Moll us,ui. ~ | 5 



263 Mollusca from Patagonia and the Straits ol Magellan, 

 collected by Dr. R. W. Coppinger of B.M.S. Alert, wen 

 from the Lords of the Admiralty. This collection, which 



included several new and interesting forms, v. ,..,1 m the 



Proc. Zool. Soc, 1881, pp. 22-45, by Mr. E. A. Smith. 



1880. 



The types of twelve species of Marginella, described in 

 Sowerby's "Thesaurus Conchyliorum," from the collecti 



late Prof. Bell, were obtained by purcha 



1881. 



The small collection of shells from Sumatra, described by 

 Mr. Carl Bock (P.Z.S., 1881, pp. 628-635), was pure! 

 special interest were the types of eighl new species I 



Molluscs. 



An important series of land and fresh-water shells from the 

 Island of Socotra was this year presented by the British Associa- 

 tion. It was the first collection of any importance made on the 

 island, and included thirty-three operculates, fifty-four non- 

 operculated land shells and twenty-six fresh-water specimens. [1 

 contained the types of thirty new species described by Lieut 

 H. H. Goodwin-Austin (P.Z.S., 1881 and 188; 



The collection of Mollusca obtained by Dr. R. W. ( lopping* r in 

 the Indo-Pacific Ocean, during the voyage of II.. M.S. Alert 

 this year added to the collection. It comprised 704 Bpecii 

 including representatives of 50 new species, described bj E. A 

 Smith in the Report upon the Zoological Collections made du 

 the voyage. 



1882. 



A collection of 114 specimens of land and fresh- water shell 

 from Madagascar, obtained partly by purchase and partly by 

 donation from Mr. W. Johnson, included many mw and 

 interesting forms. An account of this valuable addition was 

 given by Mr. E. A. Smith, in the Proc. Zool. Soc., L882, pp. 

 375-389. 



A large series of shells (544 specimens) from the 

 Bombay, Kurrachee, Beloochistan and Arakan was also added 



