MOLLUSCA. 
435 
Rmm (Principality in Tlmringia). 50 spocio.s of terrestrial and only 25 
of freslnvater jMollnsca are eniiinerated by Liebjc and Zimmer, Jahresber. 
(fesellscli. Fr. Naturwiss. Gera, 1800, pp, 34, 36. Helix hidentata (Gmel.) is 
rare, and probably near its extinction ; H. candidula (Stud.) and striata (Miill.) 
are absent, because there is no limestone; H. nemoralis (L.) more common 
in the upper parts of tlie country than in the lower, hortensis (Miill.) common 
everywhere ; no Ihdimus radiatus [detritus, Miill.]. Balea fracjilis (l)rap.) 
on schistaceous rocks. Seven species of Clausilia, the most interesting being 
Cl. Jilo(jrana (Ziegl.), . the most plentiful Cl, hiplicata (Mont.). Limnmus 
peretjer (Dr.) and minutus (Dr.) common; Planorhis corneiis, Phijsa hyp- 
norum, Paludina, and Neritina are absent. 
Fratikfort-on-the-Main. F. D. lleynemann has given an account of the 
malacological fauna of its neighbourhood, the Taunus included, adding 
numerous general remarks on the geographical distribution of the species 
mentioned; 15 freshwater bivalves, 26 freshwater gastropods, and 69 ter- 
restrial .species are enumerated. The following may be mentioned : — Cyrena 
solida (Norraand), Planorhis rossmassleri (Auerswald), Limax cinctus (Miill.), 
Vilrina draparnaldi (Cuv.), Buliminus detritus and tridens (Miill.), Balea 
frayilis (Dr.), Pupa doliolum (Dr.), and Vertigo moidinsiana (Slmttl.); of 
Clausilicp,, hiplicata (Mont.) and nigricans (Pult.) are the mo.st common; 
some others, as also several species of Helix and Bidiminus, are only met with 
on old ruins in the Taunus, especially those of llattstein and Falkenstein. 
Neunter Bericht d. Offenb. Vereins f. Naturkunde, pp. 39-60. 
Carpathian Mountains. Some mollusks from the Tatra and from the plains 
oi Podolia are mentioned by Prof. Nowicki and M. Wierzejski {l.c.). On 
the Tatra there are found Limax schivahii (hTauenf.), Helix ruderata, faus- 
tina, holosericea, Bulimus montanus, Clausilia granatina, nigricans, data var. 
turgida (Ziegl.), ? cruda (Ziegl.), and Limncca peregra. Of the Podolian 
species we may mention Helix strigella, hidentata, instahilis, Pupa tridens, 
Melanopsis lemhergensis (Schiot.), esperi (Ft5r.), and Jjithoglyphus fusctis 
(Ziegl.). — Helix faustina (Ziegl.), cinguleUa (Ziegl.), and Pipa gidaris var. 
spoliata (Rossm.) were found in the Carpathian Mountains by Dr. Jachno. 
Martens, Sitz. Ber. Gesellsch. naturf. Freunde, Berlin, 1868, p. 31. 
2. Mediterranean Province, 
P. A. MoitessieiFs ^ Flistoire malacologiqiie du departement 
de PHerault^ lias been published as a separate work, contaiiiiiig, 
besides the list of speeies and their localities, pp. 11-81 (which 
was published in the previous year in ^ Revue et Magasin de 
Zoologie,^ see ^Record/ vol. iv. p. 503), some interesting introduc- 
tory remarks on the malacological literature of this department, 
tlie home and working-place of the celebrated Draparnaud, and 
a treatise on sinistral shells, pp. 83-94. This monstrosity is 
said to be rarer near Montj)cllicr than elsewhere. Of the 213 
species enumerated, there are 129 terrestrial, 83 belong to fresh- 
water, and one, Alexia, inhabits brackish water; it is charac- 
teristic of South-western Europe that only 5 species of Clau- 
silia, but 14 of Pupa ( Vertigo excluded) occur. Among the fresh- 
