370 MESSES. MELVILL AXD STANDEN OX [J une IS, 



Fexella ceeithixa Phil. 



P.G-. Bushire. Gulf of Oman, lat. 26° 23' N., long. 54° 

 58' E. ; also Tawila Bay ( W. T. Blaaford in G. Nevill). 



I. Karachi. Mostly found amongst rocks and algae at low 

 tide. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Var. scabra A. Ad. (sp.). 

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

 I. Bombay (W. T. B., G. Nevill). 



FEXELLA PUPOIDES A. Ad. 



P.G. Bushire. 



A variety from the Japanese type, being calcareous, and with 

 only a slight indication of the brown median band. 

 Yar. fusco-apicata G. Nevill (an sp. propr. ?). 

 I. Bombay ( W. T. Blaaford). 



Fexella eeticulata A. Ad. (Bunkeria Ad.). 

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



Fexella taxtspiba 1 , sp. n. (Plate XXII. fig. 14.) 

 F. testa parva,perlonga ,attenuata,castanea ; anfractibus 11, quorum 

 apicales tres, Iceves, albati, cceteris castanets unicoloribus, apud 

 suturas multum impressis, ventricosis, longitudinaliter arete 

 recticostatis, spiraliter tri-, ultimo anfractu quadriliratis, inter- 

 stitiis alveatis, liris ad costarum juncturas r/emmidatis, costis in 

 ultimo evanidis; apertura ovata; pjeristomate fere continuo, tenui, 

 castaneo ; columella obliqua. 

 Long. 4 - 25, lat. 1*25 mm. 

 Hob. Karachi. 



The great length of the spire will serve to distinguish this from 

 others of this obscure genus : so obscure indeed that Mr. Geoffrey 

 Nevill in his ' Hand-list,' p. 113 sqq., enumerates, out of a total 

 of 26 species, no less than 15 as n. sp. or n. sp.? unnamed. F. 

 ianyspira will probably be one of these. 



Fexella viegata Phil. (Dialce sp.). 



P.G. Bunder Abbas, off anchor. 



M.C. Char bar Point, and elsewhere on the Persian coast. 

 I. Karachi, very abundant. Found mostly amongst 

 algae at low tide. The varices are very conspicuous in the Indian 

 specimens. 



SCALIOLA AEEXOSA A. Ad. 



I. Bombay. Probably common ( W. T. Blanford) ; also at 

 Manora Point, Karachi. 



Scaliola elata Semper. 



P.G. Eishire. Linjah. 3| fathoms, with Dialce, Ftnella?, &c. 

 in much profusion, and appearing to be a small variety. 



1 ravaos and atrtlpa, with long spire. 



