(1) Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca (2) Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History) (3) A Revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History) (4) British Museum (Natural History) (5) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum

Abstract

THE publication of these volumes justifies, we think, the view held by a large number of biologists, that one of the most important functions of a national museum is to act as a centre of research in systematic biology. These institutions alone possess collections sufficiently adequate in number of specimens and wide enough in scope for the successful accomplishment of such work, and besides collecting and storing such collections, it is clearly their duty to have them studied and classified.

(1) Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca.

With an Atlas of Quarto Plates. By H. Suter. Pp. xxiii + 1120. (Wellington, N.Z.; J. Mackay, 1913.)

(2) Catalogue of the Ungulate Mammals in the British Museum (Natural History).

Vol. ii., Artiodactyla, Family Bovid, Subfamilies Bubalinæ; to Reduncin (Hartebeests, Gnus, Duikers, Dik-Diks, Klipspringers, Reedbucks, Waterbucks, etc.). By R. Lydekker., assisted by G. Blaine. Pp. xvi + 295. (London: British Museum (Natural History); Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.) Price 7s. 6d.

(3) A Revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the Collection in the British Museum (Natural History).

Part iii. Tribes Pimplides and Bassides. By C. Morley. Pp. xi + 148. (London: British Museum (Natural History); Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.) Price 5s. 6d.

(4) British Museum (Natural History).

A Monograph of the Genus Sabicea. By H. F. Wernham. Pp. v + 82 + xii plates. (London: British Museum (Natural History); Longmans, Green and Co., 1914.) Price 6s.

(5) Echinoderma of the Indian Museum.

Part viii., Echinoidea (1) An Account of the Echinoidea. By Prof. R. Koehler. Pp. 258 + xx plates. (Calcutta: Indian Museum, 1914.) Price 20 rupees.