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Dolium fimbriatum Sow. (=Z>. costatum Mke. var.) — Several 

 small specimens. Senegal, Manila, Japan. 



Dolium perdix L. — One specimen of this widely-distributed 

 species. Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Lifu, Polynesia, West Africa, 

 West Indies, Brazil. 



Family CYPRMID^E. 



Simnia sowerbyana Weink. — One, in fine condition, of pale- 

 flesh colour, transversely indistinctly banded with white. This is 

 Ovula spelta Sow. & Rv., not Lm. South Seas. 



Cypraea (Aricia) annulus L.* 



Cypraea (Aricia) arabica L.* 



Cypraea (Aricia) caput-serpentis L. 



Cypraea (Aricia) moneta L.* 



Cypraea (Aricia) reticulata Martyn. — A medium-sized form of 

 var. intermedia Gr. 



Cypraea (Luponia) errones L. 



Cypraea (Luponia) lynx L. 



Cypraea (Luponia) ocellata L.* 



Cypraea (Luponia) pallida Gr.*— Extremely fine. 



Cypraea (Luponia) vitellus L. — With few exceptions, all the 

 above common species are of the most ordinary character, and call 

 for no special comment ; they are of the usual types met with on 

 the Indian coasts. Nearly all are widely distributed over the whole 

 Indo-Pacific region. 



Erato pellucida Rv.* — A widely-distributed species of Erato; 

 we have seen it from the shores of Beluchistan, also Karachi, Bom- 

 bay, and Ratnagiri. 



Family STROMBIDJB.. 



Strombus lentiginosus L.— Typical. Philippines, Zanzibar, 

 New Caledonia to Fiji. 



Strombus (Canarium) urceus L. — Two good specimens, with 

 dark orange-coloured mouth. Indian Ocean, Philippines, Australia. 



Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus L.* — Normally-marked 

 examples of this widely-distributed species. Zanzibar, Natal, Red 

 Sea, Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Philippines, Lifu, New Guinea, Fiji 

 and Paumotu Islands. 



Strombus (Gallinula) marginatus L. — Several pretty speci- 

 mens. Formosa, China, Philippines. 



Strombus (Gallinula) isabella Lm.— Three, shewing we think 

 peculiarities specific from S. canarium L, with which this shell has 

 been united by some authors. The mouth is wider, and the outer 



