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I. Fairly common at Karachi. All the specimens from thence, 

 though fine, are slightly malformed, with conspicuous waterbreaks. 

 Most of the specimens are small, but there is also a large form from 

 Maskat, with the white dorsal patches remarkably distinct and quad- 

 rate. Var. histrio Meusch. also occurs in considerable numbers, 



Cypraea carneola L. 



P.G. Four, somewhat thin and inflated, one being especially tumid 

 and fore-shortened. Remarkably light forms also occur at Shaikh 

 Shuaib Island and Henjam Island, while from Liujah at 3^ fathoms 

 dark examples were dredged alive, spirally four-banded with choco- 

 late, and with lilac annulus just beyond the columellar and labial 

 callosities extending dorsally. Found from low-tide mark to 3 faths. 



M.C. Two from Charber. Two from Jask, on the border of P.G., 

 very dark. 



I, Rare in the district. Four from Karachi only, small, but adult. 



It is evident that this species hardly thrives in any of these localities. 



Cypraea caurica L. 



P.G. Common in shoal-water amongst rocks. Fine, well-deve- 

 loped specimens. One, quite adult, but dwarfed, similar to typical 

 examples in disposition of markings. 



M.C. Very rare, have only dredged four examples in eight years 

 (F.W.T.). 



Var. oblongata Melv. {cf. Kiener, "Icon. Cypraea," pi. x., fig. 3). 



Rare in this region. 



I. Three from Karachi very finely marked and fresh, of high 

 polish ; base flesh-coloured ; dorsal surface with golden-brown suffu- 

 sion, centrally blotched with bright sepia. Another smaller example 

 is paler, dorsally slightly recalling C. tabescens. 



Var. cairnsiana nov. 



I. Karachi. A very fine example, surpassing in coloration others 

 of this same variety from Borneo and the East Indies. 



Curtly abbreviate in form, roundly ovate, laterally somewhat thick- 

 ened, extremely polished ; dentition, labial, and columellar teeth 

 about 17-18, pale flesh-coloured, the interstices and most of the basal 

 surface bright carnation or orange-red ; basal and lateral spots tinged 

 with violet ; dorsal surface grey, suffused with close brown flecking, 

 lateral spots large, extremities carnelian. 



This variety, which we dedicate to Mr. Robert Cairns, of Hurst, 

 Ashton-under-Lyne, whose fine collection of Cyprcea is so well known, 

 is precisely to the typical form of cmirica what coloba Melvill 

 {=greegori Ford) is to cruenta Gmel. It is, however, far more 

 infrequent. By their varieties the two species are linked closely 

 together, though not sufficiently to bear the suggestion that they 



