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and Fiji. A partially dried shell, without doubt belonging to 
the above species, was found in the dredgings north of Pava, 
Funafuti, 35 fathoms (David coll.) 
Section IIT. PLATYCOPA. 
Family CYTHERELLIDS. 
CYTHERELLA, Jones. 
CYTHERELLA VENUSTA, G. S. Brady. 
Cytherella venusta, G. S. Brady, 1880, Rep. Chall. Exped., Zool. pt. iii. 
p- 176, pl. xliii. figs. 4 a-d. 
This elegant little form is quite common at Avalau Islet, 
Funafuti; and was found also in the sand from the 1st boring, 
near the surface (Sollas). ‘The specimens on which Dr. Brady’s 
description was based came from the reefs at Honolulu. ; 
CYTHERELLA cINGULATA, G. S. Brady. 
Cytherella cingulata, G. 8. Brady, Les Fonds de la Mer, tom. i. p. 159, 
pl. xvii. figs. 24,25; id., Rep. Chall. Exped., Zool. pt. iii. p. 177, pl. xliii. 
figs. 1 a-g and figs. 2 a-d. 
This species has been previously found in shallow water at 
Hong Kong, Port Jackson, and off Booby Island. 
C. cingulata is very rare at Avalau Islet, Funafuti (Sollasy 
coll.). 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 37. 
Fig. 1. Argillecia affinis, sp. nov.: a, right valve; 0, dorsal aspect ; ¢, posterior 
view. X 45. 
2. Cythere pectunculata, sp. nov.: a, left valve; 5, ventral edge view. 
x 45. 
3. Cythere phylloides, sp. nov.: a, left valve; 6, dorsal aspect; ¢, posterior 
view. xX 45. 
4. Xestoleberis acuminalis, sp. nov.: a, right valve; 6, ventral aspect ; 
é, posterior aspect. xX 90. 
5. Loxoconcha tumida, sp. noy.: a, right valve; 0, ventral aspect; ¢, pos- 
terior view. x 40. 
6. Bythocythere armata, sp. noy.: a, left valve; 5, dorsal aspect. x 45, 
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