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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  and 
  I 
  conclude 
  these 
  had 
  probably 
  only 
  very 
  recently 
  established 
  

   themselves 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  facts. 
  Most 
  of 
  this 
  category 
  were 
  

   found 
  living 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  north-east 
  corner. 
  This 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  landing-place 
  of 
  these 
  visitors. 
  Small 
  colonies 
  of 
  Tectarius 
  

   Feejeensis, 
  Kve., 
  Melina 
  nucleus, 
  L., 
  and 
  Gadinia 
  eonica, 
  Angas, 
  there 
  

   alone 
  lived, 
  whilst 
  in 
  the 
  pools 
  the 
  fry 
  of 
  Meleagrina 
  vulgaris, 
  

   Schum., 
  kept 
  casually 
  appearing. 
  An 
  odd 
  specimen 
  of 
  Nerita 
  plicata, 
  

   L., 
  was 
  once 
  found, 
  and 
  one 
  day 
  a 
  stray 
  Litorina 
  Mauritiana, 
  Q. 
  & 
  G., 
  

   settled 
  there. 
  

  

  The 
  shells 
  most 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  belonged 
  

   to 
  this 
  same 
  class. 
  Such 
  were 
  Cerithiopsis 
  sinon, 
  Bayle, 
  Polinices 
  

   simicB, 
  Desh., 
  Cymatium 
  Spengleri, 
  Gmel., 
  C. 
  exaratum, 
  Eve., 
  

   C. 
  lahiosum, 
  Wood, 
  Cassidea 
  cernica, 
  Sowb., 
  Alectrion 
  sptratus, 
  A. 
  Ad., 
  

   A. 
  gaudiosus, 
  Hinds, 
  Lyria 
  nucleus, 
  Lam., 
  Terelra 
  venosa, 
  Hinds, 
  

   Bullaria 
  ampulla, 
  Linn., 
  Placunanomia 
  ione, 
  Gray. 
  From 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   coral 
  pulled 
  out 
  of 
  6 
  to 
  9 
  feet, 
  at 
  dead 
  low 
  water, 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   Coralliophila 
  mottodotita, 
  Q. 
  & 
  G., 
  and 
  Magilus 
  antiquus, 
  Montf. 
  

  

  As 
  Hedley 
  notes 
  that 
  the 
  pelagic 
  fauna 
  was 
  scarcely 
  represented 
  

   at 
  Funafuti, 
  and 
  I 
  observe 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen 
  record 
  none 
  from 
  Lifu, 
  

   it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  pelagic 
  forms 
  were 
  not 
  uncommonly 
  met 
  

   with 
  on 
  the 
  beaches. 
  Four 
  species 
  of 
  lanthina 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  Recluzia, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  many 
  Pteropods, 
  were 
  picked 
  up, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  alive. 
  

   On 
  some 
  days 
  the 
  cast-up 
  lanthina 
  and 
  Velella 
  made 
  a 
  blue 
  line 
  on 
  

   the 
  sand. 
  With 
  these 
  shell-bearing 
  pelagic 
  forms 
  also 
  occurred 
  the 
  

   Nudibranch 
  Glaucus, 
  and 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  Eolids 
  came 
  up 
  on 
  driftwood 
  

   and 
  pumice. 
  Shells 
  of 
  Spirula 
  spirula, 
  L., 
  were 
  not- 
  uncommon, 
  and, 
  

   in 
  the 
  spring, 
  a 
  few 
  Argonauta 
  argo, 
  L., 
  and 
  A. 
  nodosa, 
  Sol., 
  came 
  

   to 
  land. 
  From 
  logs 
  cast 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  species 
  of 
  Nausitoria 
  and 
  

   Xylophaga 
  were 
  extracted, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  Saxicava 
  

   arctica, 
  L. 
  

  

  Both 
  Hedley 
  from 
  Funafuti, 
  and 
  Melvill 
  & 
  Standen 
  from 
  Lifu, 
  

   record 
  an 
  overwhelming 
  majority 
  of 
  Gastropods 
  over 
  Pelecypods. 
  

   The 
  same 
  occurred 
  here. 
  No 
  bivalves 
  really 
  lived 
  in 
  the 
  littoral 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   littoral 
  zones, 
  the 
  forms 
  collected 
  there 
  being 
  stragglers. 
  Furthermore, 
  

   very 
  few 
  were 
  dredged, 
  and 
  these 
  were 
  all 
  small 
  things. 
  However, 
  

   a 
  valve 
  of 
  Lutraria 
  ohlonga, 
  Gmel., 
  an 
  undetermined 
  Mactra, 
  a 
  fragment 
  

   of 
  a 
  big 
  Pecten, 
  valves 
  commonly 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  Spondylus 
  and 
  Chama 
  point 
  

   to 
  some 
  good 
  finds 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  direction. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  to 
  students 
  of 
  Zoogeo- 
  

   graphy, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  be 
  accurately 
  determined. 
  

   Inasmuch 
  as 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  obtained 
  are 
  minute 
  and 
  of 
  

   Indo-Polynesian 
  affinities, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  some 
  time 
  before 
  even 
  the 
  small 
  

   number 
  I 
  got 
  will 
  be 
  correctly 
  worked 
  out. 
  Furthermore, 
  I 
  have 
  

   found 
  great 
  difficulty 
  in 
  generically 
  locating 
  such 
  well-known 
  species 
  

   as 
  Brupai^.) 
  chnidca, 
  Duclos, 
  and 
  Galeropsis 
  {'^) 
  monodonta, 
  Q. 
  & 
  G. 
  

  

  I 
  am 
  herewith 
  giving 
  a 
  short 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  certainly 
  identified, 
  

   with 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  on 
  some 
  interesting 
  shells, 
  and 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  

   ' 
  Sinusigera 
  apex 
  '. 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  acknowledge 
  the 
  invaluable 
  aid 
  that 
  

   has 
  been 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  Hedley, 
  of 
  the 
  Australian 
  Museum, 
  

   Sydney, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  