Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. 217 



The scries of granules on the last and penultimate whorls 

 arc alternately largcM* and smaller, hut on the u[)[)er V(jlutiou3 

 the (iner granules arc wanting. 



Glijphis dclicdta (Smith). 



Fissurella dclicata, Smith, Ann. & ^^ffig- Nat. Hist. 1893, Vdl. iv. 

 p. L'l'J ; lUiust. Znol. ' Invusti^-.itor,' MolliHca, pi. xii. fi^'s 8, 8 a. 



Huh. Station 333, Gulf of Manar, 401 fath. 

 A single specimen, differing from the type only in its 

 greater size. It is 39 mm. long, .21 broad, and 14 high. 



Puncturella {Cranopsis) asturiana (Fischer). 



Pniicfurella {Cranopxis) asturiana, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1806, vol. xviii. p. 371 ; 1904, vol. xiv. p. o. 



Hah. Station 333, Gulf of .Manar, 401 fath. 



This is another instance of the same species occurring in 

 the Indian -ind Atlantic Oceans. The only slight difference 

 between the shells from the above locality and those obtained 

 by the 'Challenger^ Expedition in the West Indies in. 

 390 fath. is that the slit is perhaps a little nearer the apex in 

 the jSIanar shells than in those from Culebra Island. 



Scaphander mundus, Watson, var. 



Scaphander mundus, Watson, Gasteropoda * Challenger' Exped. p. 043, 

 pi. xlviii. tig. 2. 



Huh. Station .276, W. of Ceylon, 1003 fath. ; off Arrou I., 

 809 fath ('Challenger'). 



The 'Investigator' specimens are rather more finely punc- 

 tate than the types, but are similar in other respects. 



Scaphander andamanicus, Smith. 



Scaphander andamanicus, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1894, 

 vol. xiv. p. 107, pi. iv. tig. 15 ; 1904, vol. xiv. p. o. 



Hab. Station 256, W. of Ceylon, 937 fath., green mud ; 

 Station 273, off Malabar coast/823-870 fath. ; Station 321, 

 S. of Ceylon, 660 fath. 



Scaphander cancellatus, Martens. 



Scaphander cancellatus, Martens, Deutscli. Tiel'see-Exped. ' Vuklivia,' 

 vol. vii. p. 131, pi. V. fig. 19. 



Hab. Station 322, Andaman Islands, 378 fath.; Station 

 259, W. of Malabar coast, 295-360 fath., green mud and 

 sand ; W. of Sumatra, 47U-616 metres {Martens). 



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