ON THE FAUNA OF THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS, 625 
35. A Report on the Fauna of the Monte Bello Islands. 
By P. D. Monracun, B.A., Gonville and Caius College, 
Cambridge *. 
[Received March 18, 1914; Read June 9, 1914.] 
(Plates I-IV.+) 
INDEX. Pace 
Moute Bello Islands: Physical; geographical .................. 625 
Systematic : 
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Melicleptrianalovuenatcsps Ml. seen eee eee. O46 
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Wivrmayyool, — (Dir, Ireveypralbia)) » co. cocstossoeeosassobopoucerasceacan’ (eo) 
Stomimamy ainGl Comets 5. s0-cceosssocccelsedososcessovensunscae, Bd) 
Off the coast of Western Australia, from the North-West Cape 
to Port Walcott, there stretches an archipelago of small desert 
islands, the zoology of which has been but little investigated. 
Lying as they do, in a shallow sandy sea, and for the most part 
in sight of the low shores and mangrove-swamps of the mainland, 
it is unlikely that their fauna should exhibit any marked insular 
characters, but they offer great opportunities of considering the 
typical forms which inhabit them in relation to their somewhat 
peculiar environmental conditions. Of all these islands the 
Monte Bello Group is the most isolated, and so from its position 
the most likely to repay investigation. 
Mr. T. H. Haynes, a gentleman engaged in experimenting 
upon the artificial cultivation of Pearl Oysters, was for some 
time living upon these islands, and in his leisure collected 
various zoological specimens, which he sent to the British and 
West Australian Museums. His house was subsequently wrecked 
by a eyclone, and he was obliged to abandon his investigations. 
Since many of Mr. Haynes’ specimens presented features of 
interest, Mr. Bernard Woodward, Director of the West Australian 
Museum, thought it desirable that the group should be thoroughly 
investigated, and a grant was offered for the purpose. As this 
was insufficient a special application was made to the Royal 
Society, resulting in a further grant of £50. These grants 
* Communicated by Prof. J. Srantey GarpineR, M.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S. 
+ For explanation of the Plates see p. 652. 
