212 MELANIIDE. 
var. jordanica. 
Melanopsis jordanica, Roth, Moll. Orient. 1839. 
20 Sea of Galilee ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [20, 114]. 
Agree with M. Brot’s pl. 46, fig. 6. 
20 Jordan ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [214, 103]. 
Agree with M. Brot’s pl. 46, fig. 5, and Rossm., fig, 1905. 
subvar. forticostata. 
12 Lake Huleh [Palestine] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 
A very remarkable, thick-ribbed form, with wonderfully 
produced spire; I can find no figure that represents it,— 
long. 29, diam. 114 mil. 
subvar. nana. 
15 Sea of Galilee ; coll, Dr. J. Anderson [113, 7]. 
Like Rossm., fig. 1906, but smaller. 
var. 
3 Busrah, Beluchistan ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
Unfortunately in very bad condition; it may prove to be an 
altogether new form. M. Brot’s pl. 48, figs. 1 to3 [‘‘ M. tin- 
gitana”’| ave the nearest figures I can find; there is no basal 
canaliculation as in M. nodosa, Férussac. 
Long. 15, diam. 74 mil. 
5. Melanopsis: kotschyi. 
shoe Saad kotschyi (v. d, Busch), Philippi, Abb. IT, pl. 4, fig. 11, Persepo- 
S. 
30 Lake at Shiraz ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
Evidently very variable ; closely allied on the one hand to 
M. costata and on the other to M. prerosa, especially to var. 
variabilis, subvar. fasciolata, Parreyss [or decollata, Nevill]. 
