FERUSSACID^i:. 373 



339. Zootecus chion, rfeiffer. 



Bulimus chiott, Pfeilier, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 332 ; ibid., Mon. Helic. 



Viv. iv, 18oU, p. 463; llauley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, 



pi. 22, iig. 1 ; Adams, Joimi. Conch, vii, 1892, p. 81. 

 Pupa (Cylindrus) chion, von Martens, Die Heliceen, ed. 2, 1860, 



p. 297. 

 Pupa {Cylindrus) insularis, var. ckiou, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 



p. 195. 

 Bulimina {Mastus) chiou. Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 



1881, p. 293. 

 Rumina c/iio?], Ancey, Bull. Soe. Malac. France, iii, 1886, p. 60. 

 Mastus chion, Ancey, Bull. Soc. Zool. P'rance, xviii, 1893, p. 44. 

 Buliminus (Zootecus) chion, Kobelt, Conch.-Cab., Faro. Buliminidae, 



1900, p. 67o, pi. 102, tig. 18. 

 Zootecus insula) is, forma chion. Pilsbry, Man. Couch, ser. 2, xviii, 



1906, p. 112, pi. 26, tig. 32. 



Oi'ic/inal description : — " B. testa perforata, oblouga, solida, 

 striatula, alba ; spira elougata, in conum acutiusculum terniinata ; 

 aiifr. 7-8 uiodice convexis, ultimus ^ longitudinis paulo siiperaute. 

 antice subaseendeiite, basi rotundato ; apertura verticalis, ovato- 

 lunari ; perist. calloso, marginibus callo juuetis, cohmiellari brevi, 

 substricto, dilatato, patente. 



" Long. 12, diani. 5i mill. Ap. oblique 4^ mill, longa, fere 3 

 lata." (PtViffn:) 



Hah. India : Kurrachee, Punjab {Shipley, Stoliczka, Adams) ; 

 Kutch, and 8oliman Range (iStoliczka) : Umarkote, Sind {Blan- 

 fonl) ; Saharunpore ( Wood-2Iason). Afghanistan (Ancey). 



Specimens from Hyderabad, presented by Dr. Falconer to the 

 British Museum, measure 14x6 mm. 



Pfeiffer mentions a var. p. " Gracilinr, minor; long. 11, diam. 

 4 mill." 



Family lERUSSACID.E. 



Genus CECILIOIDES, Herrmannsen. 



Acicula, Risso, Hist. Nat. Europe Merid. iv, 1826, p. 81 [ehurneu 



only species), nou Acicula, Hartmann, 1821. 

 Caccilioides, Herrmannsen, Ind. Gen. Malac. i, 1846, p. 150, for 



Cecilioidcs, Ferussac. 

 Ccccilioides, Smith, Journ. Conch, vi, 1891, p. 342 ; Pilsbry, Man. 



Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1908, p. 1. 

 Ccecilianclla, Bourguignat, Rev. Mag. Zool. viii, 1856, p. 378 ; Fagot, 



Bull. Soc. Malac. France, iv, 1887, p. 49; Norman, A. M. N. H. 



ser. 6, vi, 1890, p. 337. 

 Aciculina, Westerlund, Fauna Palaarkt. Binnenconch. iii, 1887, 



p. 175 (as section of Ccecilianella). 



Type, Buccinum acicula, Miiller. 



Eancje. India and most tropical and subtropical counti-ies and 

 Europe. 



