﻿96 
  COLLECTIOIfS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA. 
  

  

  10. 
  Dosinia 
  histrio 
  (var. 
  allja). 
  

  

  Gmelin 
  ; 
  Romer, 
  Monoyr. 
  Dosiuia, 
  Novitat. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  33, 
  pi. 
  6. 
  

  

  figs. 
  2 
  & 
  3. 
  

   Artemis 
  variegata 
  {Chenii), 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  figs. 
  33 
  a-c. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Clairmont 
  Island, 
  N.E. 
  Australia 
  {Cojjpwger). 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  specimen 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  locality 
  is 
  entirely 
  white, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  extreme 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  beaks, 
  which 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  

   rose 
  tint, 
  a 
  feature 
  apparently 
  common 
  in 
  most 
  white 
  examples 
  of 
  

   the 
  species. 
  The 
  specimen 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  STg 
  millim. 
  in 
  length, 
  

   the 
  same 
  in 
  height, 
  and 
  20 
  in 
  diameter. 
  In 
  this 
  species 
  the 
  dorsal 
  

   area 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  and 
  smooth 
  in 
  the 
  left 
  valve, 
  but 
  sculptured 
  

   with 
  the 
  terminations 
  of 
  the 
  concentric 
  lamellae 
  in 
  the 
  right; 
  On 
  

   the 
  contrary, 
  the 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  lunule 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  valve 
  is 
  generally 
  

   greater 
  than 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  it 
  in 
  the 
  left. 
  

  

  11. 
  Dosinia 
  desliayesii. 
  

  

  A. 
  Adams 
  ; 
  Romer, 
  3Ionoffr. 
  Dosinia, 
  Nooitat, 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  55. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Channel, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  9 
  fms. 
  {Copiiinger); 
  

   North 
  Australia 
  (Cuminc/). 
  

  

  12. 
  Circe 
  pectinata. 
  

  

  Venus 
  pectinata, 
  Linn. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Thursday 
  Island 
  and 
  West 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits 
  (Cop- 
  

   finger). 
  

  

  13. 
  Circe 
  australis. 
  

  

  Soioerhy, 
  Thes. 
  Conch, 
  ii. 
  pi. 
  137. 
  figs. 
  10, 
  17; 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  

   fig. 
  19. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Friday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  (Copijinger) 
  ; 
  

   N.E. 
  coast 
  of 
  Australia 
  {Brit. 
  Mus.). 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  from 
  Friday 
  Island 
  is 
  peculiar 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   unusual 
  style 
  of 
  its 
  coloration. 
  It 
  is 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  orange- 
  

   brown 
  patch 
  covering 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  exhibits 
  a 
  

   total 
  absence 
  of 
  colour 
  within. 
  

  

  14. 
  Circe 
  (Lioconcha) 
  castrensis. 
  

   Linn., 
  vide 
  Romer's 
  Monograph, 
  Novitat. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  44. 
  

   Hah. 
  Port 
  Denison, 
  Queensland, 
  4 
  fms. 
  

  

  The 
  variety 
  of 
  this 
  well-known 
  species 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  locality 
  is 
  

   very 
  closely 
  depicted 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  figure 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  

   side 
  of 
  Homer's 
  plate. 
  

  

  15. 
  Tapes 
  hiantina. 
  

  

  Venus 
  hiantina, 
  Lamarck 
  ; 
  Delessert, 
  Recueil, 
  pi. 
  10. 
  fig. 
  8 
  ; 
  Philippi, 
  

  

  Ablild. 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  p. 
  21, 
  pi. 
  8. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   Tapes 
  hiantina, 
  Rcimer, 
  Monoc/r. 
  Tapes, 
  Novitat. 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  99, 
  pi. 
  34. 
  

  

  fig. 
  1 
  ; 
  Reeve, 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  figs. 
  28 
  a, 
  b. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Friday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits. 
  

  

  