408 MESSES. MELVILL AND STANDEN ON [June 18, 



BULLIA (PSEUDOSTEOMBUS) INDUSICA Melv. 



I. Karachi. Only two specimens, neither quite adult, occurred, 

 both now in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). 



BULLIA (PSEUDOSTEOMBUS ) KUEEACHENSIS AngaS. 



M.C. "Found in Nov. 1896, off the Hajamra mouth of E. 

 Indus, in hard muddy sand, during a very low tide. Their pre- 

 sence was indicated by a certain slight unevenness of the surface, 

 and small air-holes. The only other specimens previously obtained 

 came from 3-7 fathoms, on soft black bottom, and also hard mud, 

 but no adults have ever been dredged." (F. W. T.) 



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) lineolata Wood (=belangeri Kien.). 



M.C. Common along the coast of Baluchistan. 



I. Karachi. An abundant species usually occurring from 

 2-5 fathoms, on hard, muddy sand-bottom. Bombay (Abercrombie). 

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



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) malabaeica Hauley. 



M.C. On clean sand at low- water mark on two or three points 

 of the Baluchistan coast. 



I. " During November and December 1895, large numbers in 

 many varieties of colour, and all stages of growth, appeared on the 

 Manora beach. Not seeming to have any holes to retreat into like 

 B. persica Sm., they moved about a good deal, and when stationary 

 remained only just below the sand-surface. After the end of 

 January 1896, not a single specimen was to be seen, and up to the 

 present time (November) they have not reappeared at Manora." 

 (F.W.T.) Mentioned by Abercrombie as occurring at Bombay. 

 Three colour varieties occur : pale stramineous merging into 

 white, livid grey, and grey banded with stramineous centrally. 



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) maueitiana Gray. 

 M.C. Dead examples only, and those but rarely. 

 I. Bombay (Abercrombie), rare. 



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) nitida Sowb. 



M.C. Charbar, Gwadur, and other places. 2-7 fathoms, on 

 clean sand. 



I. Karachi, occasionally hauled up in some abundance, 

 with Cingulina, Odostomice, &c. 



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) peesica Sm. 



M.C. " Common ou the western shores of Baluchistan on clean, 

 hard sand at low tides. Upon being approached the animal takes 

 refuge in holes in the sand, burrowing to a considerable depth, 

 and thus eluding capture. This species varies much in colour, 

 from yellow, or livid purple, to almost white." (F. W. T.) 



Bullia (Pseudosteombus) taheitensis Gmel. 



P.G. M.C. From Bushire to Charbar dead shells are often 

 observable on the shore. 



I. Karachi, a few living at 4 fathoms. 



