22 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Helix lamellata (Jeff.) and fusca (Mont.) near Redcar ; Ashford, J. 
of Conch, ii. pp.,128 & 209. 
English varieties of [Azeca] Cochlicopa tridens (Pult.) ; Taylor, J. of 
Conch, ii. pp, 220 & 221. 
New British varieties of Pupa secale (Dr.) ; id. 1. c. p. 6. 
Valvata criatata (Miill.) in the vale of York; Nelson, J. of Conch, ii. 
p. 185. 
Anodonta cygnea var. incrassata, Ayrshire ; J. Conacher, Naturalist, 
iii. [1878] pp. 177 & 178. 
3 . Middle Europe. 
Belgium. 27 terrestrial and 17 freshwater shells from Walcourt, river 
Sambre, enumerated by E. Colbeau, Bull. Soc. mal. Belg. 1876, pp. 
Ixiii.-lxvii. 11 terrestrial and 10 freshwater species from Ghent by H. 
Roffiaen, cit. p. xlix. 34 terrestrial and 13 freshwater species at 
Waulsort in the Meuse Valley ; id. op. cit. 1877, pp. xci.-xciii, 
Soissons and Valenciennes. Malacological excursions by T. Lef^ivre, 
Bull. Soc. mal. Belg. 1876, pp. Ixxxv.-xcviii. 
Paris. F. Jousseaume has continued his paper on the land-snails of 
the environs of Paris in Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr. ii. [1877] pp. 71, 99, & 403, 
& iii. [1878] pp. 5, 147, & 203. He distinguishes the species very 
minutely, enumerating 11 spp. of Succmea, divided into two genera, 
Neritostema and Succinea, 11 of Oxychilus [^Hyalina^ and 1 of Polita 
[C’oww^ws], 2 of Discus [Pa^«/a], 26 of Helix^ 2 of Cochlicopa [^Oionelld], 
1 of Ena^ and 1 of Balea. Among them are some southern species 
recently acclimatized (see below). The critical and new species only will 
be mentioned in the special part. 
New species of laud-snails in France, by J. Mabille, Bull. Soc. Z. Fr. 
ii. [1877] pp. 304-306. 
Northern Germany. 48 terrestrial and 61 freshwater species observed 
near Bremen and discussed by R. Kohlmann, Abh. Ver. Brem. vi. 
pp. 48-98. Helix granulata (Alder) found near Hamburg by Petersen, 
Verb. Ver. Hamb. 1879, pp. 244 & 245. 
Westphalia. P. Hesse, after mentioning the previous papers on the 
subject (see also Zool. Rec. xv. Moll. p. 16), describes more particularly 
the known slugs of this province, giving new localities for many species 
of shells, and a list of the species found as yet at Pyrmont. JB. zool. 
sect. West! Mus. 1879, pp. 73-99. 
Lusatia (western part of Silesia), chiefly environs of Gorlitz. 78 
terrestial and 67 freshwater species enumerated, with interesting observa- 
tions concerning varieties, occurrence, and distinction, and analytical table 
for each genus ; a new species of Vitrina and some new varieties. H. 
Jordan, JB. mal. Ges. vi. pp. 291-384, pi, viii. 
Hesse, Homberg (S. of Cassel). 27 terrestrial and 14 freshwater species 
enumerated by O. Bottger, Nachr. mal. Ges. 1879, pp. 83-86. 
EichsJ^eld (S.W. of the Harz). 28 terrestrial species on limestone, 
