394 MESSRS. MELVILL AND STANDEE OX [Jime 18, 



in ultimo anfractu (circa triginta et octo) numerosissimis, in 

 penidtimo viginti-sex, angustis, rectis, undique spircditer arctis- 

 sime intertextis et filostriatis, supra, jiurta suturas unilineatis, 

 linea rvfa; apertura ovata ; peristomate fere continue-, incrassato, 

 margine columellari simplici. 



Long. 11, hit. 2'50 mm., spec. maj. 



Long. 8, lot. 2 mm., spec. rain. 



Hab. Persian Gulf, Gais (or Kais) Island. 



I. Karachi. 



A graceful shell, with many fine longitudinal riblets, spirally, as 

 it were, interwoven with cross-threads ; just above the sutures 

 there is one rufous thin spiral line. The whorls, inclusive of the 

 heterostrophe apical, are nine in number. The larger example, 

 which we take as our type, came from Kais Island. 



TURBO> T ILLA TE.UPLARIS Melv. 



I. Karachi. 



TlJRBONILLA TEXUTCOSTA Issel. 



P.O. Gulf of Oman, 250 fathoms. Many examples, but 

 few adult. These show the plicae evanescent on the broad body- 

 whorl, the chief characteristic of Issel's species, and we think they 

 are identical. 



TURBOXILLA TEREBRI> T A Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, 250 fathoms. 



I. Karachi, amongst muddy rocks at low tide. 



TURBONILLA VELATKI TryOll. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, 250 fathoms. 



It is the Turbonilla scalaris Velain non Phil. 



EULIMELLA KAISE>~S1S Melv. 



P.G. Near Fao, Bushire. Kishm Island. 6 fathoms, mud. 

 Linjah, 3, fathoms. The tvpe from Kais Island. 



Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 05' ]N T ., long. 57° 35' E. 205 fathoms. 

 Mostly in juvenile, semipellucent condition. 



I. "Lat. 18° 58' X., long. 71° 45' E. 40 fathoms, fine. 



ClNGULINA ARCIIIMEDEA Melv. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie). 



Cixgulina isseli Try on. 



Eulimella cingidata Issel, Conch. Mare Rosso, p. 182, 1869. 



P.G. Henjam Island. 



M.C. Charbar, most abundant. 



I. Karachi, Manora Point. Found on muddy weed- 

 covered rocks at low water. 



This species requires more study. It is protean in character, and 

 it is possible that two species are at present here blended together. 



