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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Angas, G. F. Description d^especes nouvelles appartenant k 
plusieurs genres de Mollusques Nudibranches des environs 
de Port Jackson, accorapagnee de dessins faits d^apres 
nature. Journ. Conch, pp. 43-70, with 3 coloured plates. 
This most valuable paper is a translation from the English ori- 
ginal, with some additional notes by M. Crosse. Twenty -nine new 
species are described, one of which is the type of a new genus 
established and named by M. Crosse in honour of Mr. Angas. 
Four genera were previously known from Australia by the re- 
searches of Quoy and Gaimard. 
6. California. 
Carpenter, P. P. Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca col- 
lected at Cape St. Lucas by Mr. Xantus. Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1864, xiii. pp. 311-315, 474-479 ; xiv. 1864, pp. 
45-49. 
Carpenter, P. P. Diagnoses of new forms of Mollusca from 
the Vancouver District. Ibid. xiv. pp. 423-429. 
Carpenter, P. P. Descriptions of new marine shells from the 
coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. iii. pp. 
155-159. 
Baird, W., and Lord, J. K. Remarks on a species of shell 
belonging to the family Dentaliidce , with notes on their use 
by the natives of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. 
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, pp. 136-138. 
Dentalium pretiosum (Nuttall) lives buried in soft sand, at a 
depth of from 3 to 5 fathoms, always with the larger extremity 
directed upwards and close to the surface of the ground. This 
shell was formerly used by the natives as money, and D. strio- 
latum (Stimpson) as ornament. 
D. Genera and Species. 
The systematic arrangement of the following part of our Re- 
cord is that of Messrs. H. and A. Adams, proposed in their 
^ Genera of Recent Mollusks,^ except in the Helicidop., where we 
follow the system proposed by ourselves in the second edition 
of AlbeiVs ^ Heliceen.^ The names used by authors are con- 
scientiously retained, even in the cases where we hold a different 
opinion, limiting our suggestions to a few words within 
brackets [ ]. 
CEPHALOPODA. 
Nautilus macromphalus (Owen). This species, which is rather rare in Eu- 
ropean Collections, is frequently found on the shores of New Caledonia, 
