NASSA.— Plate II, 



pllcato-costellatis ; aperiurd paniusculd, columella 

 callosd, Icevi, labro subincrassato, simplici. 



The spired Nassa. Shell ovately conical, acuminated, 

 smooth, shining, whitish, wave-clouded with yeUow- 

 ish-brown ; whorls convex, angled at the sutures, 

 plicately ribbed towards the apex ; aperture rather 

 small, columella callous, smooth, lip slightly thick- 

 ened, simple. 



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



Jfai. Swan River. 



The general aspect of this species reminds one of the 



EhiDiia spirata on a small scale. 



Species 14. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Nassa kufula. Nas^. testa or,ato-conicd, Itevi, snbveatri- 



cosd, albidd, fulvo castaneoque uebidom. el strigatd, II- 

 neis riifuUs tenuibus esquidMantibus cmgulatd ; ait- 

 fractibics convexis, ultimo ad basin s/ilcato ; columettd 

 arcuatd, callosd, labro simplici. 



The reddish Nassa. SheU ovately conic.il, smooth, 

 subventricose, whitish, clouded and streaked with 

 fulvous and chestnut, and encircled with faint equi- 

 distant reddish lines ; whorls convex, the last grooved 

 at the base ; columella arched, callous, lip simple. 



Buceinum rufulum, Kiener, Icon. coq. vivantes, p. 89. pi. 24. 

 f. 95. 



Hah. Australia. 



A light subinflated species, clouded with chestnut and 

 fidvous, and neatly encircled with equidistant faint thread- 

 like lines. 



