456 MESSSS. MELYILL AND STANDEE ON [JuUG 18, 



Fam. BuLLiDiE, 

 Bulla ampulla L. 



P.Gr. and M.C. Found, not uncommoDly, over the coasts of 

 Persia and Baluchistan from low tide to 10 fathoms, sandy mud. 

 I. Karachi. 



Fam. AKEEiDiE. 



Haminba curta a. Ad, 



Haminea curta A. Ad. in Sow. Thes. Couch, p. 582, pL civ. 

 fig. 100. 



Atys (AUcula) isseli H. Ad. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 11, pi. iii. fig. 13. 



Haminea cequistriata E. A. Sm. Ann. N. Hist. ser. 4, ix. p, 350. 



P.&. Linjah. 3^ fathoms (December 1900). 



A white, beautifully striate species, precisely similar to Erythraean 

 specimens. 



Haminea cbocata Pease. 



I. Karachi. Found from low-tide mark to 7 fathoms on mud. 

 l^ouug examples are found iu myriads on mud-flats uncovered at 

 half-tide. 



Haminea galea Pease. 



I. Bombay (Ahercromhie). Not uncommon. Both these two 

 last species were originally described from Hawaii. 



Akera soluta Gmel. 



I. Karachi. At low tide on clean sand. 



Cylindeobulla fragilis Jeffr. 

 I. Karachi. 



Neither we nor Mr. Edgar Smith can disassociate the Indian 

 examples from the European. 



Fam. Hydatinid^. 



Hydatina physis L. 



M.C. Not infrequently occurring in 3-5 fathoms in muddy 

 sand among loose rocks. 



Hydatina velum G-mel. { — Bulla vexillum Cheran.). 

 M.C. With the preceding in 3-7 fathoms, among muddy sand 

 and loose stones. 



Fam. EiKGicuLiDJi;. 



EiNGICULA ACUTA Phil. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, lat. 26° 25' N., long. 57° 35' E. 

 205 fathoms, mostly among shell-growth. Also on the cable at 

 60 fathoms. 



M.C. Charbar. 10 fathoms, mud. 



Reported from Gwadur by Mr. G. Nevill. 



