40 Moll. 
MOLLUSCA. 
Alvania elegans and gracilis^ spp. nn., Angas, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 174, 
pi. xxvi. figs. 15 & 16, Port Jackson. 
Ceratia variegata, sp. n., Tapparone-Canefri, 1. c. p. 285, New Guinea. 
Eatoniella kerguelensisj caliginosa, and mh'ufescens (Smith, 1875, as 
Eatonia) i E. Smith, Transit Venus Exp., MolLj pp. 8 & 9, pi. ix. 
figs. 9-11, Kerguelen Island [aw^ed, p. 6]. 
Skenea subcanaliculata (id. 1875) ; id. 1. c. p. 9, pi. ix. fig. 15, Kerguelen 
Island. 
Bissoina. H. O. Weinkauff begins a monograph of this genus in the 
new edition of Chemnitz, pts. 262 & 265, pp. 1-16, thirteen species, plate 
not yet published. 
Bissoina hystrix and scolopax, spp. nn., Souverbie, J. de Conch, xxv. 
pp. 74 & 75, pi. i. figs. 3 & 4, New Caledonia. 
Bissoina stricta (Menke) from the Galapagos ; E. Smith, P. Z. S. 1877, 
p. 71. 
Scalenostoma appendiculatuin (Souv., 1876) ; Souverbie, J. de Conch, 
xxv. pp. 77 & 274, pi, i. fig. 5, Mauritius. 
[Ilydrobia'] Paludestrina (Orb.). J. Mabille, R. Z. (3) v. p. 214, 
distinguishes three subgenera : — 
1. Eupaludestrina, of conical shape, mostly with a cover of dirt, 
living on the coasts of the sea, British Channel, and Atlantic. 
2. Thalassobia (n.), of very elongate shape, glossy, living on the 
shores of the Mediterranean ; type, acuta (Mich.) [Drap. ?]. 
3. Pseudopaludinella (n.), of ovoid, obtuse shape, and very small 
size, living in brackish water on or near the coast of the 
Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
\^Hydrobia'\ Paludestrina mabillii, saint-simoniana^ milne-edwardsi^ 
eucyphogyraj acutalis, sancti-coulbani, all from the shores of Northern 
France, moitessieri, spiroxia, aciculinay gracillimay and soluta^ Mediterra- 
nean shores of France, paludinelliformis^ Arcachon, arenarum^ narbonen- 
sis. and leneumicra, salines of Narbonne, brevispira^ Antibes, spp. nn., 
Bourguignat, Spec, novissim. Moll. 1876. The six former belong to the 
subgenus Eupaludestrina^ the five following to Thalassobia^ the five last 
to Pseudopaludinella ; Mabille, I, c. 
Paludestrina (^Eupal.') Ihospitali^ bourguignatiy acuminatay oblonga, 
peringiiformisy and inqtiinata, northern coasts of France, Mabille, 1. c. 
pp. 215-220 ; P. [Thalassobia) euryomphala^ id. 1. c. p. 222, Southern 
France 5 spp. un. 
Peringia (Palad.) [Zool. Rec. xi. p. 144]. The known French and 
Algerian species are* enumerated and the following new added by 
Mabille, R. Z. (3) v. pp. 800-348: — Peringia letourneuxiy Rennes, in 
brackish water, far from the sea, perrierianay Gironde, micropleurus, 
Arcachon, microstomay QivondQy pyramidalis and mabiUi[i’]y Corsica, 
cyclo-labris, tumiday and reboudi, Oran, Bourguignat, Spec, novissim. 
Moll. 1876; P. enhalia, Calvados, fagotiana, Yillefranche, deyroUianay 
C6tes du Nord, bourguignatiy L’Orient and Morbihan, obesa and mari- 
tima, Gironde, cyrniacay Corsica, and excentricay Oran, Mabille, 1. c. 
pp. 302-314 : spp. nn. 
Ilydrobia caspiUy spicuy and dimidiata (Eichw.), living in the Caspian 
