230 CEYLON PEARL OYSTER REPORT. 



Miliolina fichteliana (d'Orb). 



Present sparingly at Stat. LVIIL, and also at Stat. LVL, off Kodramallai Point, 

 depth 8 or 9 fathoms a new record for Indian seas. 



Miliolina parkeri, Brady. 



Found at Stat. LVIIL This form is usually found associated with coral hanks 

 recorded previously from Indian seas (2). 



Miliolina rupertiana, Brady. 

 Occurs frequently in material from Stat. LVL previously recorded for Ceylon (1). 



Miliolina oblonga (Montagu). 

 This form occurs rarely in two samples from the Gulf of Manaar, Stats. LXIV 

 and LXVIIL, hoth under 20 fathoms; and also at WeUigam Bay previously 

 recorded from Ceylon (1). 



Miliolina agglutinans (d'Orb.). 

 Very rare, and occurs only at Stat. LXIV. This is a new record for Indian seas. 



Miliolina reticulata (d'Orb.). 



Occurs sparingly between E. and W. Cheval paars at about 6 to 7 fathoms 

 previously recorded from Indian seas (2). 



Miliolina terquemiana, Brady Plate, figs. 9 and 10. 



This species, described by Brady for the first time in the ' " Challenger " Report ' (1), 

 is noted as being exceedingly rare, and known only from Calpentyn, Ceylon, and the 

 East Coast of Madagascar. It has been recorded so far from no other place in the 

 Indian Ocean. One specimen only was present in our collection, and it was found in 

 a deposit from the southern part of the Gulf of Manaar, only a few miles to the 

 north of Calpentyn, where it was originally found. It is in excellent preservation 

 and is rather larger than Bhady's specimen, the length being 076 inillim. This 

 rare Ceylon specimen is shown in figs. 9 and 10 on the Plate. 



Spiroloculina grata, Terquem. 



This is common in deposits from Stats. LVL and LXIV. It is a coral bank species, 

 and has been previously recorded from Indian seas (2). 



Spiroloculina limbata, d'Orb. 



Frequent in deposits from Stats. LVIIL and LVL previously recorded from Indian 

 seas (2). 



Spiroloculina fragilissima, Brady. 

 One specimen in material from Stat. LVIIL a new record for Indian seas, 



