410 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 
shell. This mollusc sometimes ascends the trunks of trees in the 
vicinity of the beach, and behaves more like a terrestrial than a 
marine organism. 
Martens quotes the following habitats from the Pacific :—New 
Guinea, Tucopia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Upolu, Samoa, Uvea, 
Futuna, Tongatabu, Tahiti, Borabora, Gambier, Paumotus, Mar- 
quesas, Jaluit, Marshalls, Ponape, Guam, Oarolines, and the 
Mariannes. Material in this Museum enables me to add Erro- 
manga, New Hebrides, and the Solomons. 
At Port Moresby, British New Guinea, I was told that this 
mollusc is locally called “ mimi,” meaning “to itch,” because it 
made the tongue of the eater sore. 
NeriTa Pouita, Linne. 
Martens, op. cit., p. 72, pl. iii., figs. 5, 10-26; pl. xiv., figs. 1-18, 
22 — 26. 
One specimen of the typical form found alive in the lagoon of 
Funafuti. 
Martens cites this from Queensland, New Ireland, Solomons, 
Fiji, Upolu, Samoa, Vavao, Tonga, Mangarewa, Society Islands, 
and Hawaii. I can add Eromanga, New Hebrides. 
NERITA INSCULPTA, Recluz. 
Martens, op. cit., p. 88, pl. xi, figs. 1 — 4. 
Two living specimens were found in the Funafuti lagoon. 
Martens notices this from Upolu, Samoa, and Bowen, Queens- 
land. 
NERITINA RETICULATA, Sowerby. 
Martens, Conch. Cab. ii., 10, 1879, p. 132, pl. xv., figs. 1-3. 
Several dead shells were found on the beach of the Funafuti 
lagoon. 
Martens cites this from Nukuhiva, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora- 
bora, and Morutea. In this Museum it is reported from Strong 
Island, New Caledonia, and the Solomons. - 
HELICINA MUSIVA, var. ROTUNDATA, Mousson. 
Mousson, Journ. de Conch., xxi., 1873, p. 107. 
Common at Funafuti. Graeffe collected this at Vaitupu. 
EULIMA PYRAMIDALIS, A. Adams. 
Tryon, Man. Conch., viii., 1886, p. 270, pl. Ixviii., fig. 14. 
Three examples from the lagoon beach. 
