30 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Nossi'Bc, Madagascar. Some marine shells enumerated by H. Crosse, 
J. de Conch, xxix. pp. 208-211. 
Mauritius. 138 species of marine shells belonging to the Muricidcc^ 
Buccinidm, Fasciolariidce, and Cassididce, with synonymy and indication 
of geographical distribution, enumerated by C. Taprauone-Caneeri, 
Faun. mal. Maur. 99 pp. 2 pis. 
Burma. G3 species of estuarine Mollusca, inhabiting the creeks and 
salt swamps, including 1 Paludinid {Larina')^ 5 Bissoidce, 9 Neritince and 
Navicelkcy 3 Onchidiidce^ 12 Auriculidce^ 1 Arnphihola, 1 Cyrena (the rest, 
14 Gastropods and 17 Bivalves belonging to marine families), enumerated 
by W. T. Blanford, British Burma Gazetteer, i. pp. 713-716. 
7 . Northern Pacific. 
Japan. Several new species and even genera of Nadihranchia, by 
R. Bergh, Verh. z.-b.-Wien, xxxi. pp. 219-254, pis. vi.-x. 
Charlotte Islands^ N. W. coast of America. List of marine mollusks 
collected by G. M. and R. Dawson, given by J. F. Whiteaves, in Rep. 
Geol. Surv. Canada, 1878-79 [Montreal : 1880J, pp. 190 r-205b. 
California. 450 species enumerated by H. Hemphill in a catalogue 
published at S. Diego, 1875, 8 pp. [not seen by the Recorder]. 
8 . Australian and Antarctic Seas. 
‘ Challenger ’ Expedition ; vide supra. 
Australia^ Port Jackson. Further note on some recent Mollusca, by 
J. Brazier, P. Linn. Soc. N, S. W. v. p. 481. [Not seen by the 
Recorder.] 
New Zealand. Observations on living animals and a newNudibran- 
chiate, by F. Hutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xiii. pp. 198-204. New Nudibran- 
chiates and a new genus of Bullidce, by Cheeseman, tom. cit. pp. 222-224. 
Kerguelen. Some new species of Bivalves; Martens, SB. nat. Fr. 
1881, p. 79. 
Magellan's Straits and West Coast of Patagonia. 3 Cephalopods, 40 
marine Gastropods, and 21 marine Bivalves (several new), collected dur- 
ing the survey of H.M.S. ‘ Alert,^ are enumerated by E. A. Smith, P. Z. S. 
1881, pp. 22-44, pis. iii.-v. Several new species from the same Straits, 
and from the eastern coast of Patagonia, collected during the expedition of 
the Prussian ship ‘ Gazelle,’ described by E. v. Martens, SB. nat. Fr. 
1881, pp 64-66 & 76-80, with some general remarks on this fauna. 
[The Recorder regrets that the interesting paper on the Mollusca of 
Fuegia and the Magellan Straits, by R. O. Cunningham, Tr. L. S. xxvii. 
1871, pp. 474-488, has hitherto been overlooked ; it enumerates a large 
number of species, one of which, JEJolis caldwelli, was then new.] 
Paljiontology of Eecent Mollusca. 
R. P. Whitfield gives some additions to Dav>’’son’s paper on the 
Palasozoic land snails, concerning Dawsonella near IJelicina^ and a new 
