1865.] Land and Freshwater Shells from the Shan States, 273 
Notes on a collection of Land and Freshwater Shells from the Shan 
States —OCollected by F. Fuvpnn, Lsq., 1864-65.—By W. Tuxosarn, 
Junor, Esq. 
[Received 17th July, 1865.] 
Mr. Fedden having kindly placed in my hands for examination a 
small collection of shells from the Shan states, I am led to offer the 
following brief remarks, though I have not the requisite time at 
my disposal at present, to describe the many novelties which the 
cqllection contains, most of which, however, Mr. Benson will shortly 
describe in the Annals of Natural History. Although the condition 
of many of the specimens is very poor, for purposes of describing 
specific characters, and many species are represented by a single 
individual, still the collection affords conclusive evidence of the great 
richness in terrestrial mollusca of the region where it was made, and 
interesting proof of the distribution of some shells, hitherto rather 
searce in Indian collections. 
Fam. Menanrap. 
‘s 1 Melania tuberculata, Mull. Species. 
Large and fine ... 1.90 0.60. 
2. 2 M. variabilis ... ‘Cees Melania, 2. 
Of this melania there are five marked varieties, some of which 
could doubtless be separated specifically by many systematists. 
3. 1 Glabra. A smooth var. from the tepid springs of Nam-moo. 
This var., in common with all the others, has the apex but 
little eroded, and differs but little from the ordinary smooth 
var. found in Pegu and Bengal. 
An average specimen measures 2.00 X 0.75, the measurement being 
taken along the long axis of the shell, and the transverse diameter of 
the last whorl. 
Qnd. Vittata. This var. is also smooth, but with more convex whorls 
than the last. The shell too is paler, with a dark median stripe becoming 
obsolete on the last whorls, but well marked on the earlier ones. 
Average size 2.00 0.75. 
. 8rd. Turrita. A black turrited var. sometimes slightly eroded at the 
extreme apex, and with the whorls ornamented with two or more, 
