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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUUE. 
Pomus <pyrum. Egg-capsules described by Tate, Am. Journ. Conch, v. 
p. 162. 
TuRRITELLIDiE. 
l^roto cornelliana, sp. n., Tryon, Am. Journ. Conch, v. p. 164, pi. 17. f. 3, 
Honolulu. The author states that this genus, hitherto known from fossils 
only, has greater affinity to Turhonilla than to Turritella. 
CiECID^. 
E. DE Folin has examined the value of slight differences in the septum of 
these shells for specific distinction j he rejects Dr. Carpenter’s hypothesis of 
^translation;” Brochina is not distinct from Ccecum,] and Strebloeeras and 
Phlcboceras prove to bo founded on accidental instances of the persistence of 
the shell of the primary stage upon that of the second, and even the third. 
Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. x. pp. 254-264, pi. 8. 
Caecum orientalcy sp. n., Folin, Fonds de la Mer, livr. vi. & vii. p. 107, pi. 11. 
figs. 5, 6, Rhodus ; C. syriacum, sp. n., Folin, ibid. livr. viii. 1869, p. 114, 
pi. 11. figs. 7,8, Tripoli, in Syria; C. variegatum^ with a var. minima^ and C. 
inflatum, spp. nn., Folin, ibid. pp. 120, 121, pi. 16. figs. 3, 4, and 6, 6, Hong- 
kong; C. formosulum, with two varieties, decussatum and marmoratum, 
spp. nn., Folin, ibid. pp. 124-126, pi. 11. figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, and pi. 16. figs. 1, 
2, New Providence, Bahama Islands; C. Iceve, \&r, suhornatu?n, C. undatum ^ 
var. contraria, C. suave, and C. mutabile, spp. nn., described and figured, with 
remarks on C. tceniatum and impartitum, Folin, ibid. pp. 130-133, pi. 20. 
figs. 1, 2, and 3, 4, Bay of Panama; C. inclinatum and marginatum, spp. nn., 
Folin, ibid. pp. 142, 143, pi. 22. figs. 1, 2, and 3, 4, and var. subornata of 
C. vitreum (Folin), p. 142, from St. Vincent, Cape-Verd Islands ; C. ar- 
moricum, sp. n., Folin, ibid. p. 148, pi. 23. figs. 4, 5, Gulf of Gascony ; C. 
forinulosum, var. sidcata, and several varieties of C. trachea (Mont.) from New 
Providence, Bahamas, Folin, ibid. p. 164. — On some doubtful species allied to 
C. corrugulatum (Carpenter), Folin, ibid. p. 170. 
Caecum formidosum and C. decussatum, spp. nn., Folin, 1. c. p. 258, pi. 8. 
figs. 4 & 6, Bahama Islands; C. injimum, Aspinwall, bimamillaturn, La 
Guayra, carmenense. Carmen, orientate, Messina, auriculatum, Palerma 
[Palermo?], strigosum, Rio Janeiro, vestitum, Vera Cruz, circumvolidum, 
Aspinwall, torquatum, Guadaloupe, cuccina, Vera Cruz, veracruzanum, Vera 
Cruz. These species, previously published by L. de Folin in ^ Les Fonds de 
la Mer,’ are now described in the Journal of the Ljnn. Soc. Zool. vol. x. 
pp. 260-263, pi. 8. 
Brochina chiereghiniana, sp. n., Brusina, Journ. Conch, xvii. p. 248, 
Adriatic. 
Brochina glabra. Remarks on specimens from St. Vincent, Folin, Fonds 
de la Mer, p. 142 ; and on its varieties generally, ibid, p, 170. 
Meioceras (Carpenter) is distinguished from Caecum by the structure of 
the apex, indicating adifierent mode of growing. All species hitherto.known 
are from the Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. The following species are 
described and figured '.-^carpenteri (Beau), cornu-copice (Carp.), cornu-bovis 
(Carp.), tumidissimum, carpenteri, bitumidum, moreleti, deshay esi, undulosum, 
coxi, and tenerum, spp. nn., Folin, Ann. Soc, Linn. Maine-et-Loire, xi. pp, 
7-14, with 1 plate. 
