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VII. MOLLUSCA. 
Simroth (in Bronn, 44) classifies the Aplacophora as follows : — 
Suborder. 
Chcetodermatina 
Neomeniina . 
Family. 
Chcetodermatidce 
^ Neomeniidce 
Proneomeniidce 
Dondersiidce . 
- Parameniidce . 
Genera. 
Chcetoderma. 
Neomenia. 
Proneomenia. 
Solenopus. 
fthopalomenia, n. g. 
Macellomenia , n. g. 
Dondersia. 
Myzomenia , n. g. 
N ematomenia, n. g. 
Paramenia . 
Ismenia. 
Lepidomenia. 
(?) Echitiomenia , n. g. 
Classification of Pelecypoda : Fischer’s families arranged according to 
Pelseneer’s scheme ; Woodward (413). 
13. Stray Notes. 
Principles of Malacology ; Westerlund (397). — “ Conchology as a 
popular Science”; Adams, J., Northampton Soc. vii, pp. 204-212. — 
Influence of environment on the development of Molhisca ; Locard 
(204). — Climate and the variation of Slugs; Cockerell (70). — Filtration 
of water by Mollusca ; Fischer (124). — Dispersal of non-marine Mol- 
lusca', Kew (187a). — Dispersal of freshwater bivalves by the agency of 
Vertebrates ; Guerne (144). — Habits of Octopus in captivity ; Hornell 
(170). — Mode of feeding of Testacella scutulum ; Webb (396). — Life- 
history of Avion ater\ Wotton (416). — Slugs injuring coffee ; Cockerell 
(71). — Idalia elegans , Leuck., preys on Tunicates ; Pkouho (302). — 
Feeding lines of a living land Gastropod on lichen-covered slate ; Wood- 
worth, Science, xxi, p. 157. — Food-supply of oyster, clam, and 
mussel ; Lotsy (218). — Occurrence of Crenella marmorata , Forb., in the 
mantle of Ascidiella virginea , Mull. ; Meissner (233). — “ Mimicry v of 
Lamellaria perspicua ; Herdman (162). — Seat of colouration in green 
oysters ; Chatin (61). — On the causes of viridity in oysters ; Jourdain 
(184). — Teratological conchology; Dautzenberg, Feuille Natural, xxiii, 
pp. 30 & 31 : Ibid., Davy, t. c. p. 77. — Historical researches on Printer’s 
shells ; Locard (202). 
14. Economics. 
Edible Mollusca of Southern California ; Williamson (406). — Oyster- 
culture in the Black Sea ; Stohl, Congr. Internat. Zool. ii, pt. 2, pp. 28- 
36. — Oyster-culture at Roscoff ; Lacaze-Duthiers, C.R. Ac. Sci. cxvi, 
pp. 414-419, and cxvii, pp. 428-434. — Pearls from the West of France ; 
BONNEMSiRE (33). 
