﻿58 
  COLLECTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  50. 
  Natica 
  (Mamma) 
  cumingiana. 
  

  

  Natica 
  cumingiana, 
  Eecluz, 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  figs. 
  13 
  fi, 
  h 
  ; 
  Philippi, 
  

  

  Con. 
  -Cab. 
  p. 
  47, 
  pi. 
  7. 
  fig. 
  5. 
  

   Var. 
  = 
  Natica 
  powisiana, 
  Itechtz, 
  Reeve, 
  I. 
  c. 
  figs. 
  22 
  a, 
  b; 
  Fhilippi, 
  I. 
  c. 
  

  

  p. 
  4G, 
  pi. 
  7. 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

   Var.=Natica 
  draparnaudi, 
  Recluz, 
  Journ. 
  de 
  Conch, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  pi. 
  5. 
  fig. 
  

  

  11 
  ; 
  Reeve, 
  I. 
  c. 
  figs. 
  44 
  a, 
  b. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  Queensland. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  from 
  this 
  locality 
  is 
  half-grown, 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  

   broad 
  and 
  gradually 
  enlarging 
  band 
  of 
  a 
  rich 
  brown 
  colour 
  round 
  

   the 
  body-whorl, 
  with 
  another 
  narrower 
  yellowish 
  one 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   suture, 
  and 
  a 
  third, 
  also 
  of 
  a 
  yellowish 
  tint, 
  bordering 
  the 
  carina 
  

   circumscribing 
  the 
  umbilicus 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  less 
  open 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  

   shell 
  figured 
  by 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  51. 
  Eulima 
  martinii, 
  var. 
  

   A. 
  Adams, 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  109. 
  fig. 
  5; 
  Sotverby, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  fig. 
  6. 
  

  

  Shell 
  elongate-pyramidal, 
  slightly 
  recurved 
  and 
  laterally 
  flexuous 
  

   towards 
  the 
  apex, 
  white, 
  rather 
  transparent 
  behind 
  the 
  varices 
  

   (perhaps 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  youth 
  of 
  the 
  specimen), 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  

   oblique 
  series 
  from 
  the 
  labrum 
  upwards. 
  Whorls 
  very 
  slightly 
  

   convex, 
  eleven 
  remaining 
  in 
  the 
  single 
  shell 
  under 
  examination, 
  

   which 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  full-grown 
  ; 
  apical 
  ones 
  broken 
  off. 
  Outlines 
  of 
  

   the 
  spire 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  rectilinear, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  contracted 
  near 
  

   the 
  summit, 
  thus 
  giving 
  the 
  shell 
  a 
  somewhat 
  club-shaped 
  appear- 
  

   ance. 
  Last 
  whorl 
  broad, 
  indistinctly 
  obtusely 
  angled 
  at 
  the 
  peri- 
  

   phery. 
  Aperture 
  pyriform, 
  oblique. 
  Outer 
  lip 
  prominent 
  near 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  feebly 
  sinuated 
  above. 
  Columella 
  arcuate, 
  thickened 
  with 
  

   a 
  reflexed 
  callosity 
  which 
  joins 
  the 
  upper 
  termination 
  of 
  the 
  labrum. 
  

   Length 
  19 
  millim., 
  diam. 
  7 
  ; 
  aperture 
  h\ 
  long, 
  3^ 
  wide. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Warrior 
  Reef, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  on 
  a 
  bottom 
  of 
  pearl-shells 
  

   (Avieida 
  marr/aritifera) 
  {Coppinger); 
  China 
  Sea 
  (^Adams); 
  Darnley 
  

   Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  {Brazier). 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  as 
  broad 
  a 
  shell 
  as 
  E. 
  martinii 
  of 
  A. 
  Adams, 
  and 
  is 
  solely 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  greater 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  whorls. 
  Having 
  but 
  

   one 
  specimen 
  (and 
  that 
  probably 
  not 
  adult) 
  to 
  base 
  an 
  opinion 
  

   upon, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  unwise 
  to 
  hold 
  it 
  distinct 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  

   single 
  difference. 
  Sowerby 
  gives 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  " 
  St. 
  

   Helena," 
  which 
  is 
  unsupported 
  by 
  any 
  authority 
  and 
  almost 
  cer- 
  

   tainly 
  a 
  mistake. 
  

  

  52. 
  Strombus 
  campbelli. 
  

  

  Gray, 
  Griffith's 
  An. 
  Kim/., 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  25. 
  fig. 
  C 
  ; 
  Sotverby, 
  Thes. 
  

   Conch, 
  pi. 
  6. 
  figs. 
  22, 
  23 
  ; 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  fig. 
  45 
  ; 
  Chenu, 
  

   Manuel, 
  tig. 
  1600. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Port 
  Denisou 
  (4 
  fms,). 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  and 
  Friday 
  Island, 
  

  

  