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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Vertigo modesta, sp. n., Westerlimd, Mai. Blatt. xiii. p. 45, from Eenneby, 
Sweden. ■ 
[Pupa, group Strophiai] P.pi'oteus (Gimdlacli), including P. dimidiuia (Pfr.) 
as one of its numerous varieties, from Cuba, figured in Pfeiffer’s Novit. Con- 
chol. ii. pi. 66. figs. 13-22. . 
JEnnea pupceformis, sp. n., Morelet, Journ. Conch, xiv. p. 164, Equatorial 
Africa. — JEnnea sorghum (Morelet), shell described, and E. ci'ystallum, from 
Prince’s Island, Dohrn, 1. c. pp. 132, 133. — Pupa (Ennea) infrendens, sp. n., 
Martens, Mai. Blatt. xiii. p. 110, pi. 3. fig. 10-12, Natal. 
[Ennea'] Elma, subg. nov., Adams. A strong sinus at the aperture of the 
outer lip, the aperture edentuloijs. Ennea (Elma) swinhoei, sp. n., II. Adams, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 317, pi. 33. fig. 8, Formosa. 
Streptostele, g. n., Dohrn, Mai. Blatt. xiii. pp. 128-132 ; shell of the form of 
^chatind, but hyaline as in Streptaxis and Ennea ; pillar-lip short, twisted, 
and thickened. Colour of the animal intensely red or yellow, as in the two 
last-named genera. Four species are referred to this genus : Bulimus loto- 
phagus, fastigiatus, and/o/^V^^ (Morelet), and the new Str. moreletiana, Dohm^ 
figured on pi. 6. figs. 17-19 ; all living on Prince’s Island. 
Elasmognatha (Succinid^e). 
Succinea. Thirty-four North American species are described and figured 
by Tryon, Am. Journ. Conch, ii. pp. 228-241, pi. 17 (Monogr. pi. ii.). They 
are referred to two distinct groups or subgenera — the typical Succinem with 
well rounded whorls,’ 18 species ; and Bradgspira, with the whorls flattened 
above and effuse below, to which the author refers also several European 
species, as S. pfeifferi, longiscata, and italica. 
“ ^ccinea dunkeri (Zelebor), too nearly allied to 8. Imgiscata (Morelet), 
from the delta of the Danube, figured in Pfeiffer’s Novit. Conchol. ii.pl. 69. 
figs. 9, 10. 
Succinea concisa (Morelet) on St. Thomas and Prince’s island in the Gulf 
of Guinea. Dohrn, 1. c. p. 133. — 8. hogotensis, sp. n., Pfeiffer, Mai. Bliitt. xiii. 
p. 77, Now Granada.— /S', arangoi, sp. n., Pfeilfor, /. <?. p. 140, Cuba. — 8. hig~ 
ginsi, sp. n.. Bland, Am. Journ. Conch, ii. p. 373, pi, 17. fig. 24, Baye Island, 
Lake Erie. 
Suborder Limnophila. 
AuRICULIDiE. 
Alexia loiueana, sp. n., Pfeiffer, Mai. Bliitt. xiii. p. 145, Madeira. — A. 
paivana, sp. n., Pfeiffer, p. 146, Salvages Islands near Madeira. 
Melampus exiguus (Lowe), Madeira, described from fresh specimens by 
Pfeiffer ; M. gracilis (Lowe) is probably only ah individual variety of M. 
(Bqualis. Pfeiffer, Mai. Bliitt. xiii. pp. 143-146. 
" Melampus Jlaviis and pusillus (Gmel.), West-Indian species, found also in 
Prince’s Island by Dohrn, Mai. Blatt. xiii. p. 133. 
Melampus montrouzieri, sp. n., Souverbie, Joum. Conqh. xiv. p. 148, pi, 6. 
ffg. 1, New Caledonia. 
LlMNiEIDiE. 
Chilina. A revision of the species known or admitted by authors, parti- 
cularly with regard to the specimens in Cuming’s collection, is given by 
