26 Moll 
MOLLUSCA. 
Assiminea^ and 1 Hydrohia^ subg. Belgrandia^p[iQ last/rom Port Canning, 
near Calcutta, by G. Nevill, J. A. S. B. slix, pt. 2' pp. 159-166. 
Very valuable notes on some land and freshwater shells from Southern 
India, the Andamans, and Burma, severaPnew, by W. T. Blanfoud, 
tom. cit. pp. 181-222, pis. ii. & iii. 
China. 14 supposed new species of Anodonfa and 41 [!] of Corhicula, 
from the provinces Nganhue, Kiangsi, and adjacent regions, by Heude, 
Conchyliologie Fluviatile, 6th & 10th fascicules. 
Note on some freshwater and land shells from Chusan, by A. Fauvel, 
M4m. Soc. Cherb. xxii. pp. 333 & 334 [the so-called Paludina vivipara is 
very probably chinensis (Cray)]. ^ 
Sumatra. 16 terrestrial and 10 freshwater] species collected by J. F. 
Snelleman are described by M. M. Schepi^an in the official work, 
Midden-Sumatra, vol. iv. pt. 3 ; also the radula of some of them have 
been examined, 
12. Australia and Polynesia. - 
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W. Kobelt discusses the geographical distribution of the land and 
freshwater Mollusca on the Melanesian Isl^hds, Australia, and New 
Zealand, and enumerates the known species ; J^B. mal. Ges. vii. pp. 1-30. 
[The author is wrong in stating that the islands Waigiou and Batchian 
form a natural bridge from the Moluccas to New Guinea. Batchian is 
one of the Moluccas in the most restricted sense of this name ; it lies on 
the west side of Halmahera. The bridge is formed by Gebi (Guebe) and 
Waigiou. — Reg.] 
Australian Islands, including the Solomon Archipelago. The localities 
of 18 known species of Helix corrected and specialized by J. Brazier, 
J. de Conch, xxviii. pp. 300-320. 
Neio Guinea and Aru Islands. Some new land shells by Tapparone- 
Canefri, Ann. Mus. Genov, xvi. pp. 69-61. 
Thursday Island, Torres Straits. 6 species of land shells, 1 new, by 
Brazier, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iv. pp. 393-396. 
New Caledonia. J. B. G assies publishes a new volume of its land and 
freshwater Mollusca, adding 5 genera and a number of species to those 
already known. Some new species described ; id. J. de Conch, xxviii. 
pp. 325-329. 
A resemblance between the malacological fauna of New Zealand and 
that of New Caledonia suggested by Crosse, J. de Conch, xxviii. p. 367. 
South Australia. Some notes on its freshwater shells by R. Tate, 
Tr. R. Soc. Adelaide, iii. pp. 102-104 & 171. Unio sturti (Ad.) common 
in rainwater holes at Umbum, eaten by the natives ; Chandler, tom. cit. 
p. 171. 
New Zealand. Patula 25 spp., Vitrina 2, Daudehardia 1, Hyalina 2, 
Succinea\, Tornatellina 1, Placostylus 3, Pupal, Helix 20, Laoma* 1, 
Paryphanta 11, Nanina 1, Umax 1, Milax 2, Arion 1, Janella"^ 2, Kono- 
phora* 1, Onchidella 3, Latia* 2, Physa 10, Planorhis 1, Auriculidce 7, 
Cyclophorus 2, Paxillus 1, Diplommatina 1, Realia 4, Omphalotropis 1, 
Assiminea 1, Melanopsis 2, Bythinella 7, Potamopyrgus"*^ 1, Neritina 1, 
