FERUSSACID^E. 373 



339. Zootecus chion, Pfeiffer. 



Bulimus chion, Pfeiffer, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 332 ; ibid., Mon. Helic. 



Viv. iv, 1859, p. 463 ; Hauley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870. 



pi. '22. fig. 1 ; Adams, Journ. Conch, vii, 1892, p. 81. 

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



p. 297. . 

 Pupa (Cylindrus) insular is, var. chion, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 



p. 195. 

 Bulimina (Mastus) chion, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 



1881, p. 293. 



Rumina chion, Ancey, Bull. Soc. Malac. France, iii, 1886, p. 60. 

 Mastus chion, Ancey, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xviii, 1893, p. 44. 

 Bidiminus (Zootecus} chion, Kobelt, Conch.-Cab., Fam. Buliminidae, 



1900, p. 675, pi. 102, fig. 18. 

 Zootecus insularis, forma chion, Pilsbry, Man. Couch, ser. 2, xviii, 



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



Original description : " B. testa perforata, oblonga, solida, 

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

 anfr. 7-8 modice convexis, ultimus 5 longitudinis paulo superante. 

 antice subascendente, basi rotundato ; apertura verticalis, ovato- 

 lunari ; perist. calloso, marginibus callo juuctis, columellari brevi, 

 substricto, dilatato, patente. 



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

 lata." (Pfeiffer.) 



Hob. India : Kurrachee, Punjab (Slripley, Stoliczka, Adams} ; 

 Kutch, and Solirnan Kange (Stoliczka); Umarkote, Sind (Blan- 

 ford) ; Sahanmpore (Wood-Mason). Afghanistan (Ancey). 



Specimens from Hyderabad, presented by Dr. Falconer to the 

 British Museum, measure 14 x 6 mm. 



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

 4 mill." 



Family FERUSSACID.E. 



Genus (LffiCILIOIDES, Herrmannsen. 



Acicida, Risso, Hist. Nat. Europe Me'rid. iv, 1826, p. 81 (eburnea 



only species), noil Acicula, Hartmann, 1821. 

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



Cecilioidcs, Ferussac. 

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



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

 Ccp-cilianella, 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. Binnencouch. iii, 1887, 



p. 175 (as section of 



TYPE, Buccinum acicula, Mtiller. 



llanye. India and most tropical and subtropical countries and 

 Europe. 



