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f Shells and their Inhabitants. The Genera of Re cent Mollusc a 

 arranged according to their Organization.'' By Henry and 

 Arthur Adams. Loudon : Van Voorst. Part XV., dated August, 

 and Part XVI., dated September, 1854. 28 pages of letter-press 

 and 4 plates ; price 2s. Qd. each. Demy 8vo. plain ; 5s. Royal 

 8vo. coloured. 



Part XV. contains the following genera: — Fissurellidaea, D'Or- 

 bigny ; Macrochisma, Swainson ; Pupillia, Gray; Cemoria, Leach; 

 Rimula, Defiance ; Emarginula, Lamarck ; Scutus, Monlforl; Den- 

 talium, Linn ceus ; Antalis, Aldrovandus ; Tectura, Audouin and 

 Milne- Edwards ; Scurria, Gray; Helcion, Monlfort ; Scutellina, 

 Lepeta and Gadinia, Gray; Patella, Linnaeus; Nacella, Schu- 

 macher; Lophyrus, Poll; Callochiton, Gray; Lepidopleurus, 

 Risso; Leptochiton and Tonicia, Gray; Chiton, IAnnceus ; Chaeto- 

 pleura, Shultleworth ; Onithochiton, Enoplochiton, Schizochiton, 

 Mopalia, Katharina, Cryptochiton, Amicula and Plaxiphora, Gray; 

 Lorica, H. and A. Adams; Cryptoconchus, Blainville ; Acantho- 

 chites, Risso ; and Crytoplax, Blainville. 



Part XVI. describes the following genera: — Actaeon, Montfort ; 

 Buccinulus, Plancus ; Aplustrum, Schumacher; Hydatina, Schu- 

 macher ; Bullina, Ferussac ; Cylichna, Loven ; Utriculus, Brotvn ; 

 Diaphana, Brown ; Tornatina, A. Adams; Volvula, A. Adams; Bulla, 

 Klein ; Haminea, Leach ; Akera, O. F. Muller ; Scaphander* Mont- 

 fort ; Atys, Montfort; Physema, H. and A. Adams; Smaragdinella, 

 A.Adams; Cryptophthalmus, Ehrenberg ; Philine, Ascanias ; Pha- 

 nerophthalmus, A. Adams ; Chelidoneura, A. Adams ; Aglaia, Renier ; 

 Posterobranchaea, D^Orbigny. 



1 The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.'' New 

 Series. Vol. III., Part 2. Published November 1, 1854; 32 

 pp. Trans., 1 6 Proc, 4 plates ; price 35. 6d. 



The papers in this part are as follow : — 



i Characters of undescribed Lucanidae, collected in China, by 

 It. Fortune, Esq.' By W. Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., &c. 

 (concluded). 



' Descriptions of Two Species of the Genus Hemerobius of Linnaeus, 

 xn. 3 c 



