212> MELANIID^. 



var. jordanica. 

 Melanopsis jordanica, EofJi, Moll. Orient. 1839. 



20 Sea of Galilee ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [20, Hi]. 

 Agree with M. Brot's pi. 46, fig. 6. 

 20 Jordan ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [21|, 10|]. 

 Agree with M. Brot's pi. 46, fig. 5, and Rossm., fig. 1905. 



sulwar. forticostata. 



12 Lake Huleh [Palestine] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 



A very remarkable, tliick-ribhed form, with wonderfully 

 produced spire ; I can find no figure that represents it, — 

 long. 29, diam. 11| mil. 



subvar. nana. 

 15 Sea of Galilee ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [Hi, 7]. 

 Like Rossm., fig. 1906, but smaller. 



var. 



3 Busrah, Beluchistan ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Unfoi^tunately in very bad condition ; it may prove to be an 

 altogether new form. M. Brot's pi. 48, figs. 1 to 3 [" M. tin- 

 cjitana "] are the nearest figures I can find ; there is no basal 

 canaliculation as in M. nodosa, Ferussac. 



Long. 15, diam. 7|- mil. 



5. Melanopsis kotschyi. 



Melanopsis kotschyi (v. d. BuschJ, Philippi, Abb. II, pi. 4, Rg. 11, Persepo- 

 lis. 



30 Lake at Shiraz ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Evidently very variable ; closely allied on the one hand to 

 M. costata and on the other to M. prcBrosa, especially to var. 

 variabilis, subvar. fasciolata, Parreyss [or decollata, Nevill]. 



