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Fossarus (Couthouiia) appressus G. Nevill. 

 P.G. Larah. Tumb I. ( W. T. Blanford). 



Fossartjs (Couthouyia) reticulatus A. Ad. 



Var. delicatula G. Nevill. 

 I. Bombay (Rev. S. B. Fairbank). 



Fossarus (Couthouyia) solutus G-. Nevill. 

 M.C. Gwadur ( W. T. Blanford). 



Fossarus (Couthouyia) styliferinus G. Nevill. 

 I. Bombay. 



Fossarus (Couthouyia) subreticulatus G. Nevill. 

 P.G. Tumb I. (W. T. Blanford). 

 M.C. Gwadur (IP. T. B.). * 



I. Bombay (Rev. S. B. Fairbank). 



Fossarus (Conradia) adamsiana G. Nevill. 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman (W. T. Blanford). 



Fossarus (Conradia) doliaris A. Ad. 



Var. minor G. Nevill. 

 P.G. Tumb I. ( W. T. Blanford). 



I. Bombay (Rev. >S. B Fairbank ; also A. Abercrombie). 



Fam. Kissoidje. 



Eissoa (Apicularia) charope, sp. n. (Plate XXII. fig. 8.) 

 R. testa vix rimata, rotundo-ovata, Candida, nitida, calcarea; 

 anfractibus 5, quorum apicales duo leaves, albi, cceteris gradatis, 

 multum apud suturas impressis, undique acutlcoslatis, costis 

 fere rectis, infra, juxta suturas noduliferis, nitidis, ad 

 ultimv.ia circa sedecim, ad basim continuis, sed obscuris, inde 

 farther spiraliter sidculosis ; apcrtura rotunda, labro tenui ; 

 columella tenui, simplice. 

 Long. 1*75, lat. 1 mm. 



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

 fathoms. 



Similar to the R. xanthias and R. pyrrhiae Watson, dredged off 

 Culebra I., W. Indies, during the ' Challenger ' Expedition. Our 

 species is, however, a little smaller than either, and possesses more 

 ribs, which are sharp and more angled at (lie upper part, the 

 granuled spiral row of shining nodules being conspicuous. 



l{i;ssr>\ ( An< li.aim a) \ i;its<>\ i.i; w \ Mel v. 



I. Karachi. Amongsl muddy rocks al low fide, common 

 Bombay (Abercrombie). One of the tnosl characteristic of the 

 smaller molluska of that locality. 



