452 MESSRS. MELAaLL AKD STANDBV ois" [June 18, 



AcTiEON EXiLis Jeffr. ( — nitidus Verrillj. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 05' N., long. 57° 35' E. 205 

 fathoms, mud. 



The discovery of this species in the Persian Gulf increases the 

 range as hitfierto known. Discovered by Dr. Gwyn Jeffreys in 

 1870, in the North Atlantic, 227-1456 fathoms, it was subsequently 

 found in the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, Azores ('Challenger' 

 Expedition), also E. coast of Florida, and Martha's Vineyard, 

 Ehode I., U.S.A., likewise the Campeche Bank, Gulf of Mexico 

 (vide Pilsbry in Man. of Conch, vol. xv. p. 156). 



Our examples seem near the American variety (A. nitidus 

 Verrill). 



AcT^ojT rLAMMBTJS Gmel. 

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

 Shaikh Shuaib Island. 10 fathoms, coral-saud. 

 Sometimes occurs at low-tide mai'k. 



, AcT^oi* PTJJDicus A. Ad. 

 I. Karachi. 



ACTiEOlS^ SIE130LDI Eve. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman. 10 fathoms, mud. 

 M.C. 8 fathoms, not frequent. 



Leucotina amcena a. Ad. (Mi/onia). 

 P.G. and M.C. JSTo exact record. 

 I. Bombay {Ahercrombie). 



Leucotina eximia Lischke. 

 I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



LeUCOTINA GKAT103A Melv. 



P.G. Off Shaikh Shuaib .1. 10 fathoms, in semifossil coii- 

 dition. 



I. Karachi, very rarely. 



LEUCOTIJfA JASKENSIS Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Jask. Dredged at 3 fathoms, muddy 

 sand. A very graceful species. 



BuLLiNA SCA13RA Gmel. (= Voluta ziczac Muhlfeldt). 



M.C. Generally occurs on the coasts of Persia and Baluchistan 

 from lovi' tide to 5 fathoms, sandy mud. Common at Ormara. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Distributed through both hemispheres, though not yet found 

 on the American coasts. 



