Manchester Mefnoirs, Vol. xliu (1898), No. 4. 37 

 ADDENDUM. 



Description of a new Strombus from the Mekran 

 Coast of Beluchistan. 



(Dredged by F. W. Townsend, Esq.). 



By James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S. 



Received and read March 22nd, i8g8. 



Strombus (Conomurex) belutschiensis, sp. nov, 



S. testa crassa, breviciila^ coniformi^ Icevz^ alba^ epider- 

 mide Icete olivacea contecta, anfractibus noveni^ quorum 

 apicalibus duobus, tribus his proximis, parvis, infra 

 suturas spiraliter tornatis, cceteris irregularibus^ applanatis 

 ultimo magno, perlcevt, spiraliter irregulariter squarrose 

 castaneo-maculato, infra suturas obtus angularly apertura 

 angusta^ oblunga, intus pallide carnea, labro sinuoso apud 

 basiiHy supra excavato, inargine columellari incrassato, 

 politOy nitidOy recto. 



Long. 45, lat. 23 mm. sp. maj. 



Hab. Charbar, Mekran Coast of Beluchistan, dredged 

 at 7 fathoms, in mud and sand (F. W. Townsend, \\ 



Strombus belutschiensis. 

 I have made a brief allusion to this new Strombus 

 in my last paper on the subject of Indian Ocean Mollusca. 



