ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Ampullariid-®, 
[AmpuUaria] Pomti^ (iejp^essa (Say). The living animal, several yarieti^s 
of the shell, the operculum^ jaw, and the lingual detention are illustrated by 
Binney, Lftnd- and Freshwater Moll. N. Am. part iii. pp. 1-6, au4 113. 
^eyeral species erroneously referred to the North-Americfin fauna are pointed 
out, I|)id. pp. 7, 8, 
Saulea. This new genius is proposed by Dr, Gray for AmpuUaria vitrea 
(Born) from Sierra Leone, and illustrated by a woodcut. Pi’oc. Zool. Soc. 
1867, p. 1000, [The Becorder has formed for this species a distinct section in 
the genus Ampullcinaj Ampullarice fulgurated. Mai. Blatt. iv. 1857, p. 211.] 
TuRRITELLIDiE. 
Turritella erosa (Couth.) ==^o/an> (Beck, Moller), Straits of Tartary. 
Schrenck, I, q, p. 341. 
Turritdlo/ ccql(\la^ sp. n,, Moi’ch, in Dunker, Npvitat. Conchol. p. 102, pi. 34. 
figs. I, 2, Guinea P j T. dura (Moi’ch), var. ibid., p. 103, figs. 8, 4, Realejo, 
Central America. — T. choperiy sp. n.. Carpenter, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 
1866, p. 216, California. 
Mesalia hrevialis (L&m.)== sidcata (Gray) j a variety of it= Turritella qqria 
of K lister and Reeve j and M. striata (Adams) = /Sfea/area mihdqcussata of 
Cantraine, according to P. Fischer, Gonzalez Hidalgo, Journ. Conch, xy. pp. 
894, 896. 
Mesalia ? tenuisculpta, sp. n.. Carpenter, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1866, 
p. 216, San Diego, California. 
CiECID^. 
Cremm. Tbe shell is spiral at first, becomes simply arched in the later 
stages of growth, and finally loses the first spiral part. Twenty-eight species 
taken from, pearl-oysters are enumerated, with short diagnoses. The genus 
is diyided into four sections and three subsections. Folin, M^l^agrinjcoles, 
pp. 29-47. 
The British species me trachea (Mont.) and glabrum (Mont.), but amu- 
latum (Brown) is exotic. Jeffreys, Brit. Conch, iv. pp. 74-79, 
Ccecum phronimumy Haiti j ryssotilumy West-Indian Islands, Venezuela, 
and Brazil ; irregularsy Bahia j paradoxum and uncinatumy on pearl-oysters 
in the Gulf of Panama ; qoronatumy insignoy and h7'evey Jamaica ; clavay Gua- 
deloupe ; mirificumy San Miguel, Pacific, are new species described by L, do 
Folin, Journ. Conch, xv. pp. 44-68, and figured on pis. 2 & 3. — C, crebri- 
cinctwn and C. cooperiy spp. nn., Carpenter, Proc. Calif. Acad. But. Sc, f 860, 
pp, 216, 216, California, 
Brochma someriy Pernambuco, and Br, achironuy Bahia, spp. nn., Folin, 
Journ. Conch, xv. pp. 66, 67, pi. 8. 
Vermetid^e. 
Vermetus imbricatus (Dunker), Bay of Yedo. Fisefike, Mai. Blatt. xiv. 
p. 172 f and Murtens, Preuss. Exped. i. p. 188, 
Calyptr^id^. . 
Dr. Gray (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 732-748) gives ^ review 
of this family, chiefly from an examination of the specimens in 
Cuming^s collection. He multiplies the genera, but judiciously 
