THE MOLLUSCA—HEDLEY. 463 
COLUMBELLA GALAXIAS, Reeve. 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., xi., 1859, Columbella, pl. xxxv., sp. 
229. 
A variable species, plentiful at Funafuti, as also throughout 
Polynesia, is provisionally so named. This name, though in 
current use, is probably invalid. Tryon states that the prior 
name of C. sagitta, Gaskoin, belongs here, although Reeve’s figure 
and the original locality are both at variance with the shell in 
question. ‘This statement has neither been accepted nor denied 
by London writers ; the latest reference to the species by Melvill 
and Standen ignores it. We owe the confusion in which this 
species is involved to the past generation of London 
Conchologists, and we expect reparation from the 
present. <A perusal of literature suggests that an 
extensive synonomy will result from a revision of 
the nomenclature of this species. Columbella mind- 
orensis, Reeve, and C. articulata, Souverbie, are 
suggested as probable additions to the names reduced 
by Tryon. 
COoLUMBELLA MELVILLI, sp. nov. 
(Fig. 38). 
Shell small, smooth, ovate. Colour white, irre- 
gularly longitudinally striped by narrow, brown, 
broken lines, which are interrupted at the periphery. 
Whorls seven, slightly rounded, glossy, traversed by 
a few, scarcely perceptible spiral grooves. Aper- 
ture narrow, outer lip straight, simple, not 
grooved within. Columbella arcuate above, 
denticulate below. Length 4}, breadth 1mm. 
Rare, alive under stones in the Funafuti 
lagoon. . Named in honour of the senior author 
of a catalogue of the shells of Lifu, so often 
quoted in these pages. 
CoLUMBELLA ALOFA, Sp. nov. 
(Fig. 39.) 
Shell narrow, tall, spire acuminate. Colour 
cream, with widely spaced, narrow, orange 
longitudinal lines, and a series of large coral- 
red blots on the periphery. Whorls eight, the 
upper three longitudinally finely ribbed and 
crossed by revolving grooves, the remainder 
smooth, base sculptured by a few spiral cords. 
Aperture narrow, outer lip straight, simple, 
plicate within. Columella dentate, canal 
slightly recurved. Length 12, breadth 4 mm. 
