Tin CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER II. 



PAGR 



Geographipal Distbibution. — Land pro"\'inces ; marine pro- 

 vinces. — Specific areas ; specific centres. — Generic areas ; 

 sub-generic areas. — Boundaries ; influence of climate. — Origin 

 of provinces 50 



Marine Provinces. — Arctic genera; tropical genera; cosmopo- 

 litan species 54 



I. Arctic Province , 57 



II. Boreal Province : Norway, New England 60 



III. Celtic Province : Britain, Denmark 61 



ly. Lusitanian Province : Portugal, Canaries, Madeira, 



Azores, Mediterranean, Black Sea 63 



V. Aralo-Caspian Province 68 



YI. West- A Mean ProAonce 69 



VII. South- African Province 70 



VIII. Indo-Pacific Pro-^ince : Eed Sea, Persian Gulf .... 71 

 IX. Australo-Zelandic Pro-\dnce : New South Wales, 



Tasmania, New Zealand 74 



X. Japonic Pro^dnce 75 



XI. Aleutian Pro-vdnce : Ochotsk, Sitka 76 



Provinces on the Western Coast of America 77 



XII. Californian Pro-^dnce 78 



XIII. Panamic Province : Galapagos 79 



XIV. Peruvian Province 81 



XV. Magellanic Province : Falkland Islands 82 



XVI. Patagonian Province 83 



XVII. Caribbean Pro^dnce 84 



XVIII. Transatlantic Province 85 



Land Regions. — Distribution of land and fresh- water shells; 

 genera of the Old and New World ; arctic regions 86 



1. Germanic Region : Siberia 89 



2. Lusitanian Region : Mediterranean Islands ; Madeira, 



Azores, Canaries, Cape da Verdes, Ascension 91 



S. Helena, Tristan d'Acunha 96 



3. African Region 97 



4. Cape Region 97 



5. Yemen — Madagascar: Comoro Islands, Seychelles, 



Mauidtius, Bourbon, Rodriguez 98 



6. Indian Region : Ceylon 99 



7. China and Japan 101 



8. Philippine Islands 101 



9. Java i02 



10. Borneo 102 



