ON A SMALL COLLECTION OF MARINE SHELLS 

 FROM SURPRISE ISLAND. 



By E. R. SYKES, B.A., F.L.S. 



Recently I recei\ed, through the kindness of Mr. H. -filter, some shell? 

 which, he stated, " were collected at Surprise Island (Ruon Group, N.W. 

 of New Caledonia, 18° 31' S., 163° 8' E.), where Guano is taken and brought 

 to Auckland." The shells are dead, and many of them are not in good 

 condition ; while, therefore, a list of the species identified is of considerable 

 interest from the point of view of the student of molluscan distribution, 

 it appears wiser to refrain front describing any new forms, even though 

 names cannot be given to several of the species. 



I have, therefore, given a bare catalogue, with a few notes at the close 

 of tho list. 



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Siphonaria sp. 19 



Solidula sulcata (Gmel.). 



Tornatina olivula, Adams. 20 



Atys naucum (L.). 



Atys debilis. Pease. 21 



Haminea cairnsiana, M. 22 



and St. 23 



Conus sp. *24 



Cithara apicalis (Montrz.). 25 



Cithara reeveana (Desh.). 26 



Cithara angiostoma. Pease. 27 



Drillia sp. 28 

 Drillia sp. 



Ancilla sp. 29 



Marginella lifouana, *30 



Crosse. (?) 



Marginella caledonica, *31 



Jouss. (?) 32 

 Pisania fasciculata. Reeve. 



Sistrum tuberculatum, 33 



Blvlle., var. 34 



Columbella marquesana, 35 



Gask. 



Columbella plicaria, Mon- 

 trz. 



Columbella cumingi, Rve., 

 var. 



Columbella varians, Sby. 



Columbella poecila, Sby. 



Columbella discors, Gmel. 



Colubraria sp. 



Cypraea coffea, Sby. 



Cypraea limacina, Linn. 



Cypraea cicercula, Linn. 



Terebellum subulatum, 

 Lam. 



Cerithium piperitum, Sby. 



Cerithium novae-hiber- 

 niae. Ad. (?) 



Cerithium zebrum, Kiener. 



Cerithium (?) sinon, Bayle 

 (clathrata, A.Ad.). 



Planaxis cingulatus. Ad. 



Littorina undulata. Gray. 



Torinia cylindraceum 



(Chemn.). 



* See notes at erul of li=t. 



