110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MAIACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



13. Yanikoro Orbigntana (Recluz). 



Narica Orhignyana, Recluz: Proc. Zool. See, 1843, p. 140; Rev. 



Zool., 1844, p. 6 ; Mag. de Zool., 1845, p. 30, pi. cxxiv, fig. 2. 

 Vanikoro Cumingicma, Sowerby, non Recluz : Conch. Icon., figs, lor-b ; 



Thes. Conch., p. 169, fig. 24; Tryon, p. 70, figs. 90, 92 {nee 91, 



= Gaimardi). 

 Narica tricarinata, Recluz, MSS. : Sowerby, Conch. Icon., sp. 7 in 



synonymy. 

 Hab. — La Nouvelle Hollande, sur les cotes de I'ile Maria. Can 

 this be Maria I. of the Paumotus ? 



The shells figured by Sowerby as V. Cumingiana certainly belong to 

 the present species. 



14. Vanikoro Cumingiana (Recluz). 



Narica Cumingiana, Recluz: Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 139; Rev. 

 Zool., 1844, p. 6; Mag. de Zool., 1845, p. 27, pi. cxxiv, fig. 1 

 (not good). 

 Vanikoro clathrafa, Trjon(non Recluz) : p. 68, fig. 76 (copy of Recluz). 



ITah. — Island of Samar, Philippines. Type in B.M. 



Allied to V. Orbignyana, but possibly separable on account of its 

 finer sculpture and less pronounced spiral ridges. It certainly can 

 hardly be the same as V. clathrata, with which Tryon has united it. 

 Melvill & Standen have quoted V. Cumingiana as a variety of clathrata 

 from the Persian Gulf and Jask, on the border of the Mekran Coast. 



15. Vanikoro sulcata (D'Orbigny). 



Narica sulcata^ D'Orbigny: Hist. Cuba, Moll., vol. ii, p. 39, pi. xvii, 



figs. 26-27 (bad; not 28) ; Recluz, Mag. de Zool., 1845, p. 38, 



pi. cxxvi, fig. 2 (bad). 

 Vanikoro sulcata, Tryon : p. 69, pi. xxix, fig. 78 (copy of D'Orbigny, 



even to wrong colour). 

 Narica granulosa, Recluz : * Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843, p. 140 ; Rev. Zool., 



1844, p. 6 ; Mag. de Zool., 1845, p. 32, pi. cxxv, fig. 1. 

 Vanikoro granulosa, Sowerby: Conch. Icon., fig. 16; Thes. Conch., 



p. 168, fig. 4 (spire too high); Tryon, p. 68, fig. 74 (copy of 



Conch. Icon.). 

 Narica clathrata, Recluz : Mag. de Zool., 1845, p. 42, pi. cxxvii, fig. 1. 

 Vanikoro clathrata, Sowerby : Conch. Icon., fig. 14 (bad) ; Tryon, p. 68, 



fig. 73 (copy of Sowerby). 

 ITab. — Cuba, St. Lucia, Jamaica (D'Orb.) ; St. Vincent, St. Thomas 

 (Brit. Mus.) for sulcata. Type in B.M. 



Moluccas, ITew Holland, Lord Hood and Annaa Is., Zanzibar 

 (Recluz), for granulosa ; South Pacific ? (Recluz) for clathrata. Type 

 in B.M. 



After a careful study of the descriptions and specimens of these 

 three so-called species I have failed to discover any characters which 



1 From Persian Gulf and Hindarabi Island (Melvill & Standen) ; Port Jackson 

 (Angas, as granulata (sic)). 



