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brauclnate Mollusca made in India by alter Elliot, 
Esq., with descriptions of several new species and genera. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. v. (1864) pp. 113-147, with six plates. 
Crosse, H., et Fischer, P. Faune malacologique de Cochinchine. 
Premier supplement. Jouim. Conch, pp. 322-338. 
Additions to a list of shells of Cochinchina published in the 
preceding volume of the same periodical. Fifty-three species, 
most of them marine, are enumerated ; several are new. 
4. Australia. 
Souverbie, S. M., et Montrouzier, E. T. Descriptions d^es- 
peces nouvelles de FArchipel Caledonien. Journ. Conch, 
pp. 41-42, 261-275. 
A continuation of papers in preceding volumes of the same 
journal; containing submarine and marine shells. M. Montrou- 
zier is missionary in New Caledonia. 
JouAN. Additions h la faune de laNouvelle Caledonie. Mem. 
Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbom’g, 1864, x. pp. 301-311. 
This paper contains some general observations on the mol- 
luscous animals of the Archipelago of New Caledonia. Species 
of Trochus, Ptei'ocera, Pecten, Spondylus, Tridacna, Pinna, 
Malleus, and Venus arc eaten in large quantities by the natives; 
oysters are common ; also the pearl-oyster {Meleagrina^ is not 
rare, but no pearls of any value are found. 
Crosse, H. Description d^especes nouvelles proven ant de FAus- 
tralie meridionale. Journ. Conch, pp. 339-346 (with 
figures) . 
Crosse, H., et Fischer, P. Diagnoses molluscorum Australia 
meridionalis. Journ. Conch, pp. 346-350. 
Crosse, H. Diagnoses d^especes nouvelles de FAustralie meri- 
dionale. Journ. Conch, pp. 275-279. 
Angas, G. Fr. Observations on the geographical distribution of 
the genus Valuta. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, pp. 50-54. 
An enumeration of 35 species of Valuta and Mela inhabiting 
the seas of Australia, including those of New Caledonia, New 
Zealand, and the adjacent islands, which ^'may well be regarded 
as the metropolis of the Volutidse.^^ 
SowERBY, G. B. Diagnose d^une nouvelle espece de Volute 
de FAustralie. Journ. Conch, p. 338. 
Adams, H., and Angas, G. F. Descriptions of new genera and 
species of ChitanidiB from the Australian seas, in the collec- 
tion of G. Fr. Angas. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, pp. 192-194. 
