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(b) T^NIOGLOSSA. 



Sect. Platypoda. 



Family Naticidae. 



54 Natica chinensis. Lam. 

 Loc. Saya de Malha Banks : C 2, 125 fathoms. 

 Amirantes : Station E 13, 20-25 fathoms. 



55. Naiica gualteriaua, Recluz. 

 Loc. Chagos Archipelago. 



56. Natica orientalis, Gmel. 



Zoc. Amirantes : Station E 5, 32 fathoms. 



W. eburnea, Desh., is a synonym of this species. 



57. Natica raynaudiana, Recluz. 

 Loc. Seychelles : Station E 8, 34 fathoms. 



58. Natica (PoUnices) lies-elephantis, Chem. 

 Loc. Seychelles : Station E 3, 39 fathoms, hard sand. 



This species is frequently known by the name of columellaris, Recluz. 



59. Natica {Mamma) mamilla, L. 



Loc. Amirantes : Station E 9, 34 fathoms, shell-rubble. 



Seychelles ; Station E 2, 31 fathoms, shell-rubble. 



Chagos Archipelago. 

 A mollusc of very wide distribution. 



60. Natica {Mamilla) melanostoma, Gmel. 

 Loc. Chagos Archipelago. 



61. Natica {3Iamilla) simice, Desh. 

 Loc. Earquhar Atoll : Lagoon. 



Eamily VanikoridaB. 



62. Vanikoro cancellata (Chem.), Lam. 

 Loc. Chagos Archipelago. 



Eor a full synonymy of this species, the type of the genus, I would refer to a paper 

 pubUshed last year * by Mr. Edgar A. Smith, I.S.O. In this exhaustive account of a 



* " On the known Species of the Genus Vanikoro, Q. & G.," by Edgar A. Smith, Proo. Mai. Soc. Lend. viii. (1908) 

 p. 104. 



