424 MESSBS. MELTILL AND STANDEE ON [June 18, 



MiTEA (Pusia) multicostata Swains. 



P.G. Shaikh Shuaib 1. 10 fathoms, amongst live coral, sandy- 

 bottom. 



MiTEA (Pusia) osimdiis Issel (=umbonata Sowb.). 



P.G. Kais Island, 10 fathoms, coral-sand. In the Galf of 

 Oman an almost smooth variety occurs. Maskat, 20 fathoms. 

 Also at lat. 20° 55' N., long. 57° 59' E., 37 fathoms, sand and 

 mud. 



MiTKA (Ptjsia) shoplandi Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Malcolm Inlet. 24 fathoms. Described 

 from Commander Shopland's Aden examples. 



MiTEA (Pusia) venustula Eve. 



P.G. Tumb Island. Shaikh Shuaib Island. 7-10 fathoms, 

 coral-sand. Peculiarly large and dark wine-coloured. 



MiTEA (Swainsonia) eissueata Lam. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. Not yet dredged alive. 



MiTEA (Ctlindea) nux Sowb. 



P.G. Shaikh Shuaib I., 14 fathoms, amongst broken coral and 

 shingle. Kais Island, same kind of ground, A very rare species 

 everywhere. 



Pam. Haepid^. 



Haepa conoid alis Lam. 

 I. Bombay (Herford). 



Haepa tenteicosa Lam. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Jask beach, one d^ad specimen only. 



Fam . Maeginellidje. 



Maeginella (Glabella) faba L. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 50' N., long. 57° 59' E. 

 37 fathoms, sand and mud. 



Maeginella (Glabella) obtusa Sowb. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. 10-20 fathonjs, black mud 

 mixed with sand. 



[i¥. {Olabella) quilonica Melv. was collected by Captain W. A. 

 Tindall south of our limit, at Quilon, Malabar coast.] 



Maeginella (Gibbeeula) chaebaeensis Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman : Jask ; Maskat, 3 to 5 fathoms, muddy 

 sand. Lat. 24° 55' N., long. 57° 59' E., 37 fathoms, and up to 

 150 fathoms in other parts of the Gulf. In dee]3 water it assumes 

 a still more elegant and graceful form. Always smaller in all its 

 parts than monilis, with more or less conspicuous spire. 



