NASSA. 



Plate V. 



Species 27. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa pauperata. Nass. testa ovatci, ventricosd, longi- 

 tndiuaUter (jrauoso-plicatd, granis fortiorihus juxta 

 mturas, alba, luteo-castaneo interrupts fasciatd; an- 

 fractu ultimo dorm stiblcevigato, nitmte ; aperturd 

 parviusculd, labro varicoso,fauce striata. 



The iMPOVEiiisHED Nassa. Shell ovate, ventrieose, 

 longitudinally granosely plaited, grains stronger next 

 the sutures ; wbite, interruptedly banded with yellow- 

 ish chestnut ; last whorl rather smooth at the back, 

 and shining; aperture rather small, lip varicose, in- 

 terior striated. 



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

 hayes' edit.) vol. 10. p. 183. 



Hab. Australia. 



There is no up-raised callosity in this species, although 

 some specimens may have a thicker deposit of enamel about 

 the columella than others. 



Species 28. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa retecosa. Nass. testd ovatd, acuminatd, rufes- 

 cente-ciuered; spird acutd, siiturd impressd; anfractibus 

 convexis, undiqne dense t/ranoso-reticulatis, ffrauis par- 

 vviisculis, promhientibus ; columella cor rut/ aid ; lamind 

 tenuiculd expansd, aperturd superne siiiuatd, fauce 

 liratd. 

 The netted Nassa. Shell ovate, acuminated, reddish- 

 ash ; spire sharp, suture impressed ; whorls convex, 

 densely granosely reticulated, grains rather small, but 

 promiuent ; columella wrinkled, with a rather thin 

 expanded lamina, aperture sinuated at the upper part, 

 interior ridged. 

 A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. March 18.51. 

 Hab. Albay, Island of Luzon, Philippines (in coarse sand 

 at six fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Closely allied to N. cremata, which scarcely differs ex- 

 cept in having the suture angularly channelled. 



Species 29. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa gemmulata. iVaws. testd ovatd, ventricosd, longi- 

 tudinaliter granoso-pUcatd, grants tumidis, verrucosis, 

 httescente-albd, fusceseente tinctd et promiscue macu- 

 latd ; spird breviusculd, acutd, suturd plano-canalicu- 



latd; anfractu ultimo mtdto majore, rotundato ; colu- 

 melld granoso-laminatd, Jauce valde liratd. 



The jewelled Nassa. Shell ovate, veutricose, longi- 

 tudinally granosely plaited, grains swollen, warty ; 

 yellowish-white, stained and promiscuously spotted 

 with hght brown ; spire rather short, sharp, suture 

 flatly channelled; last whorl much the largest, 

 rounded ; columella granosely laminated, interior 

 strongly ridged. 



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

 hayes' edit.) vol. 10. p. 169. 

 Nassa gemmulata, Deshayes. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A rounded bulbous-like species, densely wart-grained 



throughout. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa Cumingii. Num. testd ovatd, subventricosd,solidd, 

 subpellucido-albd, rufo-fuscescente promiscue tinctd, 

 granis verrucosis iindique densissime seriatim sculptd ; 

 spird subacutd, suturd plano-canalicnlatd ; apertura 

 parviusculd, columella granoso-laminatd, fauce valde 

 liratd. 



Cuming's Nassa. Shell ovate, rather ventrieose, solid, 

 subtransparent white, stained promiscuously with 

 faint reddish-brown, very densely sculptured through- 

 out with rows of warty granules ; spire rather sharp, 

 suture flatly channelled ; aperture rather small, colu- 

 mella granosely laminated, interior strongly ridged. 



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



Hab. China. 



An elegant subtransparent-looking shell, though solid, 



very densely regularly set throughout with small warty 



!jranules. 



Species 31. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa stolida. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, suhpyramidali, 

 crassd, solidissimd, carulescente-cinered,fusco luteoque 

 tinctd et maculatd ; anfractibus plano-decUvibus, su- 

 perne subindentatis et rude irregulariler plicatis, inter- 

 stitiis obscure tenuicancellatls ; aperturd parvd, colu- 

 mella valde callosd, callositate breviter recurvd, labro 

 simpUci, fauce lavigatd, purpureo-fuscd. 



The heavy Nassa. Shell ovately conical, somewhat 



November, 1853. 



