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APPENDIX. 



MOLLUSCAN FAUNA OF THE LACCADIVE ISLANDS. 



In Prof. J. Stanley Gardiner's Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and 

 Laccadive Archipelagos, a long list of molluscs is given by the late 

 Mr. E. A. Smith. Unfortunately it relates solely to collections made in 

 Minicoy and the Maldives. So far as I know no list exists of shells 

 collected exclusively from the sister archipelago of the Laccadives. It 

 may therefore be useful if I append here the names of the shells brought 

 back in 1920 by my assistant Mr. Ramasvvami Ayyangar from a hurried 

 visit to these islands. The short time allowed in each island did not 

 permit of more being done than the collection of the commoner shells 

 found on the beach and on the reefs ; in many cases these were water- 

 worn and brolcen ; systematic work was impossible. The collection has, 

 however, its own value, as it shows us exactly what are the shells most 

 abundant and characteristic of these islands- The list will form a basis 

 from which to work in any future investigation of their moUuscan fauna. 

 I am indebted to Dr. W. T. Elliott for his kindness in identifying the 

 collection. 



Haliotis ovina, Chemn. Pterocera chiragra, L. 



Turbo argyrostoma, L. 

 Trochus maculatus, L. 



Do. pyramis, Born. 

 Nerita plicata, L. 



Do. undata, L, 



Do. polita, L. 



Do. lambis, Z. 

 Modulus tectum, Gml. v. candida» 



Petit. 

 Mitrularia porosa, Rve. 

 Hipponyx australis, Quoy. 

 Vanicoro cancellata, Latn. 



Do. albicilla, Z. var. venusta ' Natica melanostoma, Lam. 



PhiL 

 Cerithiuni articulatum, Ad. and 

 Reeve ^ var. 



Do. echinatum, Lam. 



Do. morus, Lam. 



Do. nodulosum, Brug. 

 Melania tuberculata, Midler. 

 Strombus gibberulus, Z. 



Do. lentiginosus, Z. 



Do. auris-dian^e, Z. 



lanthina fragilis, T^am. 



Cypraea arabica v. histrio, Afeus- 



chen. 

 Cypraea caput-serpentis, Z. 



Do. carneola, Z. 



Do. caurica, Z v. oblongata, 

 Mdv. 



Do. erosa, Z. 



Do. errones, Z. 



Do. lynx, Z. 



