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Suborder F. PHOLADAOEA. 



Fam. Pholadid.^. 



Pholas (Dactylixa) dactylus L. 



I. Karachi. In peat-sand off Maxell Foi't, Manora. 



Pholas (Dactylina) orientalis Gmel. 



I. Karachi. With the preceding, but not ef|UJil]y abundant. 

 Large numbers of single valves occur off the Hajanora mouth of 

 R. Indus, the largest measui'ing OA'ei- 7 inches in length. 



Pholas (Barxea) bakeri Desh. 



I. Karachi {Major Baker). Bombay (Abercromhie). common, 

 but usually imperfect. Bombay Harbour, southwards to Ratna- 

 giri (Olivier). 



Martesia striata (L.). 



I. Bombay (Abercrovihie). 



Suborder G. ANATINACEA. 

 Fam. AXATINID.-E. 



AXATINA LABIATA Rve. 



I. Bombay (Ahercrombie). Found in some quantity amongst 

 seaweed cast up by a storm ; otherwise rai-ely met with, perhaps- 

 because of its extreme fragility. 



Bombay Harbour, southwards to Ratnagiri (Lt.-Col. H. D.- 

 Olivier). 



Anatina subrostrata Lamk. 



M.C. Charbar. 10 fathoms ; rarely. 



Periploma ixdicum Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Jask. 4-6 fathoms, sand and mud. 



Thracia adenensis Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman. Lat. 24= 55' N., long. 57° 59' E. 



The type was described (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 7, vol. i. 

 p. 206, pi. xii. fig. 16) from Aden, among Commander E. R. Shop- 

 land's collections. Its occurrence so far north shows a most 

 interesting extension of range. It was found also in Erythrasan 

 collections made by the ' Pola ' Expedition (Dr. Rudolf Sturany). 



Thracia salsettensis Melv. 



I. Bombay [Abercrombie). 



One of the most beautiful additions to this fauna, and ranking 



