832 MESSRS. MELVILL AND STANUEN 0\ [Nov. 13, 



SUNETTA SOLANJDRI Gray. 



I. Karachi {Major Baker). 



Bombay, collected by Mr. Abercrombie ; who remarks that, 

 from an examination of a larjoe quantity of jiei'fect specimens, the 

 conclusion may with some certainty be airived at that aS'. hians 

 "Wood, and probably also contempta Smith, are but extreme forms. 

 We can endorse this opinion, but perhaps it is simpler, at present, 

 to catalogue them separately, the extremes being at all events 

 distinct, and many malacologists holding a different opinion. 



Tapes (Textrix) malabarica (Chemn.). 



I. Karachi {Major Baker) {F. W. T.). On mud flats at low 

 tide. Bombay {Abercrombie), common and fine. Southward to 

 Ratnagiri, Panjim and Goa {Olivier). Much eaten by the uatives 

 in India {U. H. Aitken). 



Tapes (Textrix) sulcosa Phil. 



I. Karachi {Major Baker). 



According to Commander E. R. Shopland this species occurs at 

 Aden, so it is curious that its occurrence in inteiTnediate stations 

 has not yet been put on record. 



Tapes (Textrix) textrix (Chemn.). 



M.C. Fairly general. Usually dredged at between 5-40 

 fathoms. Charbar Bay, 15 fathoms. 



I. Karachi. Bomba,}' {Abercrombie) ., common. 



Tapes (Textrix) undulata Reeve. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Ja.sk. Found at 3-6 fathoms, sandy mud. 



M.C. Charbar. 3-5 fathoms, mud. 



By some authors esteemed but a vai-iety of the last {2\ textrix). 



Tapes (Paremeola) corrugata Desh. 



I. Karachi. Young examples alive amongst mud and algje 

 on rocks : onlj^ dead adult specimens noticed. 



Tapes (Parembola) deshayesi Hanley. 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maska,t. 



Tapes (Parembola) obsoleta (Chemn.). 

 I. Karachi. 



Tapes (Parembola) turgida Lamk. 



I. Between Bombay and Ratnagiri {E. H. Aitken). Extending 

 in I'ange to Australia. 



Tapes (Amygdala) Florida Lamk. 



I. Karachi. Dredged at 5 fathoms, sand. 

 Allied to T. Iceta Poli, a Mediterranean species. 



