22 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Pisidium and 1 of Limncea, L. ahyssicoluf found in the depths of 13 dif- 
ferent lakes in Switzerland, enumerated by H. Suter-Naep, Zool. Anz. 
hi. pp. 207 & 208. 
Central France. L. Breviere [title enumerates 49 terrestrial 
and 50 freshwater species observed in the Di^partement do la Nievre, the 
more remarkable among them are Uelix carthusiana (Miill.), plebeia 
(Drap.), fasciolata (Poir.), Clansilia parvula (Stud.), Pupa cylindracea 
(Dacosta), Phym acuta (Drap.), Limncea canalis (Villa), Pomatias 
ohscurum (Drap.), Paludinella \Bytliinella'\ ahhreviata (Mich.), Anodonta 
elongata (Holandre), Unio rhomhoideus (Schrot.), rnoquinianus (Dupuy), 
suhtilis (Drouet), and requieni (Mich.). 
Valley of Mont Dore, Dep. Puy de Dome. 22 terrestrial and only 4 
freshwater species, viz., 2 Limncea, 1 Ancylus, and Jlydrohia reyniesi, 
enumerated by P. Fischer. The most remarkable is Helix limhata 
(Drap.) ; the rest much resemble the more northern fauna. Helix lior- 
tensis and its variety with rose-coloured peristome is present, but the true 
nemoralis is wanting. Arion empiricorum occurs only in the black, not in 
the red variety. J. de Conch, xxviii. pp. 289-299. 
Lyon. A. Locard has published a new treatise on its land and fresh- 
water Mollusca, with special regard to their varieties. Ann. Soc. Agric. 
Lyon (5) ii. pp. 567-1045. 
5 . South-western Europe. 
Dep. Herault. Dubreuil has published a third edition of his catalogue 
of the terrestrial and fluviatile Mollusca of this department. Mont- 
pellier : 1880, 144 pp. ; it is also contained in Rev. Montp. (2) L 
Pyrenees. 68 species observed near Aulus, D(^p. Ariege, including 
several new, by P. Fagot, Bull. Soc. agric. Pyr. Or. 1880, pi. Notes on 
some species from the Ddp. Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrdn6es, also 
with some new, by the same, Bull. Soc. Toulouse, 1880 ; abstract, J. de 
Conch, xxix. pp. 86 & 87. Bibliographical note on all papers concerning 
the malacological fauna of the Dep. Pyr^nees-Orientales, by P. Fagot, 
Bull. Soc. Toulouse, 1879. 
G. Servain’s “ Etude sur les Mollusques recueillis en Espagne et en 
Portugal” (St. Germain: 1880, 176 pp.), has not been seen by the 
Recorder. 
Barcelona. A. Bofili enumerates in a separate paper [title supra] 
66 species of land Mollusca observed on the plain of Barcelona, viz., 1 
Testacella, 1 Succinea, 33 Helix, 6 Bulimus, 1 Ccecilianella, 2 Ferussacia 
8 Pupa, 2 Clausilia, 1 Carychium, and 1 Cyclostomus. 
Southern Portugal. Malacological notes by H. v. Maltzan, in his 
work, “ Zum Gap S. Vincent, Reise durch das Konigreich Algarvien ” 
(Frankfurt-a.-M. : 1880, 8vo, 154 pp.). 
6 . Italy. 
Historical notes on the knowledge of the Italian land and freshwater 
Mollusca, by E. de Betta, Atti 1st. Ven. (5) vi. pp. 419-431. 
