THE MOLLUSCA HEDLEY. 451 



Dead shells were noticed at Funafuti and at Nukulailai. 



Garrett observed this from the same Groups as C. talpa. This 

 species ranges along the Australian coast south to Sydney. 

 Museum specimens include it from Milne Bay, British New 

 Guinea, New Caledonia, Niue, the Gilberts, and Hawaii. Tryon 

 quotes it from the Paumotus. 



CYPREA MACULA, Adams. 

 Tryon, loc. cit., p. 169, pi. iv., figs. 71, 72. 

 Mr. G. Sweet obtained one specimen. 



MAURITIANA, Linne. 

 Tryon, loc. cit., p. 173, pi. vii., figs. 8-11. 



Specimens of this were purchased from the natives of Funafuti. 



Collected by Garrett at Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Gilberts, Carolines, 

 Cook's, Society, Paumotus, Marquesas, and Hawaii, and byRossiter 

 in New Caledonia and the Loyalties. Weinkauff mentions it from 

 the Pelew Islands. I have seen it from the British and German 

 Boundary, N.E. New Guinea. In this Museum it is also repre- 

 sented from Aneiteum and Erromanga, New Hebrides, and Niue. 



CYPRJEA CAPUT-SERPENTIS, Linne. 

 Tryon, loc. cit., p. 173, pi. vi., figs. 98 - 100, xxiii., fig. 59; Garrett, 



loc. cit., pp. 106, 111. 



Commonly found alive under stones in shallow Water in the 

 Funafuti lagoon. 



Seen by Garrett in Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Gilberts, Carolines, 

 Cooks, Society, Paumotus and Marquesas. This extends along 

 the Australian coast south to Sydney, and is also represented in 

 this Museum from Erromanga, New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, 

 Niue, and the Gilberts. The natives of Funafuti call this 

 " pourei." 



CYPR^A MAPPA, Linne. 



Tryon, loc. cit., p. 174, pi. vii., figs. 12-14; pi. viii., fig. 17; 

 Garrett, loc. cit., pp. 106, 115. 



Mr. G. Sweet procured one dead specimen of this. 



According to Garrett the range embraces Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, 

 Gilberts, Carolines, Cook's, Society, and Paumotus. It is in this 

 Museum from the Louisiades. Tryon quotes New Caledonia. 



CYPR^A ARABICA, Linne. 

 Tryon, loc. cit.,ip. 174, pi. viii., figs. 18, 19, 23, 24; Garrett, loc. cit., 



pp. 106, 108. 



Occasionally found alive under coral blocks in the Funafuti 

 lagoon. 



