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lippi, from Guiana, mconspicua and capiillaris, spp. nn., the first from Brazil, 
the latter from South America. Id. I c. pp. 49-51, pi. 3. fig. 17, pi. 4. figs. 14 
& 15. 
G. W. Try on opposes J. Lewis’s identifications of several described species 
of Anculosa, Lithasia, Somatogyrus, Strephohasis, and Tympanostoma. Am. J. 
Conch, vii. pp. 86-88. 
Melanoides spinata and hanlcyi, spp. nn., Godwin-Austen, P. Z. S. 1872, 
p. 614, pi. 30. figs. 1 & 2, Oachar Hills, N.E. Bengal. 
Ilemisinus gcalii, sp. n., Brot, /. c. p. 53, pi. 4. fig. 7, New Granada. 
Mclanopsis lamherti, sp. n., Souverbie, J. de Conch, xx. p. 148, New Cale- 
donia. 
Pirena tenchralis, spinosa, aurita, and gramdosa (Lam.). Critical notes 
concerning Lamarck’s original specimens : Brot,/. c. pp. 23-26 ; the last figured, 
pi. 1. fig. 18. 
P. (^Melanatria) lamarci, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 52, pi. 2. figs. 1 & 2, Madagascar? 
Littorinid;e. 
Littorina Uttorea (L.), ohtiisata (L.), and rtidis (Maton), var. tenchrosa 
(Mont.), from Kiel. Meyer & Mobius, Fauna &c. ii. pp. 10-19, pi. 2. figs. 1-5, 
6-11, and pi. 3. figs. 1-6. 
Littorina aleutictty sp. n., Dali, P. Cal. Ac., Oct. 1872, Aleutian Islands. 
Lacuna divaricata (O. Fabr.) and pallidtda (Dacosta), from Kiel : Meyer & 
Mobius, /. c. pp. 21-27, pi. 6. figs. 1-7 and 8-13. 
JSrsilia, new generic name for Lacuna mediterranca (Allery), not defined. 
Monterosato, Conchigl. Mediterr. p. 33. [Too near Ilersilia (Philippi, Sa- 
vigny. Dejean).] 
Fossarus stoliczkanus and msignis, spp. nn., G. & H. Nevill, J. A. S. B. 
xxxix. 1871, part 2, pp. 4 & 5, pi. 1. figs. 10 & 0, Ceylon, the first also from 
Bombay. 
Planaxir;e. 
Planaxis. The known species enumerated, with several corrections in syno- 
nymy, and the following described from the collection of the British Mu- 
seum: — P. castaneus, locality unknown ; hanlcyi and siviilis, Sandwich Islands ; 
cborcus, St. Thomas and St. Vincent islands, W. Indies ; suturalis, longkpira^ 
and tenuis, Cliinese seas ; virgatus and variahilis, Fiji Islands : spp. nn. ; and 
cingulatus (Gould, ncc A. Adams), renamed gouMi. E. Smith, Ann. N. 11. (4) 
ix. pp. 37-46. — P. punctosfriatus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 356, Gulf of Suez. 
RiSSOIDvE. 
Rissoina Jimhriata and incerta, spp. nn., Souverbie, J. de Conch, xx. pp. 
51 & 53, pi. 1. figs. 3 & 4, Art Island, New Caledonia. — R. artensis (Mon- 
trouzier, MS.) and suhconcinna, spp. nn., id. ibid. pp. 364 & 365, Art Island. 
Rissoina angasi, new name for R. turricula (Angas), which is preoccupied. 
Pease, Am. J. Conch, vii. p. 20. 
Albania purpurea, sp. n., Dali, ibid, p, 116, Monterey. 
Rissoa mconspicua (Alder), octona (L.), and striata (Alder), from Kiel. 
Meyer & Mobius, Fauna &c. ii. pp. 28-35, pi. 6. figs. 1-8, 9-14, and pi. 6. 
figs. 1-6. 
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