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35. Natica areolata, Eecluz. Distinguished by its conspicuous 

 rotinded callus. It occurs from Australia to the Moluccas, and has 

 lately been sent from the Arabian Sea by Mr. P. W. Townsend, thus 

 considerably extending its range. 



V. 



VI. 



Fig. V. 

 „ VI. 



Natica strongyla, Melv., var. Andamanica, n.var. 

 Melv., typical form. 



36. Natica strongyla, Melv., var. Andamanica, n. Fig. V. 



Natica testa a typo differente solum ajDud umbilicum, callo magis 

 prominulo, et, colore, pallide stramineo, maculis brunneis transversis 

 omnino absentibus. Long. 13, lat. 12 mm. 



The type, described recently from the Townsend collections,' came 

 from the Persian Gulf, and was not so large or fully grown as 

 subsequent specimens (Pig. YI) received this year from the same 

 locality. The accompanying figure (Pig. Y) will show at a glance 

 the slight differences as expressed above between the type and 

 the Andamanese variety. The beautifully multisulcate operculum 

 is the same in both, and alone would separate the species from any 

 form of the protean N. Marocliiejisis, Gmel. 



37. * Terebka exigua, Desh. A fine example 40 mm. long. This 

 rare Terebra occurs sparingly in the Andaman Isles, but is reported 

 also from the east coast of Australia. 



38. Cee-ithiopsis Hinduoeum, Melv. Described from Karachi 

 (P. W. Townsend), where it occurs in great abundance. The 

 Andaman specimen, though not exactly typical, cannot be distinguished 

 from it. 



39. SoLAEiTJM (Philippia) cingfltjm, Kiener. A beautiful, fawn- 

 coloured and white, variegated species, perfectly distinct from the allied 

 8. hyhridum, L., having its headquarters in the Sandwich Isles, and 

 ranging throughout Polynesia. 



40. CoNus (CoEONAxis) Hebr^us, L. One of the most widely dis- 

 tributed of the genus. Specimens from the Andaman Isles are quite 

 normal. 



^ Mem. Manchester Soc. , vol. xii (1897), No. 7, p. 11. 



