known to 

 inhabit Yorkshire. — Trans. Yorksh. Nat. Union, Series C, 

 i., pp. 2 to 16. 



