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No. 6. — SONEREE MUSJEED. 



Notes on the distribution of some of the land and freshwater shells of 

 India : Fart II — By "W. Theobald, J une. 



BlRMAH AND THE TENASSERIM PROVINCES. 



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Freshwater Shells. 

 Order. Prosobranchiata. 

 Pamily. MELANiADiE. 

 Melania. Lam. 



1. M. variabilis, Bens. — Birmah and Tenasserim provinces, passim. 

 A very large and fine variety occurs in the Tenasserim river and is 

 eaten by the Karens. A decollated specimen of four whirls mea- 

 sures 2.40 by 1.05. 



A sharp pointed smooth variety is met with at Noung-ben-ziek, on 

 the Irawadi near Prome which measures 2.50 by 0.86, number of 

 whirls 10. 



2. M. lirata, B. — Birmah and Tenasserim provinces, passim. This 

 shell usually occurs of a small size in the Tenasserim valley. A 

 very large variety is found in Pegu prominently studded with 

 tubercles, length about 2.25, but I have no specimen to refer to 

 Usual size of the common variety 0.90 by 0.45. 



3. M. tuberculata, Mull. — Small and poor. A specimen from 

 Thaiet-mio measures 0.90 0.26. A Bombay specimen 1.40 0.41. 



