398 Messrs. mblvill and standen on [June 18, 



Murex (Phyllonotus) rusticus Eve. 



M.C. Occasionally on telegraph-cable. We have also received 

 this from the Andaman Is. (Booley). 



Murex (Phyllonotus) turbinates Lam. (=spinosus A. Ad.). 



P.G. Pound from low tide on coral-reefs to 10 fathoms' depth. 

 Dredged specimens occur amongst coral, loose stones, and muddy 

 sand. 



I. Karachi. 



Murex (Homalacantha) rota Sovvb. 



P.Gr. S.W. coast of Shaikh Shuaib Island. 7 fathoms, loose 

 coral and muddy sand. Two or three examples of a variety, white, 

 with violet tinge, on telegraph-cable at 45 fathoms. 



This is M. anatomicus Perry, 1811, which name has priority. 



Murex (Ocinebra) bombayanus Melv. 



I. Karachi. Prom low-tide mark to 5 fathoms, amongst loose 

 rock and muddy sand. Bombay and Batnagiri, abundant (Aber- 

 crombie, Herford, and W. T. Blanford). jVear Goa and Panjim 

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



The Indian analogue of M. cristatus Brocchi, from the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



Murex (Ocinebra) cyclostoma Sowb. 



P.G. S.E. of Shaikh Shuaib I. 7 fathoms, coral, loose stones, 

 and sand. Bare. 



Murex (Ocinebra) elexirostris Melv. 

 P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat ; 15 fathoms, local. 

 Lat. 24° 55' N., loug. 57° 54' E. ; 37 fathoms, sand and mud. 

 One specimen, juvenile, light chestnut in colour, with the canal 

 barely flexuose. 



Mubex (Ocinebra) pholidotus B. Wats. 



P.G. Henjam I. ; 12 fathoms, mud and stone bottom. Gulf 

 of Oman, Malcolm Inlet (Kubbatt Ghazira) ; 20 fathoms. 



Dr. Boog Watson described this species (Eep. Voy. ' Challenger,' 

 xv. p. 158, pi. x. fig. 3), collected at Blinders Passage, Cape York, 

 from worn types ; hence the figure is uncharacteristic. 



Murex (Ocinebra) serotinus A. Ad. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Malcolm Inlet (Kubbatt Ghazira) ; on 

 telegraph-cable, 30-40 fathoms. Not quite typical. 



Urosalpinx contracta Eve. 



I. Bombay (Abercrombie), typical. Goa and Panjim (Lt.-Col. 

 H. D. Olivier). 



Var. cdlcarea Dkr. 

 P.G. M.C. Prom half-tide mark to 50 fathoms, common. 

 Deep-water specimens occur mainly amongst shell-growth on the 

 telegraph-cable, and are always much smaller than those found 

 between tide-marks. 



