230 solexid.t:, 



375. Novaculina andamanensis, Preston. 



Novactdina (indamaue/isis, Preston, Eec. Jnd. ^lus., Calcutta, ii, 

 p. 1^09, pi. 16, fig. 40. 



OrUjhial description : — Shell obloiio-, elongate, inequilateral, con- 

 stricted towards the middle, pure white, bearing traces of having 

 been covered with a yellowish-brown periostracum, concentrically 

 sti'iate ; dorsal margin slightl}- sloped anteriorly ; ventral margin 

 excavated in the middle, anterior side ronnded : posterior side 

 produced, somewhat angled below ; uinboes small. 



Long. 16*5, lat. 37"5 mm. 



Hah. Andaman Islands. 



The type is in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



The specimens on w-hich the above species was based were col- 

 lected in the Andamans by the late Eev. J. AVarneford. It would 

 seem to be scarce as, though several collections of Andaman Island 

 material have since passed through the hands of the compiler of 

 the present volume, no further specimen has come to light. 



