398 MESSRS. MELTILL AND STANDEN OS [June 18, 



MuEEX (Phyllonotus) eusticus Eve. 



M.O. Occasionally on telegraph-cable. We have also received 

 this from the Andaman Is, {Boohy). 



Mtjrbx (PHTLLOisroTUs) TUEBiNATUS Lam. (=sj)inosus A. Ad.). 



P.Gr. Pound from low tide on coral-reefs to 10 fathoms' depth. 

 Dredged specimens occur amongst coral, loose stones, and muddy 

 sand. 



I. Karachi. 



MuEEX (Homalacantha) eota Sowb. 



P.Gr. S.W. coast of Shaikh Shuaib Island. 7 fathoms, loose 

 coral and muddy sand. Two or three examples of a variety, white, 

 with violet tinge, on telegraph-cable at 45 fathoms. 



TLiis is M. anatomicus Perry, 1811, which name has priority. 



Mtteex (Ocinebea) bomb ay anus Mel v. 



I. Karachi. From low-tide mark to 5 fathoms, amongst loose 

 rock and muddy sand. Bombay and Eatnagiri, abundant (Aber- 

 crombie, Herford, and W. T. Blanford). Near Goa and Panjim 

 (Lt.-Gol. H. D. Olivier). 



The Indian analogue of M. cristatus Brocchi, from the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



MuEEX (Ooinebea) cyclostoma Sowb. 



P.G. S.E. of Shaikh Shuaib I. 7 fathoms, coral, loose stones, 

 and sand. Eare. 



MuEEX (Ooinebea) elexieosteis Melv. 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat ; 15 fathoms, local. 

 Lat. 24° 55' N., long. 57° 54' E. ; 37 fathoms, sand and mud. 

 One specimen, juvenile, light chestnut in colour, with the canal 

 barely flexuose. 



MuEEx (Ocinebea) pholidotus B. Wats. 



P.G. Henjam I. ; 12 fathoms, mud and stone bottom. Gulf 

 of Oman, Malcolm Inlet (Kubbatt Ghazira) ; 20 fathoms. 



Dr. Boog Watson described this species (Eep. Voy. ' Challenger,' 

 XV. p. 158, pi. X. fig. 3), collected at Flinders Passage, Cape York, 

 from worn types ; hence the figure is uncharacteristic. 



MuEEx (Ocinebea) seeotinus A. Ad. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Malcolm Inlet (Kubbatt Ghazira) ; on 

 telegraph-cable, 30-40 fathoms. Not quite typical. 



Ueosalpinx con te acta Eve. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie), typical. Goa and Panjim (Lt.-Col. 

 H. D. Olivier). 



Var. calcarea Dkr. 

 P.G. M.C. From half-tide mark to 50 fathoms, common. 

 Deep-water specimens occur mainly amongst shell-growth on the 

 telegraph-cable, and are always much smaller than those found 

 between tide-marks. 



