42 NANINA. 



N. INDICA, Pfr. PL 23, fig. 46. 



Perforate, rather solid, stria? rib-like above, and closely gran- 

 ulateLy decussated with impressed lines, smooth below, except 

 a few spiral lines near the keel ; yellowish brown ; whorls 5-6, 

 the last carinate on the periphery. Diam. 23, alt. 14 mill. 



Nilgherry Mts., Central India; Australia (introduced). 



N. VARIOLOSA, Pfr. PL 14, fig. 87. 



Perforate, rather solid, opaque, very closely plicate above, 

 decussated by regular concentric lines ; orange-brown above, 

 3 r ellowish brown below, subfasciately ornamented with white, 

 obliquely subquadrangular pustules ; whorls 3^, the last sharply 

 carinated on the periphery. Diam. 23, alt. 13 mill. 



Hab. unknown. 

 This shell is certainly not adult. 



N. CYMATIUM, Benson. PL 14, fig. 89. 



Umbilicated, solid, thinly striated and minutely obliquely 

 rugulose ; reddish brown, lighter on the base ; whorls 6^, suture 

 chestnut-margined, the last whorl with a compressed peripheral 

 carina, lighter colored, with a chestnut band below it; base spi- 

 rally striate, umbilicus large. Diam. 45, alt. 21 mill. 



Malacca, Penang. 

 N. CHEVALIERI, Souleyet. PL 14, fig. 90. 



Umbilicated, rugulose above ; olivaceous brown, base lighter ; 

 whorls 6, the last narrowly carinated on the periphery and 

 chestnut-banded ; aperture banded within. 



Diam. 37, alt. 20 mill. 



Malacca. 



Less conical, whorls more rapidly enlarging, umbilicus smaller 

 than in the preceding species. 



N. DENSA, Ads. and Reeve. PL 14, figs. 91-93. 



Narrowly Umbilicated, moderate!}' solid, striate, minuteh* 

 granulose above, smoother below; light yellowish or orange- 

 brown ; whorls 5^, last whorl acutely anguhited on the per- 

 iphery, with a narrow chestnut band below the angle. 



Diam. 40, alt. 20 mill. 



Philippines. 



