NASSA. 



Plate III. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa lentiginosa. Nass. testa ovato-conicd, lavi, ni- 

 tidd, hitescente aut cinerascente, lineis tenuibus rnfis 

 cingnlatd, fiisco wndique subtiUssinie lenfighiosd ; spird 

 acuminatd; aiifractibm coneexis, ad sutiiras pUcato- 

 marginatis ; colmuelld lamina caUosd corrngatd, labro 

 intus inerassato et valde radiatim lirato. 



The freckled Nassa. Shell ovately conical, smooth, 

 shining, yellowish or ash, encircled with line red lines, 

 very finely freckled throughout with brown ; spire 

 acuminated ; whorls convex, plicately margined at the 

 sutures ; columella with a callous wrinkled lamina, lip 

 thickened inwardly, strongly rndiately ridged. 



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



Hob. Island of Masbate, Philippines (in sandy mud at 

 seven fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A dark greenish-ash species, sometimes yellowish, fine- 

 freckled with darker colour, and encircled with faint red 

 lines. 



Species 16. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa speciosa. Nass. testa ovato-conicd, acuminatd, 

 lutesceute-alhd, transversim liratd, liris tenuibus, con- 

 fertis, granulosis, longitudinaliter plicatd, pUcis su- 

 perne nodatis, nodis albis ; aperturd parviusculd, alba, 

 ad basin mfo-fusco tinctd, columella arcuatd, labro 

 simpliei. 



The beautiful Nassa. Shell ovately conic, acuminated, 

 yellowish-white, transversely ridged, ridges fine, close- 

 set, and granuled, longitudinally plaited, plaits no- 

 duled at the upper part, nodules white ; aperture 

 rather small, white, stained with reddish-brown at 

 the base, columella arched, lip simple. 



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



Hab. ? 



An elegant acuminated species, encircled with fine gra- 

 nidated ridges, while each whorl is coronated with white 

 nodules. 



Species 17. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa unicolorata. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, lisvi, 

 prope apicem rude plicatd, basi sulcatd, livido-cineras- 

 cente, lineis niinutis albis longitudinalibus obscure no- 

 tatd ; suturis albidis; columella arcuatd, lamind cor- 



rugatd, labro simpliei, ad basin minute denticulato, f,i- 

 tus fortissinie varieoso. 



The one-colodred Nassa. Shell ovately conic, smooth, 

 rudely plaited towards the apex, grooved at the base, 

 livid-ash, obscurely marked with minute white lon- 

 gitudinal lines ; sutures whitish ; columella arched, 

 with a wrinkled lamina, lip simple, minutely denti- 

 culated at the base, very strongly varicose without. 



Buccinum. unicolorum, Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. p. GO. pi. 19. 

 f. 69. 



Hab. North Australia ; Jukes. 



A fine solid species, closely allied to N. olivacea. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa canaliculata. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, longitu- 

 dinaliter tenuiplicatd, basi stdcatd, cinereo-olivaced, 

 interdum pallide caManeo-bizonatd ; spird acutd; an- 

 fractibns siipernl canaliculatis, duobus infmis dorso 

 plus minus leevibus ,- colmnelld lamind expansd subcor- 

 rugatd, labro fortiter varieoso, fauce liratd. 



The channelled Nassa. Shell ovately conic, longitu- 

 dinally finely plaited, grooved at the base, ash-olive, 

 sometimes faintly banded with two chestnut zones ; 

 spire sharp ; whorls channelled round the upper part, 

 the two lowest whorls more or less smooth at the 

 back ; columella with a slightly wrinkled expanded 

 lamina, lip strongly varicose, interior ridged. 



Buccinum canaliculatum, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Des- 

 hayes' edit.) vol. x. p. 161. 

 Na-isa canaliculata, Deshayes. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



ReadOy distinguished from its allied species by its 

 densely plaited sculpture, and channelled suture. 



Species 19. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa olivacea. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, longitudina- 

 liter plicatd, plicis in anfractibus duobus injimis eva- 

 tiidis, basi sulcatd; rufo-fuscescente vel olivacea, :o- 

 nuld pallidd mediand cinctd ; aperturd siibangvste 

 ovatd, carulescente-albd, colmnelld lamind expansd 

 corrugatd, labro extus fortiter varieoso, intus brei-i- 

 lirato. 



The olive Nassa. SheU ovately conical, longitudinally 



November, 1853. 



