Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. 5 



Puncturella {('ran opsin) indlca, Smith. 



PuHcttirella (Crmntpitiji) /'w/Zm, Smitli, Ann. & .Mn;r. N'ftt. Hist. l^^tK), 

 vol. iv. p. l'l!>; llliist. Zool. ' Iiivf,stij,'-iitor,' pi. .\ii. lijj-.H. 7, 7 a. 



Hill) Station T'VZ, ofl' Trav.incorc coast, AGO f'atli, 



Puncturtlla {Cranopsis) astiiriana (Fisclicr). 



Puncturella (CrauopsU) (uturiana, Sniitli, Ann. & Mag". Nat. Hi.^t. 

 l8tH>, vol. xviii. p. 371. 



Hah. Station 232, off Travaiicore coast, in [.'50 fath. Other 

 locaHtics are Bay of Biscay, West Indies, and oil" Ceylon, in 

 85 to 670 fath. 



The single sj)ecimen obtained differs from that dredjjed in 

 390 fathoms off" Cnlebra Island, West Indies, by the ' Chal- 

 lonj^er,' only in havin<;^ the radiating costelhe slightly coarser. 

 The general ontline of the shell and the character of the 

 tissnrc l)oth within and externally arc the same. Tlie C(jstella*, 

 being coarser, produce a slightly more strongly ercnulated 

 margin within. Length 17 mm., diam. 12, alt. 8. 



Scaphander ceylunica, sp. n. 



Testa parva, oblonga, angusta, tenuis, pallide fuscescens, trans- 

 versim striata, striis pallidis, minute punctatis ; spira involuta, 

 excavata, albida ; columella arcuata, incrussata, relli-xa ; lubruin 

 tenuissimum, supra spiram productum. 



Longit. 9 mm., diam. 4. 



Hub. Off south coast of Ceylon, 31 fath. 



A slender shell, of a pale brown colour, ornamented with 

 whitish punctate striic; the stri;e at both ends of the \vhorl 

 are closer and deeper than those upon the central part, and 

 form distinct lirai between them. 



Scaphander andumanicus, Smitli. 



Scaphander rt/w/aman/rus, Saiitli, Ann. & Mag'. Nut. Hist. 16'.)4, vol. xiv. 

 p. 107, pi. iv. lig-. lo. 



Hah. Station 2:}3, Andaman Islands, in l,S,"j fath. 

 A single specimen only. Much larger than the type, 

 being 25 mm. in length and 18 in diameter. 



A/ys cylindrica, Ilelbling. 



Hah. Off" Andaman Islands, 15 fath. 

 A few young shells only. 



