358 MESSES. MBLViLL AND siANDEN ON [June 18, 



AcLis EOA Meiv. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Has likewise occurred at Madras, vide J. of Conch, ix. p. 75. 



(h) TjBNIOGLOSSA. 



Sect. i. Platypoda. 



Fam. NaticidjE. 



jVatioa ALA PAPiLioNis Ch. (=N. tmiicitct Menke). 



P,Gr. Henjam Island. Gulf of Oman : Maskat, 15 fathoms. 



Jask, 3-5 fathoms. 

 M.C. East of Jask, not infrequent. 



Natioa antoni Phil. 

 P.G. Shaikh Shuaib I. 5 fathoms. 

 M.C. Between Gwadur and Charbar {Mr. J. 0. Twells). 



Natica bubiasensis Eecluz. 

 P.G. Bahrein I. 



ISTatica dillwtni Payr. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman : Jask beach, at very low tides only. 



Natica euzona Phil. 

 P.G. Very rarely, on telegraph-cable. 



Tryon (Man. Conch, viii. p. 22) considers this a variety of 'picia 

 Eecluz. 



Natica lineata Lam. 



I. Karachi. Bombay {Abercrombie); extending southwards 

 {Lt.-Col. H. D. Olivier). 



Natica maculosa Lam. 



I. Bombay {Abercrombie; Olivier). Karachi; 3-7 fathoms, 

 muddy sand. 



Natica ponsonbyi Melv. 



P.G. Linjah, 3| fathoms. Maskat, 15 fathoms. 



I. Karachi. 

 Dredged also by Captain Tindall off Ceylon, near Batticaloa. 



Natica pulicaris Phil. 

 M.G. Generally 3-7 fathoms, sandy mud. 

 I. Karachi ; adult specimens of a smaller variety. Bombay 

 {Ahercr ombie). 



Natica queketti Sowb. 



P.G. Henjam Island. I. Karachi. 



The type is South African. 



Natica eupa Born. 



I. Karachi. Bombay {Abercrombie). 



