208 JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 
Science Gossip, n.s., vol. 2, No. 21, Nov., 1895 [received Jan. 20, 1896]. 
“Protective colouration in British Clausilias,’ by W. M. WEBs. 
‘“¢Local Land Shells in Kent,” by Rev. J. W. Horstey. ‘‘Notes on Land 
Molluscs,” by R. A. BULLEN [Heléx nemoralis with five horns, oviposition 
of Szccinea putris and Helix nemoralis|. 
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 
delphia, for 1895, part 2, 1895. 
“Descriptions of new species of Achatinellidze from the Hawaiian 
Islands,” by D. D. BALDWIN [up to the present time 330 spp. of Acha- 
tinella, after eliminating Aurzculella and “eptachatina, have been recorded, 
of which 102 are synonyms or varieties; 30 n. spp. are now described and 
figured]. ‘‘ Observations on the dentition of Achatinellide,” by H. M. 
GWATKIN and H. SuTeEr, with a prefatory note by H. A. PrusBry [three 
genera, 4chatinella, Leptachatina, and Carelia, are recognised ; the first is 
sub-divided into two groups, thus: (a), ‘‘jaw missing, radula broad, oblong, 
teeth very numerous, ez chevyon (rows sloping obliquely backward), centrals 
(if present), laterals, and marginals all of the same type, base narrow, 
head rather broad, with four, five, six or seven small tentacles”; (4), ‘“‘Jaw 
arcuate, strong, not ribbed; radula oblong, not wide; teeth quadrate, in 
nearly straight rows; centrals small, narrow, sometimes faintly tricuspid ; 
laterals larger, bicuspid ; marginals bicuspid or multicuspid, as in Heer.” ] 
“©On the status of the names 4flysia and Tethys,” by H. A. Pitssry [the 
author concludes (1), Zethys L., 1758, must replace Aplysza and Laplysza 
L., 1767, and (2), as a substitute for Zethys L., 1767, we must probably 
adopt one.of the new spellings of this name proposed early in the century, 
or an entirely new generic name]. 
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CORRIGENDUM. 
In my sketch of the literature dealing with “ The Cretaceous 
Conchology of Southern Africa,” in ‘f‘The Journal of Con- 
chology,” 1896, vol. viii, No. 5, I regret having wrongly 
attributed to Dr. Kossmat a tabular list of the Cretaceous rocks 
of Natal, quoted on page 147 Of my paper. This list was 
furnished by Dr. Kossmat in his memoir in the “ Jahrb, k. k. 
geol. Reichsanstalt,” 1894, vol. xliv, part 3, p. 463 (also 
published in the ‘‘ Records Geol. Survey India, 1895, vol. xxviii, 
part 2, p. 42) as representing Mr. Griesbach’s views of 1871, 
and from which he dissents by regarding the Cephalopod fauna 
there bracketed Utatur (=Cenomanien) as belonging to the 
later Ariyalur (=Senonien) period.—R. BULLEN NEwrTon. 
J.C., viii., April 1896. 
