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LAND REGIONS. 



The i^egions of Fischer will be herein shortly described, and 

 their correlation with those of Woodward is exhibited in the 

 annexed table. 







Fischer. 



Woodward. 



Zone. 





Regions. 





' 1 

 2. 



Septentrional. 

 Mediterranean. 



Germanic. 

 Lusitanian (part). 



PaL^ ARCTIC. ' 



3. 

 4. 



5. 

 6. 



Central Asiatic. 

 Chinese. 

 Japanese. 

 Atlantic. 



(Wanting.) 

 China and Japan. 

 China and Japan. 

 Lusitanian (part). 





' t. 



Central African. 



African. 



Pal^otropical 

 African. 



8. 



9. 



10. 



Western African. 

 Southern African 

 Malgachian. 



African. 



Cape. 



Yemen, Madagascar. 





11. 



Afro-Arabic. 



Yemen, Madagascar. 





' 12. 

 13. 



Indian. 



Indian. 



Pal^otropical 



Indo-Chinese. 



Indian. 



Oriental. 



14. 

 ,15. 



Indo-Malaysian. 



Java, Borneo. 





Philippine. 



Philippines. 



Australian. < 



' 16. 



n. 



18. 

 19. 

 20. 



Avistro-Malaysian. New Guinea (part). 

 . ... (Australian, North 

 Australian. j Austral. & Tasmanian. 

 Austro-Polynesian. Polynesian. 

 Polynesian. Polynesian. 

 Neozelandic. N. Guinea (pt.) N. Zeal. 



Neantarctic. < 



21. 



22. 



Patagonian. 

 Chilian. 



Argentine, Patagonian 

 Chilian. 





23. 



Peruvian. 



Peruvian. 





24. 



Columbian. 



Columbian. 



Neotropical. < 



25. 



Brazilian. 



Brazilian. 





26. 



Mexican. 



Mexican. 





27. 



Caribbaean. 



Antilles. 



Nearctic. 



28. American. 



29. Californian. 



30. Canadian. 



American. 



Oregon & California. 



Canadian. 



1. Septentrional Region. 



This includes the whole of the northern portion of the old 

 world ; it may be divided into two subregions : — 



1. European Subregion. Its southern limits are the Pja-enees, 

 the Alps, the Carpathians, the Caucasus. The forms are not 

 numerous; something over 200 species of land shells, the greater 

 ]Dart of which are found likewise inhabiting the Mediterranean 

 region. They are usually small, and not conspicuous in coloring. 



