I02 GUDE : LIST OF HELICOID LAND SHELLS. 



Afghanistan. The earhest record is by Capt. Thomas Hutton (Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bang., vol. xviii, part 2, 1849 (1850), p. 649), who pro- 

 cured a few species during the advance of the Army of the Indus into 

 Afghanistan in 1839. Only three Helicoids were recorded. The 

 only subsequent contribution appears to be that by Mr. C. F. Ancey 

 in 1893, (Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., xviii, p. 40), who inter alia refers to the 

 paucity of the MoUuscan F'auna of Baluchistan, which he attributes 

 to the geological constitution of the soil, and the vast deserts which 

 cover part of its surface. No Helicoids of Baluchistan are known. 



Vitrina baccata, Hutt. 



Eulota bactriana, Hutt. 



Helicella (Heliomanes) krynickii v. candaharica, Pfr. 



iv. KURDISTAN. 



The only known Helicoids of this district belong to the genus Helir. 

 Bourguignat recorded a few, the remainder were described by 

 Galland. The unsettled state of the country no doubt accounts for 

 our meagre knowledge of its molluscan fauna. 

 Genus Helix, L. =v. baschkira, Pfr. 



Section Levantina, Kob. escheriana, Bourg. 



guttata, Oliv. v. diarbekirana. Gall, 



kurdistana. Parr. v. euthyomphala. Gall. 



V. ergilensis. Gall. ninivita. Gall. 



V. sesteri. Gall. Section Helicogena, Fer. 



V. michoniana, Bourg. lucorum, L. 



V. MESOPOTAMIA. 



We owe our knowledge of the MoUusca of this region almost entirely 

 to the researches of Dr. Schlaefii, the results of which were tabulated 

 by Mousson in 1874. 



P^amily Zonitidae. derbentina, Andrz. 



Sub-family Zonitinae. mesopotamica, Mouss. 



Genus Vitrea, Fitz. vestalis. Parr. 



aequata, Mouss. Section Theba, Risso. 



nitelina, Bourg. obstructa, Fer. 



Family Helieidae. Genus Helix, L. 



Genus Leucochroa, Beck. Section Levantina, Kob. 



fimbriata, Bourg. caesariana. Parr. 



Genus Helicella, Fer. guttata, Oliv. 



Section Xeroorassa, Monterosato. escheriana, Mouss. 



seetzeni. Roth. Section Helicogena, Fer. 



Section Heliomanes, Moq. figulina. Parr. 



commeata, Mouss, lucorum v. onixiomicra, Bourg. 



