430 MESSKS. MELVILL AND STANDEN ON [June 18, 



CONUS (COBONAXIS) MINIMUS L. 



P.Gr. Hindarabi Island. 

 M.C No particular locality. 



I. Karachi. 

 Found usually at low tide on mud-covered rocks. 



CONUS (CORONAXIS) TJENIATUS BfUg. 



P.G. Jask. Large and fine. 



M.C. Though widely distributed, nowhere exactly comnion. 

 Is found at extreme low tide, on rocks, amongst Algae and in mud. 



CoNus (Dendhoconus) betulinus L. 

 P.Gr. Grulf of Oman, near Jask. 

 CoNus (Dendrooonus) quercinus Brug. 

 P.G-. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. 



Found in 3 to 20 fathoms among coral-sand and loose rock. 

 Not met with east of Jask. One banded variety occurred, 



CoNUS (Dendroconus) spurics Gmel. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. 



Found from 7 to 20 fathoms, coral-sand and stony ground. 



CoNUS (LiTHOCONUS) FLAVIDUS Lam. 



M.C. Charbar. On mud-covered rocks at low tide but rarely. 



CoNUS (LiTHOCONUS) TESSELLATTJS Bom, 



P.G. Henjam I. Maskat. Found at 5 to 20 fathoms on 

 sandy mud and amongst loose rocks and coral-sand. Not yet 

 found east of Jask, on borders of Gulf of Oman, and Mekran 

 Coast. 



CoNUS (Leptoconus) ACUTANftULUS Chemu. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman. A single dried specimen only at 

 20 fathoms off Jask. 



I. About 125 miles W.S.W. of Bombay, lat. 18° 43' N., 

 long. 71° 30' to 71° 45' E., adhering to the cable of the Eastern 

 Telegraph Co. at 45 fathoms ; abundantly, but dead. 



CoNus (Leptoconus) olytospira Melv. & Stand.^ (Plate XXI. 

 %. 12.) 



I. With the preceding, adhering to the cable of the Eastern 



' Since this paper was read, Mr. H. B. Preston informs us that an inspection 

 of the unique type in Dr. Jousseaume's priyate collection of C. milne-edwardsi 

 Jouss. (Bull. Soc. Philomath, vi. p. 99, 1894) convinces him that it is specifically 

 ide'.itical with C clytospira, the main differences being in size and in the greater 

 tenuity of the larger species, the measurements being 2 as against 5|- inches. 

 Not having ourselves yet had the opportunity to examine Dr. Jousseaume's 

 type, we have read the description carefully, this tending in some measure to 

 corroborate Mr. Preston's opinion ; and it may be that C. clytospira is, after 

 all, a deep-water gigantic variety of the small, and more solid, Adenese C. niUnc- 

 edtvardsi, in which case our form bad best be varietally described as b. clytospira. 

 Captain Shopland's specimen from Aden, which we have seen, is a somewhat 

 incrassate juvenile example. 



