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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUKE. 
AsTARTID/E. 
Astarte. Conrad states that the oolitic species to which Sowerby has 
given this name di filer generically from the tertiary and recent species com- 
monly referred to this genus j hence it follows that for the recent species the 
name Crassina (Lam.) is to be adopted. Am. Joiirn. Conch, v. p. 4G. 
The Astarte found in the Baltic at Warnemunde has been determined as 
A. arctica (Gray) = (Brown), Wiechmann, Arch. d. Vereins f. Na- 
turgeschichte in Mecklenburg, vol. xxiii. p. 192. (See Zool. Record, v. p. 442.) 
Astarte lutea, sp. n., Perkins, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. Dec. 1869, New- 
haven. 
Gouldia modesta, sp. n., H. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 275, pi. 19. 
fig. 14, Gulf of Tunis. — Gouldia latnellosa, sp. n., Issel, Malacol. mar. ross. 
p. 73, pi. 1. fig. 7, Suez. 
Elathia, gen. nov. Shell mqui valve, inaequilateral, compressed, without 
ribs or folds ; in each valve a single strong and elongate cardinal tooth, like 
that of Cardita sulcata (Brug.). E. arconatii, sp. n., Issel, Malac. mar. ross. 
p. 85, pi. 1. fig. 10, Gulf of Elath or Akaba, Red Sea. 
IlNIONIDiE. 
The soft parts of several species of Unio are described by Lea, Journ. Acad. 
Nat. Scienc. Philad. vi. p. 326. 
Unio. Sowerby’s monograph of this genus in Reeve’s Conchologia Ico- 
nica is concluded with species 526, pi. 96 (published in October 1868). A 
rather large list of ‘‘ errata and remarks,” chiefiy corrections of names and 
references, is given at the end. 
Unio larderelianuSj sp. n., Pecchioli, Bull. Mai. Ital. ii. p. 163, pi. 6, en- 
virons of Florence \ perliaps too nearly allied to U. requienii (Mich.) ; also 
the softs parts are described. 
Unio homsensis and e?nesaensis, North Syria, orphaensis, Tigris river, kul- 
lethensis and mardinensis, Mardin, formerly described by lica, and now figured 
Journ. Acad. Nat. Scienc. Philad. vi. pp. 219-264, pis. 29 and 30. 
Unio evitatus (Lea), Bengal, Lea, 1. c. p. 279, pi. 38. fig. 92 j siamcnsis, as- 
peruluSf emdipilatus (Lea), Siam, ibid. pp. 279-281, pi. 38. figs. 93-95. 
Unio bu7’manuSf sp. n., Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 449, Iravadi. 
Unio chinensis (Lea), figured by Lea, 1. c. p. 326, pi. 53. fig. 138, Hongkong. 
— U. wrigJdii and tortuosus (Lea), China, ibid. pp. 283-286, pi. 39. figs. 97 
and 98. — Some remarks on the priority of names and synonymy of some 
Chinese species by Lea, ibid. p. 286, note. 
Unio margmisy Georgia, pi'opriuSy Georgia, j)^'otensus, North Carolina, ama- 
bilis, Georgia, cronnoelliy Georgia, Igoniiy East Tennessee, doliaris, Georgia, 
punctatus, Tennessee, formerly indicated by Lea, and now fully described and 
figured by him, 1. c. pp. 255-261, pis. 31 and 32. figs. 69-76. — U. jewettiiy 
Florida, bisselianus, North Carolina, dinchensis, Tennessee (Lea), ibid, 
pp. 276-278, pi. 37. figs. 89-91 ; U. beaverensis, Qiubilus, datus, dorsattis, hume- 
rosusy and paivensis (Lea), all from North Carolina, ibid. pp. 297-302, pis. 44 
and 45. figs. 109-114. 
Unio murrayensisy Georgia, uhai'eensis, North Carolina, genumus, Nortli 
Carolina, /rmmuws [/wscmuns?], Virginia, spar us, Georgia, copci, Virginia, 
cylindrellus, Georgia, brazosensisy Texas, corvimis, Georgia and North Caro- 
