358 iiESSRS. melvill and standen on [June 18, 



Aclis eoa Melv. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Has likewise occurred at Madras, vide J. of Concb. ix. p. 75. 



(b) TjENIoglossa. 



Sect. i. Platypoda. 



Pam. NaticidjE. 



Natica ala papilionis Ch. (=N. tcmiata Menke). 



P.G. Henjain Island. Gulf of Oman : Maskat, 15 fathoms. 



Jask, 3-5 fatboms. 

 3I.C. East of Jask, not infrequent. 



Natica antoni Phil. 

 P.G. Shaikh Shuaib I. 5 fathoms. 

 M.C. Between Gwadur and Charbar (Mr, J. 0. Twells). 



Natica bueiasensis Eecluz. 

 P.G. Bahrein I. 



Natica dillwyni Payr. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman : Jask beach, at very low tides only. 



Natica euzona Phil. 

 P.G. Very rarely, on telegraph-cable. 



Tryon (Man. Conch, viii. p. 22) considers this a variety of picla 

 Eecluz. 



Natica line at a Lam. 



I. Karachi. Bombay (Abercrombie); extending southwards 

 (Lt.-Col H. D. Olivier). 



Natica maculosa Lam. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie; Olivier). Karachi; 3-7 fathoms, 

 muddy sand. 



Natica ponsonbti Melv. 



P.G. Linjah, 3| fathoms. Maskat, 15 fathoms. 



I. Karachi. 

 Dredged also by Captain Tindall off Ceylon, near Batticaloa. 



Natica pulicabis Phil. 

 M.G. Generally 3-7 fathoms, sandy mud. 

 I. Karachi ; adult specimens of a smaller variety. Bombay 

 (Abercrombie). 



Natica queketti Sowb. 



P.G. Henjam Island. I. Karachi. 



The type is South African. 



Natica bufa Born. 



I. Karachi. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



