456 MESSES. MELYILL AND STANDEN OX [June 18, 



Fam. Bullid.e. 

 Bulla ampulla L. 



P.G. and M.C. Found, not uncommonly, over the coasts of 

 Persia and Baluchistan from low tide to 10 fathoms, sandy mud. 

 I. Karachi. 



Fam. Akeiud.e. 



Haminea cceta A. Ad. 



Haminea curta A. Ad. in Sow. Thes. Conch, p. 582, pi. civ. 

 fig. 100. 



Atys (AKcula) isseli H. Ad. P. Z.S. 1872, p. 11, pi. iii. fig. I.'J. 



Haminea crquistriata E. A. Sm. Ann. N. Hist. ser. 4, ix. p. :>.">(>. 



P.G. Linjah. 3| fathoms (December 1900). 



A white, beautifully striate species, precisely similar to Erythraean 

 specimens. 



Haminea ceocata Pease. 



I. Karachi. Found from low-tide mark to 7 fathoms on mud. 

 Young examples are found in myriads on mud-flats uncovered al 

 half-tide. 



Haminea galea Pease. 



I. Bombay (Aleve romhie). Not uncommon. Both these two 

 last species were originally described from Hawaii. 



Akeka soluta G-mel. 



I. Karachi. At low tide on clean sand. 



Cylindeobulla eeagilis Jeffr. 

 I. Karachi. 



Neither we nor Mr. Edgar .Smith can disassociate the Indian 

 examples from the European. 



Fam. Hydatinid;e. 

 Htdatina piivsis L. 



M.C. Not infrequently occurring in 3-5 fathoms in muddy 

 sand among loose rocks. 



Hydatina yelum Grael. ( = Bulla vexillum Chemn.). 

 M.C. With the preceding in 3-7 fathoms, among muddy sand 

 and loose stones. 



Fam. Kingiculid.e. 



KlNGICULA ACUTA Phil. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, lat. 26 3 25' N., long. 57 35' E. 

 205 fathoms, mostly among shell-growl h. Also on the cable at 

 50 fathoms. 



M.C. Charbar. 10 fathoms, mud. 



lieported from Gwadiir by Mr. G. Nevill. 



