260 ]\Ir. E. A. Smitli on Moll usca from (lie 



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



Something like M. yubernaculum (Hanley) in shape, but 

 •with a broader truncate end. The very fine lamellate sculp- 

 ture behind the feeble posterior radiating plication is peculiar, 

 the rest of the surface being smoother. 



Fsammohia niicans (Haidey). 



Tellina micariK, Haiilev, Sowerby's Thesaur. Conch, vol. i. p. 30H, 

 pi. lix. fig. 106; liomer, Conch.-Cab., Tellina, p. liIO, pi. xxviii. 

 ligs. 5-7. 



Hah. Persian Gulf, 31 £«.th. (' Investigator ') ; Philippine 

 Islands [Hanley). 



On account of the absence of lateral teeth and the oblique 

 scul[)ture I am inclined to believe that this species should i^e 

 referred to Psaimnobia. Romer considers Tellina depauperata, 

 Martens, the same as the present species. 



Cardilia semisulcata (Lamarck). 



Cardilia semisulcata, Laink. ; Sowerby, in Reeve's Conch. Icon. vol. xix. 

 tig. 1 ; II. & A. Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll. vol. iii. pi. cxii. Jigs. 6, (3 « ; 

 Deshaves, Traite el6meat. Couch, vol. i. pt. 2, p. 2'A, pi. vlii. bis, 

 figs. 1(3-18. 



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



Only a sinjjle valve of this rare but widely distributed 

 species was obtained. It has been recorded from South 

 Australia [Lamarck), Straits of ^lalacca [Deshayes) , China 

 [Soiverhy) , Japan [Lischke), and s[)ecimeus in the Cuming 

 Collection are said to be from the Philippine Islands. 



Mactrinula tryphera, Melvill. 



Madrinula fn/p/iera, Melvill, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1899, vol. iv. 

 p. 97, pi. ii. tig. 7. 



Hah. Station 3i5, Persian Gulf, 35 fath. [' Investigator ' 

 and Melvill) . 



An odd valve or two, the largest being 285 mm. in length, 

 or 6 more than the type. 



Meretrix [Curyatis) pudicissima (Smith). 



Cytherea {Caryatis) 2^Uificissima, fcJuiith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Iliat. 

 1894, vol. xiv. p. lt)9, pi. v. tigs. 3, 4. 



Hah. Station 311, Gulf of Oman, 230 fath. ; Station 244, 

 off W. coast of India, 119-1.24 fath. 



The type originally described was evidently only a yi)uug 

 specimen, for the examples from the above locality (311) are 



