154 LAND- AND FRESHWATER SHELLS. 



whorls , if there is any paiuting at all , and the specimen 

 from Soemba has faint blotches like some specimens of A. 

 contrarius Mull., and as , according to an information formerly 

 received from v. Martens, this occurs a\so with A. suspecttis, 

 I have thought it best to give this only specimen this 

 name, till more and full-grown specimens are obtained. 



14. Limnaea javanica v. Hasselt. 



Martens, Conchologische Mittheilungen , Band I, p. 87. 

 Locality: Waingapoe, N. Soemba. 



One rather small specimen seems to belong to the 

 typical form. 



var. porrecta v. Martens. 



Martens, 1. c. p. 89; Taf. 16, fig. 9, 10. 



Locality: Amarassi, Timor. 



One fine specimen, slightly less elongated than the 

 figure given by v. Martens, and a worn one, besides a small 

 specimen in alcohol. 



15. Limnaea perlevis Conrad. 



Conrad , Proceedings Acad. Nat. Sciences Philadelphia , 

 Vol. 5, p. 11. 



Localities : Lakes of Soesoek and Ainiba , central Timor. 



Several specimens from the above mentioned localities. 

 Edgar A. Smith (Freshwater shells of Australia; Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. Vol. 16, p. 271) and Tapparone Canefri (Fauna 

 Malac. della Nuova Guinea, p. 244) take L. perlevis as a 

 synonym of Lessoni Desh. (Magasin de Zoölogie , Vol. I , 

 1831, Moll. p. 16; pi. 16); this figure is more globose; 

 according to the description the shell has »la couleur et 

 la transparence de la corne blonde qui serait légèrement 

 teintée de vert". 



Prof, von Martens, who compared the shells with those 

 of the Museum in Berlin , says that the specimens resemble 



Notes from the Leyden IMEuseum, "Vol. X.1"V. 



