278 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voi,. XXII, 



The fresh shells were found on the sea-shore at Puri in Orissa 

 near small pools of fresh water in the almost dr}' bed of a stream, 

 the mouth of which was temporarily blocked. The subfossil speci- 

 mens are from the alluvium of the Narbadda. 



I should have regarded this phase as specifically distinct, 

 were it not for the fact that some specimens of the phase incras- 

 sata approach it closely. It is probably another modification of 

 the race ebtirnea. 



