Oliveh. — Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. 541 



fine close spiral striae. Colour : Protoconch white, with a spiral brown 

 band in the suture. Remainder of shell creamy white, with a white peri- 

 pheral band, and light-brown .spiral lines disposed as follows : On the spire- 

 whorls, 2, one each side of the. white median band, and with a third near 

 the upper suture on the penultimate whorl : on the body-whorl. 1 near 

 the suture, 1 (double) above the white peripheral band, 2 below it. and 

 3 on the base. 



Height, 2-5 mm. Diameter, 1-2 mm. 



Variations front Type. — The brown spiral lines vary somewhat in different 

 shells. The line above the periphery on the body-whorl is usually single, 

 while there may be as many as 6 lines on the base. 



Habitat. — A few dead shells dredged on gravelly bottom in 10 m. to 30 m. 

 near Sunday Island. 



Terebra venosa Hinds. 



Terebra venosa Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1843, 157, 1844. 

 Recorded, Suter, Trans. N.Z. Inst., 38, 332, 1906. 



Habitat. — Dead shells washed up on the beaches, Sunday Island, in large 

 numbers. 



Distribution. — Mauritius, Seychelles. 



Terebra circumcincta Deshayes. 



Terebra circumcincta Desh., Journ. Conch., 77, pi. 3, fig. 9, 1857. 



Habitat. — Dredged alive in 30 m. near Sunday Island (R. S. Bell). 

 Distribution. — Australia, Red Sea. 



Conus kermadecensis Iredale. 



Conus kermadecensis Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, x, 227, 1912. 

 Recorded, Iredale, I.e. 



Shells somewhat variable in shape. Two type specimens are in the 

 Canterbury Museum — .{a.) Height, 47 mm.; diameter, 24 mm. ; spire 

 angle, 100°. (b.) Height, 43 mm. ; diameter, 26 mm. ; spire angle, 140°. 



Habitat. — Living on rocks just below low-water mark, Meyer Island; 

 common. 



Conus vermiculatus Lamarck. 



Conus vermiculatus Lam., Anim. s. Vert., vii, 452, 1822. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix. 71, 1910. 



Perhaps Cheesenian's record of C. marmoreus (Trans. N.Z. Inst., 20, 

 165, 1888) belongs here, as the specimens were small, but they cannot now 

 be found. 



Habitat.— Dead shells found on the beaches, Sunday Island. 



Distribution. — Lord Howe Island, Pacific Ocean. 



Conus minimus Gmelin. 



Conus minimus Gmelin, Syst. Nat., ed. xii, 3382, 1791. 

 Recorded, Iredale, Pro. Mai. Soc, ix, 71, 1910. 



Habitat. — Dead shells occasionally found on the beaches at Sunday 

 Island. 



Distribution. — Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Indian Ocean, Malaya, 

 New Caledonia. 



