BlKLIOdKAPHY. 253 



of Clausiliidce of the Japanese Empire" [93 spp. , 35 varr., ll insuflicientlj' de- 



scribed], liy II. A. Pilskry. 



Report of the Manchester Museum, Owens College, for 1901-1902. 



Records valuable donations of shells from Mr. R. D. Darbishire and the Rev. A. 

 Dixon. 

 Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical 



Society, vol. 46, pt. i. 



"The Luminous Organs of Pterygiofeiil/i/s Diargaritifera, a Mediterranean 

 Cephalopod," by W. E. HoYLE. 

 Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee Report for the year 1901, Oct. 



17th, 1901. 



" The Marine Mollusca of Northumberland " [36 additions to previous list], Viy 

 Marie V. Lebour. 

 Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 4, no. 6. 



" Report for the year 1901 : Conchology," by C. Hedley [collection now in- 

 cludes over 4,000 spp. of Australasian shells and 850 spp. of foreign shells]. 

 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, vol. 14, pt. 2, April, 1902. 



"Catalogue of the Marine Land Shells of Victoria, pt. 5 " [Cerithiida; to Tro- 

 chidne], by G. B. Pritchard and J. H. Gatliff. " On some new species of 

 A'ictorian Mollusca, no. 5 " \^Mangilia (?) incerta, Terebra inconspiaia, I.eptothyra 

 aieiKuea, Ca/liosfoina hcdieyi, Haliofis grand, figd. ], Ijy G. B. Pritchard and 

 J. H. Gatliff. 

 " Illustrations and Descriptions of New, Unfigured or Imperfectly-Known 



Shells, chiefly American, in the U.S. National Museum," by W. H. Dall {Proc. 



U.S. Nat. Mas., no. 1264, vol. 24, pp. 499-566, pis. 27-40). 

 "The Marine Shells of Guernsey and the Lesser Channel Islands," by E. D. 



Marquand ( T'raw.f. Guernsey Soc. Nat. Set., 1901). 

 " Report on Dredging and other Marine Research off the North-East Coast of 



England in 1901," by G. S. Brady {Nat. Hist. Trans, Northumberland, Dur- 

 ham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, vol. 14, pt. i). List of Mollusca, by Marie V. 



Lebour. 

 " Beitrage zur Kentniss des Thierlebens in Wassersammlungen von wech- 



.selndem Falzgehalt," by E. Norpenskiold {Ofversigt K. Vet.-Akad. Forhanal., 



1900, no. 9) [Remarks and generalisations on the effect of salinity on animal life]. 

 " Ostersjons nutida sotvattensmolluskfauna," by E. Nordenskioi.d [general 



remarks with figures of numerous varieties] {fiihang K. Svenska Vet.-Akad. 



Handl., vol. 26, pt. 4, no li). 

 Trans. Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, vol. 7. 



" The MoUu.sca of a Suffolk Pari.sh," by Arthur Mayfield. 



Note on the Drying of Chitons. — Having found a Chiton and detached it 

 from its rock or stone, I theji and there cut out the animal with a sharp knife before 

 it has time to curl up. Upon arriving at home, after a supplementary cleaning, I 

 strap the shell down on a piece of wood or at the bottom of an empty cigar box, with 

 the aid of pins and a strip of paper, until dry and set, as one does the wings of a 

 butterfly. This method is very .simple and effective, and no doubt not original, but 

 the curled-up form in which I have received several species of Chitons from other 

 conchologists induces me to mention it as likely to be of use to some members. I 

 have also found the strip of paper and pins useful in closing small and delicate 

 bivalves which would not admit of being tied up with thread. — John S. Edwards 

 {Read before the Society, Feb. 12, 1902). 



