MOLLUSCA. 
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INCLUSA, Cuv. (Pholadacea, Ad.). 
Teredo. The experiments made during ten years by a special commission 
corroborate tlie fact that impregnation with creosote is tlie only sure means 
of preserving wood from the attacks of Teredo. E. II. v. Baumhauer, Ar- 
chives N«5erland. des Sci. exactes et naturelles, iv. pp. I60-I66. 
Le Juge has written on the boring of Pholas daetylus and exhibited a 
piece of gneiss perforated by this shell. Transact. R. Soc. of Arts and 
Sciences of Mauritius, pp. 3 and 9-11. 
Cxjii.ophura exilis, sp. n., Tryon, Am. Journ. Conch, v. p. 170, pi. 14. fig. 2, 
St. Croix. 
Solen curtus (Desmoulins) is a distinct species. R6cluz, Act. Soc. Linn. 
Bordeaux, xxvii. 
Solen (^Siliquarid) serresianus, sp. n., B^cluz, 1. c., Cette. 
Macha divaricata, sp. n., Lisclike, Mai. Blatt. xvi. p. 108, and Moll. Jap. 
p. 142, pi. 10. figs. 1, 2, Nangasaki. 
Saxicnva arctica is a circumpolar species, occurring also in Japan. Lischke, 
Moll. Jap. pp. 124-120. 
VanopeeapUcata (Montagu) should, perhaps, not be referred to this genua. 
Petit, Catal. Moll. Eur. p. 244. 
Mya arenaria (h.)—japonica (Jay) is a circumpolar species, occurring also 
in Japan. Idschke, Moll. Jap. pp. 138-141. 
Sphenia is distinct from Mya. Petit, Catal. Moll. Eur. p. 246. 
Thraeia speciosa, sp. n., Angas, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 48, pi. 2. fig. 1 2, 
Port Jackson. 
Rupicilla. Schaufuss in Piitel ’s Systeme und Cataloge, p. 18, has sub- 
stituted this subgeneric name for Rnpicola (Fleurian de Bellevue). 
Sotdeyetia^ gen. nov., shell inaequilateral ; spoon-like processes directed 
backwards. S. moulinsii, sp. n., R(5cluz, Act. Soc. Linn. Bordeaux, xxvii., 
Borneo. 
CARDIACEA, Cuv. [Veneracea, AA.). 
Mactrid^. 
Maetra trnncata. Its differences from suhtruncata are pointed out by 
Petit, Catal. Moll. Eur. p. 140. 
Maetra gahbi^ sp. n., Tryon, Am. Journ, Conch, v. p. 170, pi. 16. fig. 7, 
Lower California. 
Spissula catilUfor77iis nnd dolabrtformis (Conrad) figured by the author. Am. 
Journ. Conch, v. pi. 13. fig. 1, and pi. 12. fig. 1. 
JIa7'vella pacifica (Conrad) figured by the author, 1. c. pi. 12. fig. 2. 
LutraTiia 7^utalli (Conrad) = (Middendorff)=cflr^a.r (Gould), and 
L. 77xaxi77ia (Jones')— larga (Reeve), described from Japanese specimens by 
Lischke, Moll. Jap. pp. 136-138. 
Tjutra7iia costata, sp. n., Tryon, 1. c. p. 171, pi. 16. fig. 6, Senegal. 
Lxdraxiia (Rastofiia) 7'ugosa. The name of this species has been given by 
Helbling. Martens, Mai. Blatt. xvi. p. 236. 
CceceUa chine7isis (Desh.) from Nangasaki. Lischke, Moll. Jap. p. 133, 
pi. 10. figs. 6, 6. 
Tellinid^. 
Soletellina olivacea (Jay, as PsarxiTtiobia) —japo7iica (Debeaux), described 
from Japanese specimens by Lischke, Moll. Jap. p. 131. 
