264 Notice of Shells found in the Gangetic Provinces , [Spet. 
Helix ghbosus, of Capt. Franklin, I cannot find enumerated among the species of 
Lamarck, Wood, or Wodarch, but there is a species named H. globulus ■ Can it tie 
an Hmpuliaria which is thus designated ? Vivipara flavin tilis is Paludina of La- 
marck and other authors. Tile term vivipara is too exclusive for a genus, as the 
property to which it alludes is common to other fresh-water shells. I have taken 
between 40 and 50 minute shells from the body of the large Gumti Melania, as 
well as from Paludina. 
Of Iridinu I have not yet met with a specimen in this country. When Swainson 
gave his monograph of the genus in vol. fil, of the Philosophical Magazine, it was 
supposed to belong to the southern American continent. Since that period, M. Cal- 
liand has discovered it in the Nile, and Major Denham in the. Garamaroo, in central 
Africa. M. de Ferussac, when enumerating the known fluviatile bivalves, in his uo ■ 
tice on the Aetheriae collected by M. Calliand in the Nile, states that Cyrena and 
Iridina live only in the rivers and lakes of the East and of India. This is well 
known to be the case with regard to Cyrena, but I am not aware upon what autho- 
rity he makes the assertion concerning Iridina. 
The following list will serve to show the number of species of each genus of land 
and fresh-water shells, which I have collected in the Ganges and its branches, and 
on the hanks. The references allude to figures of some of the species which I have 
lately had lithographed in Calcutta, from drawings made several years ago. I have 
not time to draw up accurate descriptions of each species, and even were I to do so, 
I should hesitate to name any of them as new. This is the less to be regretted, as, 
at the close of last year, I forwarded specimens of most of them to Mr. G. B. Sow- 
erby, who will probably describe those which are unknown either in the Zoologi- 
cal Journal or in his forthcoming work, Species Conchyliarum. 
Land Shells. 
Colimaccce — Lam. 
1. Helix. 
A. Brought down by the Betwa river, 
B. Bhitura, Hamirpfir, and Banda, in uncultivated ground. 
2. Pupa. 
A. Hamirpur, Banda, &c. in uncultivated ground, and in moss among rocks, 
sometimes under garden pots. 
B. Hamirpur, Banda, and Mirzapfir, on shady banks and under garden pots. 
C. Minute. Hamirpur. 
3. Bulimus. 
A. At Hamirpiir, Mirzapur, and Banda, under garden pots. 
B. At Hamirpiir and Banda, on shrubs in gardens and uncultivated grounds ; 
also torpid in the dry season in chinks of pales, &c. 
4. Achatina. 
A. Minute. Hamirpur. 
5. Succinea. 
A. Bank of the Ganges at Bhitura, and of the Jumna at Hamirpur. 
6. Cyclostoma. 
A. Bhitura. Hamirpur and Banda in uncultivated ground. 
Freshwater-shells. 
Fain. Lea Lymntens — Lam. 
1. Planorbis. 
A. P. Corneus. Tanks and Jheels, and in all rivers. 
B. The exuviae found in the Ganges, Betwa, and Jumna. 
2. Lymniea. 
A. Found alive in the Berna Nullah at Phfilpur. 
B. Do. in the Jumna and Betwa. The exuvire common in the Gumti. 
C. Jheels near the Sind. BundHkliand. 
D. Alive in the Bhagein Nallah, near Callinger. 
Fam. Lea Mclaiiiens—hnm. 
3. Melania. 
A. Alive in the G,humti at Juanpore ; in the Gogra, attains 3 inches in length. 
B. Alive in the Jumna, Betwa, Cen, and Gumti ; also the exuviae in the Ganr.es. 
C. Alive in the Betwa, Gumti, and t en. In the latter river is a variety, in winch 
the tubercles of the shoulders shoot into spines. 
D. Gumti, 
