Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean ...

96 COLLECTIOIfS FROM MELANESIA.10. Dosinia histrio (var. allja).Gmelin ; Romer, Monoyr. Dosiuia, Novitat. Conch, p. 33, pi. 6.figs. 2 & 3.Artemis variegata {Chenii), Reeve, Conch. Icon. figs. 33 a-c.Hah. Clairmont Island, N.E. Australia {Cojjpwger).A fine specimen from the above locality is entirely white, withthe exception of the extreme tips of the beaks, which are of a palerose tint, a feature apparently common in most white examples ofthe species. The specimen in question is STg millim. in length,the same in height, and 20 in diameter. In this species the dorsalarea is very distinct and smooth in the left valve, but sculpturedwith the terminations of the concentric lamellae in the right; Onthe contrary, the half of the lunule in the latter valve is generallygreater than the remainder of it in the left.11. Dosinia desliayesii.A. Adams ; Romer, 3Ionoffr. Dosinia, Nooitat, Conch, p. 55.Hah. Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Straits, 9 fms. {Copiiinger);North Australia (Cuminc/).Venus pectinata, Linn.12. Circe pectinata.Hah. Thursday Island and West Island, Torres Straits (Copfinger).13. Circe australis.Soioerhy, Thes. Conch, ii. pi. 137. figs. 10, 17; Reeve, Conch. Icon.fig. 19.Hah. Friday Island, Torres Straits, on the beach (Copijinger) ;N.E. coast of Australia {Brit. Mus.).One specimen from Friday Island is peculiar on account of theunusual style of its coloration. It is white, with a large orangebrownpatch covering the greater part of the surface, and exhibits atotal absence of colour within.14. Circe (Lioconcha) castrensis.Linn., vide Romer's Monograph, Novitat. Conch, pi. 44.Hah. Port Denison, Queensland, 4 fms.The variety of this well-known species from the above locality isvery closely depicted by the second figure from the top on the leftside of Homer's plate.15. Tapes hiantina.Venus hiantina, Lamarck ; Delessert, Recueil, pi. 10. fig. 8 ; Philippi,Ablild. vol. iii. p. 21, pi. 8. fig. 1.Tapes hiantina, Rcimer, Monoc/r. Tapes, Novitat. Conch, p. 99, pi. 34.fig. 1 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. figs. 28 a, b.Hah. Friday Island, Torres Straits.