54 Moll . 
MOLLUSCA. 
Criticisms regarding quaternary formations in N. Germany ; NehrinG 
( 2 ). 
L.^nd and fresh-water shells from diluvium of Gottingen ; Koenen. 
List of land-shells from diluvial clay of Verenese-Thal and Kis-Piszko ; 
Franzenau. 
Pleistocene of Moravia ; Rzehak. 
List of 42 species from a raised beach in Devonshire ; Hunt. 
Fossils from near Turin ; Pollonera. 
. Several recent species fossil in loess of Iowa ; Webster. 
Two subfossil species from Sweden ; Clessin (8). 
Lists of Australian tertiary forms (many recent) ; Johnston. 
Historical Changes. 
Helix pomatia a comparatively late introduction iuto North Germany ; 
Martens (2, 7) : see also Nehring (1); Potonie. 
Crepidula fornicata adherent to American oysters transplanted to 
Cleethorpes ; Smith, A. 
Bithynia tentaculata , L., recently imported to America ; Ancey, (7) 
p. 80. 
Sudden appearance of Stenogyra octona , a West Indian form, in 
thousands, at New Caledonia ; Layard (2). 
Reappearance of shells after supposed absence ; Roberts (2). 
Use by Man. 
Oysters and Mussels. Oyster fisheries of Maryland ; Segrave. 
Keeping of oysters by preventing their opening; Williams, W. M. 
Larval oysters caught on glass slides for microscopical examination ; 
Jackson (2). 
Oyster beds of New Brunswick ; Winkley. 
Suggestions for mussel-culture at Cardross, Dumbarton ; Robertson. 
The cause of poisoning by eating mussels discussed, and referred to 
micro-organisms; Lustig. 
Pearls. Pearls of fresh-water mussels ; DrGgemuller. Possibility of 
culture of the mussels ; Schierholz, p. 34 [of sep. copy]. 
Composition of pearls ; Harley. 
The use of Pectew-shells by pilgrims, with notes on the origin of the 
custom, treated by Locard (5). 
Cyclophorus saturnus and C. fulginatus as delicacies in Tonkin ; Daut- 
zenberg & Hamonville, J. de Conch, xxvii, 1887, p. 221. 
Varieties of Cochlostyla artificially manufactured; Goldfuss (2). 
Sepia and shell of Trochus marmoratus objects of commerce ; Brous- 
MICHE. 
Gigantic Cephalopod in Eskimo mythology ; Boas. 
Helix hortensis and primitive man ; Goldfuss (1). 
