20 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Mauritius. 52 inoperculated, 25 operculated land shells, 19 freshwater 
shells (no bivalve), and 6 of brackish water Truncatella) \ 
Seychelle Islands, 18 inoperculate, 3 operculate land shells, 3 freshwater 
shells, and iAuricuUdoi ; Chagos Islands, no true terrestrial or freshwater 
species, 1 Auriculid, euumorutod by E. Lidiuard in Catalogue de la fauue 
malacologique de Tile Mauritius/' Additions to the fauna of Mauritius, 
containing a new Cyclostoma and a new Melampus, by Morelet, J. de Conch. 
XXV. pp. 212-216. 
5. Tropical Asia. 
S. Hanley & W. Theobald have concluded their “Conchologia 
Indica,” illustrating the land and freshwater shells of British India, 
with part viii., “ not because it is complete, but because it is “impossible 
to keep pace with modern discoveries.” 
The species of Ampullaria, Larina, and Paludina living in India are 
accurately discussed, their synonymy established, and many varieties 
pointed out from extensive material, by G. Nevill, Cat. moll. Mus. Cal- 
cutta, fasc. i. 42 pp. 
Yunnan and Upper Burmah. The shells collected by Dr . Anderson in 
the expeditions of 1868 and 1874 are enumerated, and those ones not 
published as new by W. T. Blanford, P. Z. S. 1869, described by 
G. Nevill, J. A. S. B. xlvi. pt. 2, pp. 14-41 j figures of these new species 
will be given in the “ Report of the Zoology of Yunnan,” which the 
Recorder has not yet seen. The author states that they belong to a 
common Indo-Chinese fauna, and points out some faint resemblances 
to American species. 
India and Burmah. New land and freshwater shells described by 
W. Theobald, J. A. S. B. xlv. pt. 2, pp. 183-189, pi. xiv. 
Assam. Cyclostomacea and Helicidce from the Dafla Hills ; H. H. 
Godwin-Austen, tom. cit. pp. 171-183, pi. vii. & pp. 311-318, pis. viii. & 
viii. A. 33 species are enumerated (all of the operculated group), of 
which 11 are new. No Cyaihopoma, Georissa, or Ilydroccena. Several 
marked varieties are mentioned. 
6. Australian Region. 
Moluccas and New Guinea. 14 terrestrial, 14 freshwater, and 4 
brackish water species of Gastropods (no freshwater Bivalves) found on 
the island Sorong, N.W. of New Guinea, 8 terrestrial and 13 freshwater 
Gastropods on the Moluccas ; C. Tapparone’Canefri, Ann. Mus. Genov. 
ix. pp. 284-299. 
West Australia, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, and New 
Hanover. Land and freshwater shells collected by T. Studer on the 
expedition of the German corvette “ Gazelle,” enumerated by v. Martens, 
MB. Ak. Berl. 1877, pp. 261-291, with 2 pis. 
Australia. List of 38 known land shells from Richmond River, Now 
South Wales, by H. F. Pettard, J. de Conch, xxv. p. 356-362. List of 
24 land shells, including 5 Auriculidce, collected in Fitzroy Island by 
J. Brazier, Q. J. Conch. No. 13, p. 2G8-275. New land shells and a 
