500 



FUNAFUTI ATOLL. 



TELLINA FIJIENSIS, Sowerby. 

 Smith, loc. cit., p. 107. 



A few separate valves from the lagoon beach. 



Previously reported from Marutea, Paumotus ; and Ngau and 

 Levuka, Fiji. 



TELLINA CREBRIMACULATA, Sotverby. 

 Sowerby, loc. cit., pi. li., sp. 301. 



A few separate valves from the lagoon beach. 

 Hitherto only recorded from Fiji. 



TELLINA ELLICENSIS, sp. nov. 

 (Fig. 53). 



Shell small, very solid, opaque, very inequilateral, rather inflated 

 anteriorly, height two-thirds of the length, truncate posteriorly. 

 Colour white, irregularly painted with small rose spots and streaks. 

 Sculptured over the entire surface by fine, close, concentric threads. 



Fig. 53. 



Umbo prominent. Fold almost obselete. Dorsal margin straight, 

 then curved anteriorly. Anterior margin curved the third of a 

 circle. Ventral margin nearly straight, scarcely sinuated by the 

 fold. Hinge composed of two cardinal teeth, a strong anterior 

 lateral and a weaker posterior lateral tooth. Length 6, height 

 4 mm. 



This species is allied by sculpture and contour to T. tenuilirata, 

 Sowerby, from which a much shorter, broader outline clearly 

 it. 



One right valve was found on the beach of the Funafuti 

 lagoon. 



LIBITINA GUINAICA, Lamarck. 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon., i., Cypricardia, 1843, pi. ii., species 13. 



Plentiful dead on the beaches ; once found alive in a crevice 

 in a block of coral in the lagoon. 



The only other Pacific record seems to be the finding of it by 

 Hugh Cuming at Marutea, Paumotus. 



