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Mr. E. A. Smith, who assistetl me vvith some forms of the preceding species, was however of 

 opinion that this form shoulcl be ascribed to N. siquijorensis. 



26. Nassa (Zeuxis) multipunctata n. sp. PI. XX, fig. 4. 



Stat. 60. Haingsisi, Samau-island, near Timor. 23 M. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral. 1 Spec. 



Shell elongately ovate, with long, but not very acuminate spire, whitish, with close, 

 reddish-brown markings, consisting of streaks and network, leaving in many parts only white 

 specks, which are very scarce on the back of last whorl, which is nearly totally brownish in 

 one specimen; only near the peristome the shell is quite whitish, with one brown blotch or 

 bandlike streak at the periphery and another at the base, behind the peristome ; just below 

 the suture, a narrow zone is alternately blotched with white and brown. Whorls about 9, of 

 which 3V0 form a smooth, brownish nucleus, with convex whorls and a peripheral keel. Sub- 

 sequent whorls sculptured with rather remote ribs, crossecl by spiral striae, of which the uppermost 

 is a slight groove, the subsutural zone beaded ; this sculpture disappears on the lower whorls, 

 which are smooth or nearly so, with only microscopic spiral striae and growth-striae ; lower 

 whorls slightly convex, with a conspicuous subtabulated suture ; last whorl with 5 or 6 grooves 

 at the base and a few very fiat, broad ribs behind the peristome; aperture oval, canaliculate 

 above, peristome not thick, with a fiat, broad rib externally and 14 lirae in the interior, at 

 some distance from the margin, the basal one is the strongest. Columellar side nearly smooth, 

 with a thin layer of enamel, one fold above and a few shorter folds or granules below, basal 

 fold stronger and curved. Basal canal rather broad, moderately deep. 



Alt. 15 1 /,,, lat, 77„; apert. alt. (with canal) 6 1 /,, lat. 3 1 /., Mill. 



This species has in markings some resemblance with N. glans var. fulgurans, but 

 is quite different by its elongated shape and different sculpture of upper whorls. I know 110 

 species which is closely allied. In shape it resembles N. punctata Ads. 



27. Nassa (Zeuxis) picta Dunker. 



DUNKER. Zeitschr. fur Malak. 1846, p. 172. 



Philippi. Abb. 11. Beschr. neuer Conch. Vol. III, p. 65, Buccinum, PI. II, fig. 6. 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. VIII, Nassa, fig. 9. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 35, PI. 11, fig. 133. 



Stat. 125. Sawan, Siau-island. Reef. 4 Spec. 



Tryon unites many allied forms with this species; the majority of them may be easily 

 recognized, so I have only quoted that figure, which is a bad copy of Reeve's figure, agreeing 

 with that of Philippi. 



28. Nassa (Zeuxis) lucida Gould. 



GOULD. Proc. Boston. Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. III, 1849, p. 153. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. VIII, Nassa, fig. 45 {dispar). 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 36, PI. 11, fig. 137 {dispar), fig. 13S. 



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