THE MOLLU8CA HEDLEY. 501 



CIRCE PECTINATA, Linne. 

 Romer, Mon. Veneridse, i., 1869, p. 174, pi. xlvii, figs. la-d. 



Common in the Funafuti lagoon ; collected alive among loose 

 rocks. 



Romer quotes this from Marutea, Paumotus ; Fischer from 

 New Caledonia ; Schmeltz from Bowen, and Smith from Thursday 

 Island, Queensland. It is in this Museum from Fiji ; Port Moresby, 

 British New Guinea ; and Port Curtis, Queensland. 



CIRCE PICTA, Lamarck. 

 Romer, loc. cit,, p. 164, pi. xlv., fig. 3. 



Two valves from the lagoon beach. 



Smith states* that the distinction between this and several 

 admitted species is obscure. Schmeltz quotes it from Upolu, 

 Samoa ; and Melvill and Standen from Lifu. 



CIRCE CASTRENSIS, Linne. 

 R<imer, loc. cit., p. 159, pi. xliv. 



A few valves were found on the lagoon beach. 



Smith has recorded this from Bowen, Queensland. In this 

 Museum it is represented from New Caledonia ; the Loyalties ; 

 Aneiteum, New Hebrides ; Guadalcanar, Solomons ; and Tonga- 

 tabu, Tonga. 



CYTHEREA OBLIQUATA, Hanley, var. PRORA, Conrad. 

 Roraer, loc. cit., p. 107, pi. xxix., fig. 1, pi. xxxiii., figs. 4, 5. 



Very common on the lagoon beach. 



Schmeltz quotes this from Fiji, Tahiti, and Rarotonga. The 

 Museum series show it from Port Curtis, Queensland ; and New 

 Caledonia. 



CYTHEREA SUBPELLUCIDA, Sowerby. 

 Romer, loc. cit., p. 112, pi. xxx., fig 4. 

 One specimen from the lagoon beach. 



VENUS TOREUMA, Gould. 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon., xiv., 1863, Venus, pi. xvi., sp. 64. 



Several valves from the lagoon beach. 



Smith records this from Port Molle and Port Curtis, Queens- 

 land. Other Queensland localities shown by the Museum collection 

 are Torres Straits, Bowen, and Moreton Bay. 



* Sraith-Loc. cit., p. 146. 



