NERITINA. 43 



light reddish purple bands, speckled over with white spots ; aper- 

 ture tinged with yellow. Diani. 9-11 mill. 



Viti and ^Samoa Is. 



JSf. Godeffroyana, Mousson, PI. 14, fig. 80, and probably N. Gue- 

 rini, Recluz (fig. 84), are synonyms : if the latter determination be 

 correct, it has precedence in publication ; it is misprinted N. Gui- 

 nerii, in Reeve. 



N. MOROSA, Gassies. PI. 14, fig. 81. 



Solid, shining, strinlate, greyish black, irregularly punctate with 

 white ; aperture bluish grey, the columellar area brown-tinged. 



Alt. 14 mill. 



Neiv Caledonia. 



N. OBTUSA, Benson. PI. 14, figs. 82, 83. 



Shell spirally engraved, epidermis greenish or olivaceous ; aper- 

 ture ash color. Diam, 12 mill. 



India, Java. 



N. spiralis, Reeve (fig. 83), is a synonym. 



N. GUTTULATA, Gassies. PL 14, fig. 85. 



Longitudinally and spirally striate, scarcely shining, violaceous 

 black, sparsely white-dotted ; whorls I2, rapidly enlarging; aper- 

 ture yellowish corneous, columellar area convex, minutely sub- 

 granular. Alt. 9 mill. 



New Caledonia. 



Appears to be allied to X. avicena, Gould. Described originally 

 as N. gidtata, a specific name preoccupied by Recluz. 



N. 8ALMACIDA, Morelet. PI. 14, fig. 86. 



Thick, shining, laterally compressed, striate, with engraved sjiiral 

 lines, more apparent above, greenish brown ; aperture ashy white, 

 columellar area light yellowish, the centre of its margin with two 

 or three minute teeth. Alt. 13 mill. 



Comoro Is. 



N. MoRCHiANA, Dunker. PI. 14, figs. 87, 88. 



Rather thin, olivaceous, with black zigzag narrow lines, thinly 

 striate; aperture bluish white. Alt. 12 mill. 



Madras^ 



I am not acquainted with this species. 



