MELVILL AND STANDEN : SHELLS FROM LIFU. OI 
T. (Myurella) nectarea sp. nov. (PI. II, fig. 2). 
T. testa elongato-subulata, ad basim latiore, albida, parum 
nitida, supra suturas regulariter brunneo-maculata, anfrac- 
tibus tridecim, transversitm multi-sulcatis, longttudinaliter 
costatis, costis gemmulatts infra, juxta suturas, duabusque 
macularum ordinibus plus minusve decoratis, ultimo anfractu 
bicingulato apud medium atgue ad basim, apertura ovata, 
labro exteriore simplice. 
Long., 35 mill. Lat., to mill. 
ffab., Lifu. 
One specimen of this distinct and handsome shell was 
brought home by Mr. Hadfield in 1891-2. The longitudinal 
ribs beaded just below, and the double row of brown spots 
above the sutures, resemble no other species with which we are 
acquainted, excepting perhaps Z: ¢/g7iza Gmelin, a smooth 
shell with the same disposition of marking; it bears also some 
superficial likeness to Z. corrugata Lam., TZ. histrio Desh., 
and others of the same section. But in form 7: xéer/ineata 
Desh., from the Sandwich Isles, gives the closest approach to 
our species. This, we believe, is still unique in the Cumingian 
collection at South Kensington. In this shell, however, the 
whorls are divided by a broad transverse groove, and there is 
no sign of this in Z: wectavea. Care must be taken not to con- 
found imperfect specimens of Verfagus Martinianus Pfr. with 
this shell. 
T. (Myurella) nodularis Deshayes.—Not uncommon.  Per- 
haps only a form of 7: ¢ext#//’s Hinds. 
T. (Myurella) oculata Lamarck.—Several good specimens 
of this fine species. 
T. (Myurella) subulata Linné.—Common. 
T. (Myurella) textilis Hinds.—Common, 
FamMity CONIDA. 
Conus imperialis Linné.—Several ; one very fine. 
C. marmoreus Linné.—Numerous; mostly young specimens. 
C. pulicarius Bruguitre.—Abundant ; several very fine speci- 
mens with epidermis intact, 
