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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.

Melampus fasciatus, Deshayes

Melampus fasciatus, Deshayes.

Kuster, Conch. Cab., 2nd ed., i., Auriculacea, 1844, p. 33, pl. v., figs. 9-11.

Of this species, Mr. G. Sweet obtained several shells.

The following records from the Central Pacific are quoted by Tapparone Canefri: New Guinea, New Ireland, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Society, and Ellice. Further instances from the Solomons, Queensland Carolines, Marquesas, and Hawaii, are furnished by this Museum.

† Tapparone Canefri—Ann. Mus. Gen., xix., 1883, p. 288.