NASSA.— Plate IV. 



Buccinum arcularia, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 



1200. 



Nmsa arcularia, Lamarck. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This well-known species is perhaps the most strongly 

 tubercled of the genus. 



Species 26. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa cremata. Nass. testa, oeato-couicd, liris longi- 

 tudinalibus et transversis ■undique dense cancellatd, 

 cinereo-olivaced, fusco partim tinctd ; sjrird subeaiiali- 

 culatd, mturd impressd ; aperturd parviusculd, colu- 



mella arcuatd, lamina tenuicornigatd, lahro muricato- 

 deuticnlato. 



The burned Nassa. Shell ovately conical, densely 

 cancellated throughout with longitudinal and trans- 

 verse ridges, ash-olive, partially stained with brown ; 

 spire subchannelled, suture impressed; aperture rather 

 small, columella arched, with a finely wrinkled lamina, 

 lip prickly denticled. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 9. f. 8 and 9. 



Hab. Straits of Malacca. 



A rather solid species, densely crossed-ridged through- 

 out, with somewhat the aspect of a Cancellaria. 



