32 Moll . 
VII. MOLLUSCA. 
Connection between mollusca and plants, and notes on habits; Brandi- 
court (58). — Augury from combat of shell-fish; Minakata, Nature, lvi, 
p. 30; Silberrad, t. c. p. 494. — Oysters and disease; Herdman (194). — 
Copper in oysters; Lowe (271); and see Herdman (195). — Atmosphere 
of sea-coast said to corrode shells ; Kenyon (241). — Hibernation of slugs 
and Helices ; Swanton (456). — Notes on three species of A griolimax ; 
Cockerell (83). — Habits of snails in confinement; Soper, Nautilus, x, 
p. 113. — Nest-building of Lima Mans ; Robertson (392). — Habits of Cceci- 
lioides acicula ; Wright (525). — Tachea nemoralis active in winter; Rope 
(397). — Gulls eating Tellina baltMca ; Stubbs, J. Conch, viii, p. 430. 
14. Economics. 
Oysters transplanted ; with notes on American oyster industry ; Towns- 
end (472). — Development and culture of Ostreidce in West Australia; 
Kent (238). — On oyster culture in relation to Disease; Fitch (139). — 
Crepidula and Anomia used for forming spawning beds for oysters; 
Stearns, Nautilus, xi, p. 38. — Oyster-culture of the Romans; Gunther 
(178). — Methods of cooking snails; Stephenson, J. Malac. vi, p. 16. — 
Visit to a snail farm; Darbishire (111). 
15. Collecting and Preservation. 
Popular notes on collecting and preserving land and freshwater mollusca ; 
Anon. Natural. J. vi, pp. 39-42. 
B .—DISTRIBUTION. 
GEOGRAPHICAL. 
N.B. — The numbers in brackets refer to the “Titles.” A reference is thus given 
to each memoir containing any notice affecting the Molluscan fauna of the several 
geographical divisions hei’e adopted. Synonymic notes and changes of systematic 
position are, however, not included here. References to minor notes, which are not 
included in the List of Titles, but which contain faunistic facts of any value, are 
given to the work direct. 
NON-MARIN E MOLLUSCA. [For Marine see p. 38.] 
a. Palaearctic Zone. 
Palaearctic Region: — Bulimi and Rupee of, with new species; Wester- 
lund (510). — Distribution of palajarctic land and freshwater mollusca; 
Kobelt (245). — Europe: notes on several slugs ; Simroth (421). 
1. Septentrional Region. 
British Islands: — Avion cceruleus } n. sp. ; Collinge (86): Land and 
freshwater shells; Adams (3): Popular notes on some freshwater species; 
Anon. Int. J. Micr. vii, pp. 241-246: Bibliography for 1890 & 1891; 
Roebuck (393): colouration of non-marine; Boycott (55, 57): Foreign 
varieties of British shells ; Cockerell (85) : List of British slugs ; Anon. 
Natural. J. vi, pp. 93-95, also land-shells; t. c. pp. 124-129: Notes on 
some land and freshwater shells; Edwards (132) : Origin of British fauna; 
Scharff, P. Irish Ac. iv, p. 427 : Testacellce of; Webb (504). 
England: — Northamptonshire: Ccecilioides acicula ; Wright (525). — 
Derbyshire : Limax cinereoniger ; Oldham, J. Conch, viii, p. 433. — 
Bromley: Land-shells of district; Kennard (235). — Essex: Non-marine 
molluscs of; Webb (507). — Chelmsford: Land-shells from brick-earth; 
