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IX. — Notes on tJie land and fresh-water shells o/* Kashmir, more part icular- 

 ly of the Jhilum valley below Srinagarand the hills North of Jamu,. — 

 By W. Theobald, Geological Survey of India. 



(Received 27th June ;— Read 3rd July, 1878.) 



The present notes embody the results of a hasty traverse of the ground 

 from Mari to Srinagar and thence via the Mohu pass to Jamu, during the 

 very unfavourable months of March and April last year, and it is to be 

 hoped that the rather meagre list here given may be hereafter enlarged 

 very considerably by others who may have more leisure, and a more favour- 

 able season for their investigations than I could command. 



In the list of Kashmir mollusca appended to these notes, an asterisk 

 marks those species not obtained by myself personally. 



MeLANIA TrBEECIJLATA, Mlill. 



A small race of this widely spread shell occurs in the outer hills. 



Valvata piscinalis, Miill. 

 Abundant on the river mud in pools under the Travellers' Bungalow at 

 Soper. 



BiTHYNIA PULCHELLA, B. 



Common in the valley. 



Hyalika LrcLDA, Drap. 

 H. FULYA, Drap. 

 Both species occur on the Panjal range and are common in the debris 

 of streams running into the valley. 



Maceociilamys indica, B. 

 M. vitrinoides, auctorum (non vera). 

 M. petrosa, Hutton. 



This widely spread species is rather rare in the outer hills. A single 

 mature shell only was met with, much smaller than the type, and measuring 

 only 18 X 15 X 7 mm. An immature shell was a trifle larger. 



M. SPLENDENS, Hutton. 



Colour bright chestnut, with a lustrous polish. My largest shell is not 

 quite adult, and measures 15 X 13 x 8 mm. A dead adult shell is a trifle 

 smaller. It shows the mouth very oblique and shaped much as in M. aspi- 

 des, with the lip thickened inside as in Hemiplecta monticola. This species 

 occurs rather plentifully in places above Uri, nestling under stones. 



M. PATANE, B. 



A few dead specimens of^what seems a small race of this species were 

 obtained above Uri, one specimen measured 9 x 77 x 5 mm. 

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