300 HELICIGONA. 



in south-western France. It is therefore more southern in distribu- 

 tion than Arianta, Elona or Helicogona s. sir. In the lower mio- 

 cene deposits of north central Europe, a number of species typical in 

 form occur, such as H. inflexa Klein, H. exstincta Ramb., H. stand- 

 festi Penecke. Specimens of infllexa and standfesti before me retain 

 a distinct trace of the shoulder-band. 



The disappearance of the name Campylcea from Helix nomen- 

 clature is to be regretted, and will probably fail to find many advo- 

 cates for some years to come. That the course here taken is inevi- 

 table, will be obvious if the history of the name is considered. Chilo- 

 stoma Fitz., 1833, and Campylcea Beck, 1837, were both proposed 

 without diagnosis, and both contained some incongruous elements. 

 If undefined names are to be rejected, then both of these must give 

 way to Gingulifera Held, proposed with an excellent diagnosis in 

 1837. If, however, the list of species cited be accepted in lieu 

 of a diagnosis, then Chilostoma must be accepted on the ground 

 of four years' priority, as Moquin-Tandon has recognized. In 

 either case, Campylsea becomes a synonym ! Those who continue 

 to use a generic or subgeneric name, which is so clearly inadmissable 

 as this one, must do so in defiance of rules of nomenclature recog- 

 nized as binding by zoologists generally, for Campylcea is neither the 

 earliest name for the group, nor the earliest properly defined name. 

 Neither is it the earliest properly limited group, for Beck's list con- 

 tains a number of species not belonging to this genus. 



H. pouzolzi Desh., iv, 87. v. bosnensis Kob., iv, 88. 



savignyana Ehrenb. ? ragusana Fer., undesc. 



varronis Cautr. trizona Rve. 



brenoensis & macarana Mhl. v. silvestris West. 



dinarica Bgt. ! H. soccaliana Let. 



? dalmatina Parr., dalmatica H. serbica MlldfF., iv, 88. 



Dh.,gravosaensis Muhl. /. roschiti (Kim.) W. 



/.elevatior, depressior, bifasci- J. unitseniata Bttg., iv, 88. 



ata Brus. ; unifasciata, uni- H. pancici Mlldff., iv, 88. 



color Pfr., obscura Biz., H. banatica Partch, iv, 97. 



kuzmici, pellanica, adriat- H. stenomphala Mke., iv, 88. 



ica, tschernagorica, diocleti- H. setigera Zgl., iv, 100. 



ana, sabljari, horatii, biagioi, /. globulosa Kucik. 



brenoica, daniloi, cantrainei H. hoffmanni, Partch, iv, 99. 



Bgt., viii, 231. monozona Z. 



v. montenegrina Zgl., iv, 88. H. walteri Bttg., iv, 98. 





