178 THE VOYAGE OF BLM.S. CHALLENGER. 



Station 233. May 17, 1875. Lat. 34° 39' N., long. 135° 14' E. Off Kobe\ Japan. 

 8 to 14 fathoms. Mud. 



Habitat — Philippines, Siquijor (Adams). 



7. Nassa (Niotha) sordida, A. Adams. 



Nassa sordida, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851, p. 97, sp. 39. 

 „ „ Eeeve, Conch. Icon., voL viii. pi. xv. fig. 96. 



„ {Niotha) sordida, Tryon, Manual, vol. iv. p. 52, pi. xvi. fig. 292. 



September 18, 1874. Arrou Islands, west of Papua. 



Habitat. — Siquijor in Philippines (Adams). 



Mr Marrat, whom I consulted regarding this form, considers it a small Nassa ravida, A. Ad. 

 Mr E. A, Smith, whom I also consulted, agrees with neither of us, and regards it as a form of Nassa 

 stigmaria, A. Ad. In these circumstances, with much doubt I have retained the name I had 

 myself attached to the Challenger specimens. 



8. Nassa (Niotha) stigmaria, A. Adams. 



Nassa stigmaria, A. Adams, Proc. ZooL Soc. Lond., 1851, p. 96, sp. 32. 

 „ stigmataria, H. and A. Adams, Genera, vol. i. p. 117. 

 „ stigmaria, Keeve, Conch. Icon., vol. viii. pi. vii. fig. 42. 



„ E. A Smith, Andaman Shells, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1878, p. 808, No. 21. 

 „ (Niotha) stigmaria, Tryon, Manual, vol. iv. p. 54, pi. xvi. figs. 308-310. 



Station 172. July 22, 1874. Lat. 20° 58' S., long. 175° 9' W. Nukalofa, Tonga- 

 tabu. Inside the reef. 18 fathoms. Coral mud. 

 July 29, 1874. Levuka, Fiji. 12 fathoms. 



Habitat. — Philippines (Adams), Andaman Islands (E. A. Smith), the island of Siquijor, 

 and Japan (British Museum). 



The specimen from Station 172 is in very bad condition, being, in fact, only a fragment; but is, 

 I believe, this species. • 



9. Nassa (Arcularia) granifera (Kiener). 



Buccinum grani/erum, Kiener, Iconographie, p. 100, No. 98, pi. xxvii. fig. 111. 



„ „ Lamarck, Anim. s. vert. (ed. Desh.), vol. x. p. 196, sp. 74. 



Nassa (Eione) granifera, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851, p. 101, sp. 3. 



,, granifera, Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. viii. pi. xi. fig. 72. 



„ (Arcularia) granifera, Tryon, Manual, vol. iv. pi. viii. figs. 39-41. 



July 29, 1874. Levuka, Fiji. 12 fathoms. 



Habitat. — Tahiti (British Museum), Indian Ocean (Geneva Museum Coll.,Delessert). 



