410 FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



shell. This mollusc sometimes ascends the trunks of trees in the 

 vicinity of the beach, and behaves more like a terrestrial than a 

 marine organism. 



Martens quotes the following habitats from the Pacific : New 

 Guinea, Tucopia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Upolu, Samoa, Uvea, 

 Futuna, Tongatabu, Tahiti, Borabora, Gambier, Paumotus, Mar- 

 quesas, Jaluit, Marshalls, Ponape, Guam, Carolines, and the 

 Mariannes. Material in this Museum enables me to add Erro- 

 manga, New Hebrides, and the Solomons. 



At Port Moresby, British New Guinea, I was told that this 

 mollusc is locally called " mimi," meaning " to itch," because it 

 made the tongue of 'the eater sore. 



NERITA POLITA, Linne. 



Martens, op. cit., p. 72, pi. in., figs. 5, 10- 26; pi. xiv., figs. 1-18, 



22-26. 



One specimen of the typical form found alive in the lagoon of 

 Funafuti. 



Martens cites this from Queensland, New Ireland, Solomons, 

 Fiji, Upolu, Samoa, Vavao, Tonga, Mangarewa, Society Islands, 

 and Hawaii. I can add Eromanga, New Hebrides. 



NERITA INSCULPTA, Recluz. 

 Martens, op. cit., p. 88, pi. xi., figs. 1-4. 



Two living specimens were found in the Funafuti lagoon. 

 Martens notices this from Upolu, Samoa, and Bowen, Queens- 

 land. 



NERITINA RETICULATA, Sowerby. 

 Martens, Conch. Cab. ii., 10, 1879, p. 132, pi. xv., figs. 1 -3. 



Several dead shells were found on the beach of the Funafuti 

 lagoon. 



Martens cites this from Nukuhiva, Marquesas, Tahiti, Bora- 

 bora, and Morutea. In this Museum it is reported from Strong 

 Island, New Caledonia, and the Solomons. 



HELICINA MUSIVA, var. ROTUNDATA, Mousson. 

 Mousson, Journ. de Conch., xxi., 1873, p. 107. 



Common at Funafuti. Graefie collected this at Vaitupu. 



EULIMA PYRAMIDALIS, A. Adams. 



Tryon, Man. Conch., viii., 1886, p. 270, pi. Ixviii., fig. 14. 

 Three examples from the lagoon beach. 



