THE MOLLUSCA—HEDLEY. . 501 
CIRCE PECTINATA, Linne. 
Romer, Mon. Veneride, i., 1869, p. 174, pl. xlvii, figs. la—d. 
Common in the Funafuti lagoon ; collected alive among loose 
rocks. 
Romer quotes this from Marutea, Paumotus; Fischer from 
New Caledonia ; Schmeltz from Bowen, and Smith from Thursday 
Island, Queensland. It isin this Museum from Fiji; Port Moresby, 
British New Guinea ; and Port Curtis, Queensland. 
Circe picta, Lamarck. 
Romer, Joc. cat., p. 164, pl. xlv., fig. 3. 
Two valves from the lagoon beach. 
Smith states* that the distinction between this and several 
admitted species is obscure. Schmeltz quotes it from Upolu, 
Samoa ; and Melvill and Standen from Lifu. 
CIRCE CASTRENSIS, Linne. 
Romer, loc. cit., p. 159, pl. xliv. 
A few valves were found on the lagoon beach, 
Smith has recorded this from Bowen, Queensland. In this 
Museum it is represented from New Caledonia ; the Loyalties ; 
Aneiteum, New Hebrides ; Guadalcanar, Solomons ; and Tonga- 
tabu, Tonga. 
CyYTHEREA OBLIQUATA, Hanley, var. PRORA, Conrad. 
Romer, loc. cit., p. 107, pl. xxix., fig. 1, pl. xxxiii., figs. 4, 5. 
Very common on the lagoon beach. 
Schmeltz quotes this from Fiji, Tahiti, and Rarotonga. The 
Museum series show it from Port Curtis, Queensland ; and New 
Caledonia. 
CYTHEREA SUBPELLUCIDA, Sowerby. 
Romer, loc. cit., p. 112, pl. xxx., fig. 4. 
One specimen from the lagoon beach. 
VENUS TOREUMA, Gould. 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., xiv., 1863, Venus, pl. xvi., sp. 64. 
Several valves from the lagoon beach. 
Smith records this from Port Molle and Port Curtis, Queens- 
land. Other Queensland localities shown by the Museum collection 
are Torres Straits, Bowen, and Moreton Bay. 
* Smith—Loc. cit., p. 146. 
