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conica, anfr. 6 convexis, ultimo antrorsum acuminato,sub-reflexo : 

 apertura angusta, lunata, labro intus 6 plicate ; columella rugoso- 

 granulosa, cajlosa ; fauce albo. Long, f ; lat. -^^ poll. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands, Kauai. 



This little muriciform species is quite pretty ; and appears to 

 belong to the group of which B. undosum is the type. 



Nassa musiva. Testa solida, ovato-conica, polita, albido et 

 olivaceo marmorata, coloribus in maculis quadratis tessellatim 

 dispositis: spira conica, anfr. 6-7 convexis, bene discretis, ul- 

 timo f long, testae, prope labrum pallidiori, longitudinaliter plicato 

 et lineolis olivaceis cincto: apertura ^ long, testse, ovalis, postice 

 canaliculata ; columella valde arcuata, oblique sulcata; labro 

 intus sulcato, sulcis fuscatis. Long. ^; lat. -^^ poll. Hab. Cape 

 de Verds. 



This is one of the most beautiful species of the genus, and is 

 well characterized by its polished surface, and its clouding of 

 white and olive, made up of little quadrate spots, arranged in 

 encircling series resembling mosaic. It may be B. pictum, 

 Dunker. 



Nassa lurida. Testa solida, conico-ovata, laevis, livido- 

 cinerea albido- variegata : spira conica, acuta, turrita, anfr. 7-8 

 convexiusculis, superne tabulatis et ad angulum crenato-nodosis, 

 apicalibus plicalis, ultimo antice sulcis 3-4 cincto et pone labrum 

 plicato ; sutura canaliculata : apertura 4- long, testes, ovalis, pos- 

 tice emarginata; columella postice lamellifera, antice dentifera ; 

 labro acuto, albo, extus incrassato, intus sulcato; canali siphonali 

 profundo. Long. -^^ ; lat. f poll. Hab. Samoa Islands, Tu- 

 tuilla. 



Resembles N. musiva in surface and color, but the spire is 

 more elevated, and there is merely a mottling of colors without 

 any definite arrangement. 



Nassa curta. T. abbreviata, ovato-conica, lutescens inter- 

 dum rufo subfasciata, subspinosa, longitudinaliter plicata ; plicis 

 ad 13 tenuibus, acutis, liris conspicuis decussatis : spira conica, 

 anfr. 6 convexiusculis ; ultimo globoso f long, testae adequante : 

 apertura rotundato-ovalis ; labro crenulato, intus sulcato, extror- 

 sum incrassato ; columella callo copioso granuloso induta ; sinu 

 siphonali angusto, profundo. Long. 2^0 5 ^^^- 'i^ V^^^' Hab. 

 Samoa Islands. 



