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The latter was brought, the day after its capture, to Calcutta 
alive, but died in the act of ovipositing on the day of its arrival. 
Thirteen eggs were produced, but more were contained in the 
oviduct They were covered with a pure white translucent mem- 
branous shell clothed with a mucilaginous coat and were ovoid or 
pear-shaped, the natrower end bearing a short filament in the 
position of a stalk. When laid each egg had a large depression on 
one side, but the concavity disappeared in formalin and the egg 
became turgid and plump. In this condition it measured, without 
the terminal filament, 6 mm. X 5 mm. 
The shape of the living animal when in a state of repose is 
well shown in the accompanying figure. The upper tentacles were 
iong and slender and the shell was almost entirely concealed. The 
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Austenia annandalei in the act of oviposition, x }; with single egg, x 2. 
colour was a dark slate-grey more or less distinctly marbled with 
black, the shell lobe sometimes having a brownish tinge; the sole 
was paler grey than the upper surface and the edge of the foot 
was marked vertically with white; the tip of the tentacles was 
white. ‘The colour of the shell was different in the two specimens, 
being brownish in one (as in the type), but distinctly greenish in 
the other. 
Cryptaustenta succinea (Rve.). 
This species was common in roadside ditches during the fall of 
rain. ‘The animal was of a whitish colour, which darkened on the 
shell lobes and the tip of the foot to grey. 
N. ANNANDALE, 
Superintendent, Ind. Mus. 
