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disposai would appear lo be a very disliact form which 

 canaot be mistaken for any other species. 



C. osclnwnla, Duel, (i.e., Hervier, sp.), var. minima, 

 Herv The shells recorded by Hervier do uot in ray opinion 

 belong to species figured by Duclos ; and, they are probably 

 but the youug of C. ocellatula, Herv. 



C. Peasei,\. Mrtns. (i.e., Hervier, sp., = C. Hcrvieri, 

 Pace, nom. ?ior.) As remarked above, this is not Pease's 

 Cythara l'aria : in fact, this Lifushell, which of late years 

 has become fairly well kaown in collections, appears to be 

 as yet without a name ; and, since the name of M. Hervier 

 who has done so rauch to extend our knowledge of the 

 MoUuscan fauna of the Pacific has not yet been associated 

 with any meniber of the Columhellidœ, it would seem 

 appropriate that it should be bestowed upon this, certainly 

 not the least pretty of the species he has monographed. As 

 the type of C. Hervieri I hâve selecled a spécimen in the 

 British Muséum which was received through Mr. J. C. 

 Melvill from Mr. and Mrs. Hadfield who hadcoUected itat 

 Lifu. The Register number of this spécimen is 99.3.6.29. 



Group of C. Dautzenbergi. 



('. Dautzenbergi, Herv. This species, which is concho- 

 logically very closely related to the C. lachryma and C. na- 

 nisca groups, appears to be the same as the one described 

 from Torres Straits as C. Iseta by Brazier (1). Duriiig a 

 récent visit to Sydney I was enabled to examine the type of 

 the latter species; and, although I hâve not actually com- 

 pared the spécimens, note made at the time leave no 

 doubt in my mind as to the identity of the Iwo forms. 

 Provisionally, however, it will be advisable to retaiu Her- 

 vier'snameasa local one for New-Caledouian spécimens. 



(1) Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. VVales, vol. I, pp. 232-233. 



