Bay of Bengal and the Arnhian Sea. 1(15 



The epidermis is thiek, longitudinally striated, and more 

 or less liaiiy n[)()n the spiral line. The ribs upon the upper 

 whorls are ten or twelve in number, thiek and rounded, and 

 crossed i)y the spiral threads. 



Metula andamanica, sp. n. 



Testa ang:usta, elongata, albida, zonia interruptis fuscis (in anfr. 

 penultiino dua1)us, ia ultimo quatuor) picta, costiilis numerosis 

 longitudinalibus exilibus et liris transversis tenuibus decussata, 

 varicibus paucis hie illic instructa ; anfractus 9, primus lajvis, 

 convexus, secundus in medio transversim carinatus, tertius lievis, 

 bicarinatus, ca^teri convcxiusculi, infra suturam marginati, 

 idtinuis pone desccndcns, sod ad labrum brcviter ascendeiis ; 

 apertura elongata, utriiujue angustata ; labrum extra incrassatum, 

 intus ad margincm toiiuiter crcnulatum ; columella levitcr 

 arcuata, callo tenui circuniscripto induta. 



Longit. 26 mm., diam. !J ; apertura 13 longa, 3 lata. 



Hub. Off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, 100 fath. 



In some respects resemblinji; Meiiila ddphnelloldes, Melvill 

 and Standen, from the Gulf of Oman, but larger and more 

 finely sculptured. That species also exhibits variciforra 

 swellings at intervals, although they are not referred to in 

 the description. 



Phos roseutiis, Hinds. 



Phos roseatus, Hiuds ; Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1904, vol. xiii. 

 p. 4G3. 



Hub. Station 291, Gulf of Oman, 49 fath. 



Two specimens having the spire rather produced and the 

 spiral lirse finer than usnal. Also recorded from the Gulf of 

 Oman by Melvill and Standen (Proe, Zool. Soe. 1901, 

 vol. ii. p. 417). 



Phos [Strongijlocera) textum, Gmelin. 



Plios textum, Gmeliu ; Tryon, Man. Couch, vol. iii. p. 217, pi. Ixxxiii. 

 figs. 498, o03, 504 (bad). 



Hab. Andaman Islands, 60 fath. ; Andaman Islands 

 (Smith), Proe. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 811. 



Nassa subsimilis, sp. n. 



Testa parva, ovata, supra acuminata, albo-fuscescens, zonis duabus 

 indistinctis dilute rutis supra aut'ractum idtimum ornata, cancel- 

 lata; anfractus 9, superiores la^ves, in medio angulati et carinati, 

 cseteri convexiusculi, turriti, costis longitudinalibus numerosis et 



