100 MELVILL AND STANDEN: SHELLS FROM LIFU. 
M. (Eumitra) pontificalis Lamarck.—One adult and several 
young specimens. 
M. (Scabricula) eximia A. Adams.—All of a beautiful warm 
reddish orange colour variety. One of the most abundant 
shells sent. The typical form occurs in the Mauritius. 
M. (Scabricula) spherulata Martyn.—Very common, but 
mostly worn and poor. 
M. (Scabricula) texturata Lamarck, var. lifouana Crosse. 
—Very plentiful. 
M. (Cancilla) filaris Linné.—This species, for many years 
known as JZ. filosa Born., possesses two well marked 
varieties, the typical JZ, f/aris being an attenuate and 
fusiform shell, the form (. zexz/’s Martyn, to which all the 
Lifu and Uvea specimens we have seen belong, is much 
more obese than the type. The late Mr. Andrew Garrett, 
who is entitled to speak authorititively on the subject, as 
his personal acquaintance with the Polynesian A/?tride was 
more extended and full than that of any who have preceded 
or followed him, considered JZ. nexi/is a true species. 
(cf. Garrett, Polynesian A/¢tride, “ Journal of Conchology,” 
vol. lil., p. 21, 1880). 
M. (Chrysame) ambigua Swainson.—Plentiful. 
M. (Chrysame) coronata Chemnitz.—This species and JZ. 
tarella seem almost too closely allied. The forms we here 
place under JZ. covonata would appear intermediate between 
the two. It is abundant on the coasts of Lifu and Uvea. 
M. (Chrysame) ericea Pease. 
M. (Chrysame) laeta Adams. 
M. (Chrysame) lugubris Swainson. 
M. (Chrysame) tiarella Swainson. 
M. (Chrysame) ticaonica Reeve. 
M. (Chrysame) turgida Reeve. 
M. (Chrysame) vexillum Reeve. 
Most of the above very plentiful, but usually waterworn 
and in poor condition. 
J.C., viit., Oct. 1895. 
