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Show 118 MR. C. W. ANDREWS AND OTHERS ON THE [Feb. 20, 11. MITRA (STRIGATELLA) LITERATA Lamk. 12. MITRA (STRIGATELLA) PAUPERCULA, var. A short form like 31. virgata Beeve (Conch. Icon. fig. 197 b), with the spire transversely grooved and the white stripes upon the body-whorl somewhat raised, forming feeble costulations. 13. CYPRA;A ARABICA Linn. Both typical specimens and the variety reticulata. 14. CYPR^A VITELLUS I<inn. 15. CYPRJBA LYNX Linn. 16. CYPRiEA MONETA Linn. 17. CYPRJEA ANNULUS Linn. 18. NERITA COSTATA Chemnitz. 19. TURBO LAJONKAIRII Deshayes. Hitherto known only from Cocos-Keeling Islands, the original locality " N ew Zealand" not having been confirmed. Two very brightly coloured specimens, copiously blotched and spotted with purple-brown. The operculum has the central portion olive-green, instead of " dark brown" as described and figured by Pilsbry (Man. Conch, vol. x. p. 199, pi. lix. fig. 10). 20. SMARAGDINELLA VIRIDIS Bang. 21. PHYLLIDIA VARICOSA Lamk. 22. DORIS CORIACEA Abraham. 23. PERONIA PERONII Cuvier. 24. TRIDACNA GIGAS Linn. Only a single very young specimen. 25. SEPTIFER BILOOULARIS (Linn.). 26. ARCA IMBRICATA Bruguiere. 27. MELINA PERNA (Linn.). Very variable in form, but always showing the characteristic colour-markings. Specimens in the Museum are from Cocos- Keeling Islands, Andaman and Samoa Islands. Perna samoensis, Baird (Brenchley's Cruise H.M.S. ' Curacoa,' p. 454, pi. xiii. fig. 8), is a synonym of this species (vide Hanley's Ipsa Linnaoi Conch, p. 117, pi. ii. fig. 7). |