1002 NERITA. 



Nerita Pica. Chemnitz, v. p. 298. 1. 191. f. 1964 and 1965. 

 G we//;/, p. 3684. Mus. Lesk. p.295. Schreibers Conch. 

 i. p. 330. 

 Nerita, No. 104. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 335. 

 Rumphius, t. 22. f. No. 4. Petiver Amb. t. 1 1. f. 20. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. 



This shell is rather smaller but of the same form as iV. versi- 

 color, of which Karsten, in the Museum Leskeanum, has 

 queried whether it is more than a Variety ; it is white, va- 

 riegated with black tessellated spots, or interrupted longitu- 

 dinal streaks. 



FLAM ME A. 54. Shell sub-globular, with equal trans- 

 verse crowded ribs, and the spire slightly 

 produced ; lips toothed ; outer lip grooved 

 within, and the inner one wrinkled. 



Nerita flammea. Gmeliu, p. 3685. 



Nerita striata. Chemnitz, v. p. 31 1. 

 Variety A. White, tessellated with black spots. 



Nenta, No. 111. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 338. 



Chemnitz, v. t. 192. f. 1992 and 1993. 

 Variety B. Tinged with red, and the spots blackish, forming 



longitudinal rays. 



Nerita, No. 1 12. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 338. 



Chemnitz, v, t. 192. f. 1994. 

 Variety C. With bands of blackish and reddish spots. 



Nerita, No. 113. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 339. 



Chemnitz, v, t. 192. f. 1995. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the West India islands. Chemnitz. 

 Chemnitz, both for this shell and for IV. versicolor, has quoted 



La petite Livree of Favanne, and the present is not a well 



defined species ; by the figures it appears to be eight or nine 



lines in diameter, and nearly globular. 



cosTATA. 55. Shell sub-globular, with black trans- 

 verse ribs and white interstices, and the spire 

 very obtuse ; lips toothed, and the inner one 

 slightly convex, wrinkled and tuberculated. 



Nerita costata. Chemnitz, v. p. 299. t. 191. f. 1966 and 

 1967. Gmelin, p. 3684. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 330. 



Nerita grossa. Born Mas. p. 407. t 1 7- f. 19 and 20. ? 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 

 Shell an inch long and about equally broad, with fifteen black 



or dark brown transverse ribs, and the interstices white; 



