178 the proceedings of the linnean society 



34. — Nassa arcularia. 



Buccinum arcularia, Linn. Gmelin, p. 3480. 



,, ,, Lam., Anim. Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 276. 



Nassa arcularia, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 4, species 25. 

 Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, found crawling on the reefs 

 at low water. 



35. — Nassa lvjrida. 

 Nassa luricla, Gould, Proc. Boston Soc, 1850, p. 153. 



,, dispar, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1851, p. 96. 

 „ clispar, Peeve, Conch. Icon., 1853, pi. 7, species 45. 

 „ graphitera, Beck, Voy. au Pol. Sud. p. 80, pi. 21, fig. 

 2S, 29. 



Hab. Home Islands, oil' Cape Grenville, North-East Australia, 

 found crawling on sandy mud flats at low water ; Hall Sound, 

 New Guinea, found on sand flats at low water. 



36. — Nassa delicata. 

 Nassa delicata, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1851, p. 99. 



„ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 27, species 180. 



Hab. Barnard Islands, No. 3, North-East Australia. One 

 splendid specimen found under a block of coral. 



37. — Nassa lachrymosa. 

 Nassa lachrymosa, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 8, species 52. 

 Hab. Mud Bay, Cape York, North Australia, Found at low 

 water crawling on the sand beaches. 



38.— Nassa (Niothia) gemmulata. 

 Buccinum gemmulahwn, Lam., Anim. Sans Vert., tome 7, p. 271. 

 Nassa gemmulatum, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 5, species 29. 

 ,, clathrata, Lam., EDcyclop, pi. 394, f, 5 a, b. 

 ,, gemmulata, Deshayes. 

 Hab. Cape Grenville, North-East Australia, 20 fathoms, sandy 

 mud bottom ; Princess Charlotte Bay, North-East Australia, 14 

 fathoms, sandy bottom; Cape York, North Australia, 5-11 fathoms, 

 sandy mud bottom ; Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20-30 fathoms, 

 white sand and broken coral bottom. 



