1878.] and fresh-ioater slieUs of Kaslnnir. 143 



Teochomoepiia hyba, B. 



Two dead adults and a living half grown shell were obtained by me 

 on the hills behind Aijas, to the east of the Walar lake. The largest speci- 

 men measured 17 x 16 x 11 mm. It recalls the Nilghiri Thysonota 

 guerini, but the animal belongs to the Zonitidce. 



This species occurs occasionally in thickets between Dalhousie and 

 Chamba between 6000 and 7000 feet above the sea. 

 Helicarion flemingii. 



This species is not rare in the outer hills and two distinct races are 

 discernible : the one (a) being confined to the higher and moister hills, whilst 

 the other (h) occupies the warmer valleys and the drier ranges of less eleva- 

 tion. 



a. My finest specimens of this race are from near Mari (Murree) 

 where they were collected by my colleague Mr. Wynne. The finest mea- 

 sure 42 X 31 X 20 mm., though shells rarely attain j^is size. Shells of 

 the ordinary dimensions of 35 mm. are not rare in parts of the Jhilum 

 valley about Uri, and even among the outer hills, and occur subfossil in the 

 valley deposits (clays) in many places outside the main ranges and in the 

 Sutlej valley. The reputed locality of the type, ' vSind', is open to consider- 

 able doubt, unless the specimen was imported in a plant case. In five spe- 

 cimens the lower part of the shell is lustrous, whilst the upper half has a 

 dull silky sheen, from innumerable fine strice which cover the surface. 



h. This race runs considerably smaller than the last, the largest spe- 

 cimen of some hundreds measuring 22 x 17 x 12 mm. It is a minia- 

 ture of the last, and occurs abundantly in the Chinab valley above the 

 junction of the Bichlari river and also at Dharmsala in the Kangra valley. 

 The shell is almost wholly enveloped by the mantle when the animal is in 

 motion. 



There is yet another race which may perhaps prove a distinct species, 

 but which at present I j)refer to consider as a variety of the larger form 

 of S. flemingii, and which I will term provisionally : — 



G. var. ■ aUivagus. Of this form I have only a few dead shells. The 

 largest measures 31 x 23 x 14 mills, and it differs from the type by being 

 much flatter. I only met with it sparingly above Uri. 



H. SCUTELLA, B. 



Sparingly distributed in the Western Himalayas at moderate eleva- 

 tions. The body delicately arched, like the outline of a triton's tail. This 

 species occurs with the small race of H. flemingii both in the Chinab valley 

 and at Dharmsala though nowhere so numerous. 



H. MOXTICOLA, B. 



There is some confusion between this species, the last, and the next, 

 which, without more information, 1 cannot clear up. Specimens received 



