NASSA. 



Plate II. 



Species 8. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa mhcronata. Nass. testa ovato-coriicd, sublavi, 

 nitidd, lo)iffifiidi>ialiter plicatd, lutesceitte-fnsco varie- 

 gatd ; aufractibm rotundatis, superue contractis, ul- 

 timo subgibboso ; spird acuta, mucronatd ; columella 

 lavi, callosd, labro siibincrassato, fance sulcata. 



The pointed Nassa. Shell ovately conical, rather 

 smooth, shining, longitudinally ]5laited, variegated 

 with yellowish - brown ; whorls rounded, contracted 

 at the upper part, last whorl rather gibbous ; spire 

 sharp, pointed ; columella smooth, callous, lip rather 

 thickened, interior grooved. 



A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. March 1851. 



Hab. Dumaguete, Isle of Negros, Philippines (in black 

 sand at eleven fathoms) ; Cuming. 



The whorls of this characteristic little species are pecu- 

 liarly gibbous, while the spire is raised at the apex into an 

 unusually sharp point. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa picta. Nass. testd ovato-eonicd, leevigatd, politd, 

 lutescente marmoratd, waculis castaneis Jiic illic pictd, 

 fascia castaiieo-artlculatd ad sufiiras et in medio, li- 

 neisque rufescentibus tequidistantibus ciiictd; anfracti- 

 bus convexis; spird acutd ; aperUird parviusculd, co- 

 lumelld arcuatd, callosd, labro ifwrassato, varicoso, 

 fatice sulcatd. 



The painted Nassa. Shell ovately conic, smooth, 

 polished, marbled with pale yellow, painted here and 

 there with chestnut blotches, with a chestnut-articu- 

 lated band at the sutures and in the middle, and en- 

 circled with equidistant reddish lines ; whorls convex ; 

 spire sharp ; aperture rather small, columella arched, 

 callous, lip thickened, varicose, interior grooved. 



DuNKER, Zeitschrift fiir Malac. 1846, p. 172. 



Hah. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Allied in form to the preceding species, but not plicated, 

 while it is distinguished by a characteristic style of paint- 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa elegans. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, crussiusculd, 

 lavi, i/itidd, albescente, fasciis spadiceis loi/giti/dii/ali- 

 bus ad suturas maculatis plus minus obscure ti/icld ; 



anfractibus convexis ; spird acuminata, ad apicem pli- 

 catd ; aperturd parviusculd, fauce sulcatd, columella 

 lamella expansd corrugatd, labro subincrassato, mar- 

 gine acuta. 



The elegant Nassa. Shell ovately conical, rather thick, 

 smooth, shining, whitish, more or less obscurely 

 stained with fawn bands, which are blotches at the 

 sutures ; whorls convex ; spire acuminated, plicated 

 at the apex ; aperture rather small, grooved within, 

 columella with a wrinkled expanded lamella, lip 

 rather thickened, sharp at the edge. 



Buccinum eleyans, Kiener Icon. coq. vivantes, p. 56. pi. 24. 

 f. 97. 



Hab. Indian Ocean. 



A solid acuminated species, peculiarly stained with lon- 

 gitudinal bands, which gather into blotches at the sutures. 



Fig. 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This proves to be a light variety of N. suturalis, de- 

 scribed at Sp. 4 of the preceding Plate, in wliich the su- 

 tural nodules are almost obsolete. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa papillosa. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, crassiusculd, 

 fulvescente, ustulato-rufo sparsim. tinctd, tuberculis pa- 

 pulosis undique regulariter obsitd ; aperturd albd, co- 

 lumelJd callosd, labro antice muricato-deiiticulato. 



The papillose Nassa. Shell ovately conical, rather 

 thick, light fulvous, sparingly stained with burnt 

 brown, regularly set throughout with papillose tu- 

 bercles ; aperture white, columella callous, lip prickly 

 denticulated in front. 



Buccinum papillosum, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) 

 p. 1200. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Peculiarly characterized by its strong thick-set armature 

 of papillose tubercles. 



Species 13. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa spirata. Na^s. testd ovato-conicd, acuminatd, 

 lavi, nitidd, albidd, luteo-fusco undato-nebulosd ; an- 

 fractibus convexis, ad suturas angulatis, versus apicem 



November, 1853. 



