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MOLLUSCA . 
the Dahlak Islands, pp. 16-60. Notes on the conchological fauna of the 
Red Sea, compared with that of other seas, chiefly from the publications 
of Weinkauff and Issel, by Appelius, Bull. mal. vi. [1873] pp. 
12-24. 
Persian Gulf. New species of the genera Terebra and Pleurotoma 
collected by Col. Polly, described by E. A. Smith, Ann. N. H. (4) xix. 
pp. 226, 227, 229, & 491. 
Mozambique. A few marine shells collected by F. A. Simons at 
Quellimane enumerated ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 719-721. 
Mauritius, 878 species, Seychelle Islands, 102, Chagos, 244, Rodriguez, 
45, Cargados, 92 species, of sea shells observed hitherto on each of these 
islands by E. Li:^nard, Cat. de la faune mal. &c. (Paris: 1877, 8vo, 
115 pp.). 
South and East Africa. General notes on its marine Gastropoda, 
pointing out the differences between the fauna of the Cape and the 
tropical parts, by J. S. Gibbons, Q. J. Conch. No. 12, pp. 233-237. 
2 Ccphalopods, 72 marine Gastropods, and 27 marine Bivalves found at 
the Papuan Islands, 2, 32, and 10 at the Moluccas respectively, enume- 
rated by C. Tapparone Canefri, Ann. Mus. Genov, ix. pp. 278-300. 
5. Pacific, 
W. Dael discusses the marine faunal regions of the Pacific, distin- 
guishing them as follows : — (1) Province Oregon, from Monterey to the 
Shumagin Islands ; (2) Aleutian Province, including the whole Aleutian 
group, to depths of 600 fathoms ; (3) Arctic Province, on the surface 
as far as drift ice is to be found during the winter, and depths of more 
than 500 fathoms. P. Ac. Philad; 1876, p. 205, and Scientific Results of 
the Exploration of Alaska, vol. i. No. 1, p. 1 ; abstract by Kobelt, 
Nachr. mal. Ges. 1877, pp, 33-35, 
Behring Straits. H. Crosse gives a list of its Mollusca, containing 2 
species of Cephalopoda, 70 * Gastropoda, and 44 Bivalves, taken chiefly 
from English and North American publications ; J. de Conch, xxv. 
pp. 101-128. 
North-west America. New species of Muricidee, Buccinidee, and one 
Pandora ; Ball, P. Cal. Ac. 1877. 
California, 160 marine species from Santa Rosa Island enumerated 
by Yates, Q. J. Conch. No. 10, pp. 182-185. 
Japan, 32 new marine shells by W. Bunker, Mal. Bl. xxiy. pp. 67-75. 
Galapagos. 19 species of marine shells collected by Commodore 
Cookson at Charles Island, enumerated by E. A. Smith, P. Z. S. 1877, 
pp. 69-r71, most of them identical with species living on the western 
coasts of the continent of America ; two are new. Extract in Nachr. 
mal. Ges. 1877, p. 90. 
Polynesia. Catalogue vi, of the Museum Godeffroy at Hamburgh 
(published by J. Schmeltz), gives (pp. 79-98) exact localities for a largo 
number of sea-shells. 
New Caledonia. Now species by B. Souverbie, J, do Conch, xxv. 
pp. 71-76. 
