312 Miscellaneous. 



Mollusca found in the Neighbourhood of Jerusalem. 

 By Robert Damon. 



To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 



Gentlemen, — I beg to forward for insertion in your c Annals,' 

 should you consider the communication of sufficient interest, a list 

 of Mollusca found in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem, all of which 

 I have at various times received direct from a correspondent and 

 resident in that city. To those interested in the distribution of the 

 Mollusca the information may be acceptable. 



Helix spiriplana, Olivier, Helix Syriaca, Ehrenb. 



Ca;sareana, Parreys. Jebusitica, Roth. 



cavata, Mousson. — — ' tuberculosa, Conrad. 



caudidissima, Drap. sancta, Bourg. 



Steetzenii, Koch. Erdelii, Roth. 



• striata, Drap. Hierosolymitana, Bourg. 



Boissieri, Charpentier. Carthusianella, Drap. 



figulina, Parreys. hierochantica, Roth. 



variabilis, and var., Drap. aspersa. 



fimbriata, Bourg. 



together with a few other species I have not been able to identify. 



Bulimus labrosus, Olivier. Melanopsis costata, Olivier. Lake of 



Tiberias. 



attenuatus, Mousson. Melania tuberculata, Muller. Ditto. 



septemdentatus, Roth. Clausilia mcesta, Fer. 



Aleppinus, Pfeiffer. Pupa Rhodia, Roth. 



Sidoniensis, Ferussac. Caecilianella tumulorum. 



mucifragus, Parreys. Tornatellina Hierosolymorum, Roth. 



Sauleyi, Bourg. Neritina Michonii, Bourg. 



Cyclostoma Olivieri,? Jordani, Butler. Lake of Tib. 



Melanopsis prserosa, Lam. Engedi. Unio ? 

 Sauleyi, Bourg. Jericho. 



I would also observe that I have on former occasions received 

 specimens (dead shells) of Melanopsis, Neritina, &c, that were col- 

 lected on the shores of the Dead Sea. As most writers on Palestine 

 state that no living animal is to be found in that lake, I inquired of 

 my friend whether his knowledge of the district confirmed or other- 

 wise the generally received opinion? to which the following is his 

 reply : — " No shells are found in the lake itself, or on its margin, 

 except the bleached specimens of Melanopsis, Neritina, and various 

 Vnionidce, which have been washed down by the Jordan, and after- 

 wards drifted on shore. In fact, so intense is the bitter-saline quality 

 of its waters, that no mollusk (nor, so far as I know, any other living 

 creature) can exist in it." 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Your obedient Servant, 



Robert Damon. 



Weymouth, Sept. 12, 1860. 



