382 .MESSBS. MELVILL AND STANDEE ON [June 18, 



'. ram. Cypb^id^. 



Cypr^a anntjlus L. 



P.Gr. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. Very abundant, and from thence 

 exported to India as an article of commerce {F. W. T.). 



I. Karachi. A single dead specimen only occurred {F. W. T.). 



Cype^a ababioa L. 



P.G. M.C. Generally common, mostly being found under 

 rocks at low tide. 



I. Karachi. Bombay {Ahercromhie). 

 Var. histrio Meusch (sp.). 



I. Bombay {Abercromhie), with the type. 

 Var. reticulata Martyn (sp.). 



I. Karachi. Small but well-developed forms ; also a large 

 variety, with the white dorsal patches remarkably distinct and 

 quadrate. 



Cype^a cabneola L. 



P.G. Local, but variable. Found from low-tide mark to 

 3 fathoms. Eemarkably light forms occur at Shaikh Shuaib 

 Island and Henjam I., while from Linjah, at 3^ fathoms, were 

 dredged alive dark examples, spirally four-banded with chocolate, 

 and with lilac annulus just beyond the columellar and labial 

 callosities extending dorsally. These same forms occur from Jask 

 eastwards. 



M.C. Charbar, at 3 fathoms. 



1 Cypb^a caubica L. 



P.G. Common in shoal-water amongst rocks. 



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

 years {F. W. T.). 



Cypb^a ebosa L. 



P.G. M.C. Not abundant, but widely distributed. Pound 

 usually on muddy sand near rocks, at low water to 7 fathoms. 



CYPBJ5A EBLINA Gmel. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. 



M.C. Eare. Pound at half-tide mark, never much below that, 

 under rocks. 



Var. fabula Kiener (sp.). 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. Very finely coloured and large. 



CypBjEA eimbeiata Gmel. 



P.G. M.C. 



Generally found, from 5 to 10 fathoms, amongst coral-sand 

 and algae. 



Var. macula Ad. (sp.). 



P.G. With the type. Many authors consider this a good 

 species, but to us it appears to merge into the type insensibly. 



