THE MOLLUSCA—HEDLEY. . 503 
Length 11, height 8, breadth of conjoined valves 5:5 mm. 
Alive in the lagoon under loose blocks of dead coral. There is 
a specimen of this species in this Museum from New Caledonia, 
labelled by Mr. E, A. Smith, “ Seintilla ovulina, Desh.,” with the 
description and figure of which it does not agree, 
ScINTILLA SEMICLAUSA, Sowerby. 
Sowerby, Conch. Icon., xix., Scintilla, 1874, pl. ii., sp. 9. 
One specimen alive in shallow water in the lagoon. 
Recorded by Melvill and Standen from Lifu. 
ATACTODEA STRIATA, Gmelin. 
(Fig. 55). 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., viii., Mesodesma, 1854, pl. ii., sp. 10. 
Abundant alive in sand at 
low water along the margin of 
the lagoon. It was eaten by 
the children who called it 
“assouri.” An enlarged draw- 
ing taken from life on the spot 
is here reproduced. The animal 
is extremely bold and active, it 
is cream colour with a vivid 
scarlet border to the anterior edge of the mantle. 
Unless slight difference of sculpture be regarded as of specific 
distinction, this species is shown by Museum material, under 
various names from Port Curtis, Eclipse Island, Queensland ; Guam, 
Ladrones; Teste Island, Louisiade Archipelago; the Solomons ; 
New Hebrides; Fiji; and Samoa. 
ASAPHIS DEFLORATA, Lianne. 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., x., Capsa, 1856, pl. 1. 
This species is abundant on the Funafuti lagoon. 
Reeve reports it from Tahiti, and Melvill and Standen from 
Lifu. It is represented in this Museum from Torres Straits and 
Port Curtis, Queensland; Woodlark Island, British New Guinea ; 
Vate, New Hebrides ; New Caledonia ; and the Gilberts. 
PsamMMoBIA sQuaMosa, Lamarck. 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., x., 1857, Psammobia, pl. vii,, sp. 50. 
One young and separate valve from the lagoon beach. 
CarpDIUM ANGULATUM, Lamarck. 
Reeve, Conch. Icon., ii., 1845, Cardium, pl. xiv., sp. 70. 
Single valves are not uncommon on the lagoon beaches, 
