108 MELVILL AND STANDEN: SHELLS FROM LIFU. 
C. (Pygmzea) varians Sowerby.—A large number of pretty 
specimens. 
C. (Pygmzea) versicolor Sowerby.—Several. 
C. (Mitrella) albina Kiener.—Common. 
C. (Mitrella) ligula Duclos.—Very abundant, and showing 
considerable variation in colouration. Quite the most 
beautiful of the genus, in our opinion. 
C. (Atilia) galaxias Reeve.—Several pretty examples. 
C. (Amycla) conspersa Gaskoin. — An elegant species of 
which we have a few nice specimens. We are indebted to 
Mr. S. Pace for these last two identifications. 
GC. (Anachis) lachryma Gaskoin.—Very few. 
C. (Anachis) marquesa Gaskoin. — Several specimens, 
which exhibit so much variation, both in form, sculpture, 
and marking, as to be apparently separable into two or 
three species. We are again indebted to Mr. Pace, who is 
making an especial study of the genus, for his opinion on 
this matter. 
FAMILY MURICID, 
Murex (Chicoreus) adustus Lam.—Several good speci- 
mens and many worn ones. This includes JZ australiensts 
A. Adams, a colour variety represented in some quantity. 
M. (Vitularia) vitulinus Lam. = M. purpura Chem.— 
Three specimens. 
M. (Ocinebra) benedictus sp. nov. (PI. IIL, fig. 12). 
M. testa parva, candida, ovato-fusiformi, anfractibus sex 
biangulatis, undique transversim tenuissime, sub lente, stragil- 
latis, longitudinaliter paucicostatis, costis angulatim arguté 
anguliferis, hic illic squarrose pallide brunneo tessellatss, 
apertura angusta, oblonga, ad basim producta, labro extertore 
conspicue denticulato. 
Long., 7 mill. Lat., 4 mill. 
ffab., Lifu, in shell-sand. 
A very small but exquisite shell, of which we have only 
seen one full-grown specimen. It is white, microscopically 
transversely finely lirate, longitudinally few ribbed, ribs sharply 
J.C., vili., Oct. 1895, 
