Bcvj of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. 5 



Puncturella [Cranopsis] indica, Smith. 



Pimcturella {Cranopsis) indica, Smith, Ann. & Mag'. Nat. Hist. 1899, 

 vol. iv. p. 249 ; Ilkist. Zool. 'Investigator,' pi. xii. figs. 7, 7a. 



Hob. Station 232^ off Travancore coast^ 430 fatli. 



Puncturella [Cranopsis) ashtriana (Fiscber). 



Tmicturella {Cranopsis) asturiana, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1896, vol. xviii. p. 371. 



Hah. Station 232, off Travancore coast^ in 430 fath. Other 

 localities are Bay of Biscay, West Indies, and off Ceylon, ia 

 85 to 670 fath. 



The single specimen obtained differs from that dredged in 

 390 fathoms oft' Culebra Island, West Indies, by the ' Chal- 

 lenger,^ only in having the radiating costellse slightly coarser. 

 The general outline of the shell and the character of the 

 fissure both within and externally are the same. The costellje, 

 being coarser, produce a slightly more strongly creuulated 

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



Scaphander ceylanica, sp. n. 



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

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

 excavata, albida ; columella arcuata, incrassata, reflcxa ; labrum 

 tenuissimum, supra spiram productum. 



Longit. 9 mm., diam. 4. 



Hah. Off south coast of Ceylon, 31 fath. 



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

 whitish punctate striae ; the strife at both ends of the wdiorl 

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

 form distinct lirse between them. 



Scaphander andamanicus, Smith. 



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

 p. 167, pi. iv. fig. 15. 



Hah. Station 233, Andaman Islands, in 185 fath. 

 A single specimen only. Much larger than the type, 

 being 25 mm. in length and 18 in diameter. 



Atys cylindrica, Helbling. 



Hah. Off Andaman Islands, 15 fath. 

 A few young shells only. 



