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One of tlie less frequent of the StromM, and a shell of great beauty. Specimens in 

 all stages of growth were collected at the various stations given above. 



Recorded from Mauritius [voii Martens), but not hitlicrto from either the Seychelles, 

 Amirantes, or Cliagos Archipelago. 



Hi. S trombus [Gallinula] columba. Lam. 



Log. Cargados Carajos : Stations B 8, 30-32 fathoms, B 9, 30 fathoms, B IG, 

 30 fathoms, B 17, 30 fatlioms. 

 Saya de Malha Banks: Stations C -L, 123 fathoms, C 12, 47 fathoms. 

 Amirantes : Stations E 5, 32 fathoms, E G, 28 fathoms, E 8, 33 fathoms, E 9, 



34 fathoms, E 21, 30 fatlioms. 

 Seychelles : Stations E 5, 41 fathoms, P G, 44 fathoms, E 8, 34 fathoms. 



Var. orosminus, Duclos. 



Loo. Cargados Carajos : Stations B 14, 30 fathoms, B 15, 30 fathoms. 

 Not yet, apparently, recorded from Mauritius, though one of the most abundant 

 Gastropods in the regions traversed by the ' Sealark.' 



115. Strombus (Gallinula) fusifortnis, Sowh. 

 Loc. Amirantes : Station 21, 30 fathoms. 



Seychelles : Stations E 2, 31 fathoms, E 7, 34 fathoms, E 8, 34 fathoms. 

 Not mentioned as an inhabitant of Mauritian seas. Nor is it included by 

 M. Dautzenberg in his list of the Mollusca of the Seychelles*, but it is by no means 

 infrequent in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf [Tuwnseiid). 



116. Stronibzts [Canarium) floridus, Lam. 

 Loc. Chagos Archipelago. 



117- Stroinbiis {Caiiarlum) cjlbbcrttlns, L. 

 Loc. Chagos Archijielago. 

 But few specimens were collected. 



This and the preceding {floridus) are the most widely distributed of the Eastern 

 Strombi. 



118. Strombus [Conomurex) mauritianus, Lam. 

 Log. Chagos : Diego Garcia lagoou. 



This is the S. cylindricus, Swainsou. 



119. Seraphs terebellum, Montf. 

 Terebellum subulatum (Klein), Lam. 



Loc. Cargados Carajos : Stations B 16 at 30 fathoms, B 17, 30 fathoms. 

 Amirantes : Station E 9 at 34 fathoms. 

 Seychelles : Stations E 2 at 31 fathoms, E 5, 44 fathoms. 



* BuU. Soc. Zool. de France, xviii. (1893) pp. 78 sq<i. 



