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short, laro-e specimen of N. hirta', he says it is not a satisfactorily determined form. The 

 fault of Reeve is to give only a dorsal view; as Reeve gives as habitat "Galapagos islands 

 and Panama", I sent a specimen to Mr. E. A. Smith, who found it identical; so Tryon may 

 be ri^ht in suggesting that these localities are incorrect. Hidalgo (Cat. de los Mol. test. d. 1. 

 islas Filipinas etc.) records it from several Philippine islands, Melvill (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 

 1901, p. 411) from Bombay. Ouite recently I have received a specimen from Singapore. 



14. Nassa (Alectryon) bifaria Baird. 



BAIRD. Cruise of the Curagao, p. 436, PI. 38, fig. 1, 2. 

 Smith. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 808, PI. 50, fig. 7. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 28, PI. 8, fig. 59 [hirta var.). 



Stat. 33. Bay of Pidjot, Lombok. 22 M. and less. Mud, coral and coralsand. 4 Spec. 



Stat. 47. Bay of Bima, near South fort. 55 M. Mud with patches of fine coralsand. 2 Spec. 



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



Stat. 279. Ruma-Kuda-bay, Roma-island. 36 M. Mud and sand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 313. East of Dangar Besar, Saleh-bay. Up to 36 M. Sand, coral and mud. 4 Spec. 



Tryon pronounces this species to be only "a stumpy variety" of N. hirta, I think he 

 had never seen a specimen, else he would not have made such a conclusion. 



15. Nassa (Alectryon) papillosa Linné. 



LlNNÉ. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 737, N° 393. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 97, PI. 29, fig. M. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. VIII, Buccinum, p. 58, PI. 15, fig. 54. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. VIII, Nassa, fig. 12. 



KüSTER. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. III, Buccinum, p. 21, PI. 5, fig. 6, 7. 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 30, PI. 9, fig. 74. 



Stat. 234. Nalahia-bay, Nusa-Laut-island. Reef. 2 Spec. 



16. Nassa (Alectryon) n. sp.? 



Stat. 204. Between islands of Wowoni and Buton. 75 — 94 M. Sand with dead shells. 1 Spec. 



Probably this species has not been described, but as the specimen is bleached and has 

 the peristome not yet developed, it is not safe to name it. It has some resemblance with 

 N. elcgans Kien., but is more elongate, the whorls are less convex and have a groove a 

 little below the suture. 



17. Nassa (Alectryon, Aciculina}) ovoidea n. sp. PI. XX, fig. 1. 



Stat. 306. 8°27'S., 122 56'. 5 E. Flores Sea. 247 M. Sandy mud. 12 Spec. 



Shell small, ovately conic, with moderately long spire, whitish with a tracé of a peripheral 

 band (bleached). Whorls about 7, of which 3 form the smooth, carinated nucleus. Subsequent 

 whorls slightly convex, separated by a conspicuous suture. Sculpture consisting of somewhat 



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