THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTOBY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 

 No. 30. JUNE 1880. 



XL. — Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of 

 Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by 

 Capt. W. H. Cawne Warren. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. 

 &c. 



[Plates XVIII. & XIX.] 



The Gulf of Manaar is an inlet of the Indian Ocean, between 

 Ceylon and tlie southern extremity of India, 150 miles in 

 width at its entrance ; and the specimens, which were dredged 

 up by Capt. W. H. Cawne Warren, in 65 fathoms and less, 

 off the town of Negombo, near Colombo, on the coast of 

 Ceylon, and Tuticorin on the coast of India respectively, to- 

 wards the end of 1878, were presented to the Liverpool Free 

 Museum about a year afterwards, when they were sent to me 

 for examination by Mr. Thomas H. Higgin, F.L.S. 



As they all possess a similar facies, it will only be necessary 

 to allude to them hereafter as " from the Gulf of Manaar," 

 without specifying the particular locality more than has 

 already been done. 



Altogether they would hardly fill a quart measure ; and the 

 largest was not more than three inches in its longest diame- 

 ter ; so that the amount of material is insignificant. But the 

 representatives of species are comparatively enormous, as will 

 be seen hereafter ; indeed, if this material is to be taken as 

 typical of what is to be found in the Gulf of Manaar generally, 

 I should think that this little inlet must contain an epitome of 



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