NASSA. 



Plate YI. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 



.Nassa angulifeea. Nass. testa omito-couicd, sublurritd, 

 fulvescente, nfo-fasciatd ; anfractihus convexis, superne 

 angulatk, longitudmaliter pUcatis, interstitiis striato- 

 cancellatis ; aperturd parviusculd, columella brenilavii- 

 natd, lahro simpUci, varicoso. 



The angled Nassa. Shell ovately conic, subturreted, 

 light fulvous, banded witli red ; whorls convex, an- 

 gled at the upper part, longitudinally plaited, inter- 

 stices striately cancellated ; aperture rather smaU' 

 columella short-laminated, lip simple, varicose. 



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



Hal). Galapagos Islands (at ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A small species, allied to the Tritou-like division of the 

 genus, distinguished by the angular contour of the whorls 

 round the upper part. 



Species 35. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa filosa. Nass. testa ovatd, suhoblique prachidd, 

 crassd, politd, nitente, cinereo-olivaced, aliilentiginosd, 

 fasciis subobsciiris duabus lineisque distantibus rufis 

 cingidatd ; spird Irevi, acutd ; anfi'actibus convexis, 

 suboblique declivibus ; aperturd pand, colmnelld labro- 

 que dense callosis, labro luteseente, immaculatd. 



The threaded Nassa. Shell ovate, somewhat obliquely 

 produced, thick, polished, shining, ash-olive, freckled 

 with white, and encircled with distant red lines, and 

 two obscure reddish bands ; spire short, sharp ; whorls 

 convex, rather obliquely slanting; aperture small, colu- 

 mella and lip thickly callous, lip yellowish, unspotted. 



Gray, Brit. Mus. 



Hab. Cagayan, Island of Mindanao, Philippines (in sandy 

 mud at twenty-five fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A very characteristic, shining, enamelled species, resem- 

 bling Cyllene in form. 



Species 36. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa verrucosa. Nass. testd acuminato-ovatd ; spird 

 acutd, suturd piano -canaliculatd ; undique seriatim 

 gratiosd, granis titmidis, perampliter verrucosis, lutes- 

 eente, rufo-fusco sparsim nebidoso ; aperturd parvd, co- 

 lumella lamind corrugatd tenui expansd, fauce Virata. 



The warty Nassa. Shell acumiaately ovate ; spire 



sharp, flatly channelled at the suture ; everywhere 

 seriately granuled, granules swollen, very largely 

 warty ; yellowish, sparingly clouded with reddish- 

 brown ; apertm'e small, columella with a thin ex- 

 panded wrinkled lamina, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. Dalaguete, Island of Negros, Philippines (at eleven 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 



Allied to N. gemmulata of the preceding plate, but the 

 granules are larger and more decidedly warty. 



Species 37. (Mus. Cuming.) ' 



Nassa hispida. Nass. testd ovato-conicd, soUdinsculd, 

 albd, fascia indistinctd olivaced notatd; spird acutd ; 

 aii/ractibus piano -convexis, widique fortiter seriatim 

 muricato-granosis, serie supernd distanliore et promi- 

 nente ; aperturd parvd, colmnelld excavatd, basi con- 

 tortd, labro simplici. 



The prickly Nassa. Shell ovately conical, rather solid, 

 white, marked with an indistinct olive band ; spire 

 sharp ; whorls flatly convex, strongly seriately prickly 

 grained throughout, the uppermost row being rather 

 more distant than the rest, and prominent ; aperture 

 small, columella excavated, twisted at the base, lip 

 simple. 



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



Ilab. Loon, Island of Bohol, Philippines (on the reefs at 

 low water) ; Cuming. 



A prominently prickly sculptured species, chaste in co 

 lourins; and elegant in form. 



Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa monile. Nass. testa ovato-oblongd, lavi, nitidd, 

 albidd, fasciis roseo-oUvaceis luteoque tinctd ; anfracti- 

 bus plano-convexis, superne indeniatis et granatis, de- 

 inde flexuoso-plicatis, basi sulcatis ; aperturd parvius- 

 culd, colmnelld labroque callosis, fauce liraid. 



The necklace Nassa. Shell ovately oblong, smooth, 

 shining, whitish, stained with rose-olive bands and 

 yellow ; whorls flatly convex, indented and gi'ained 

 at the upper part, then flexuously plaited, grooved at 

 the base ; aperture rather small, lip and columella 

 callous, interior ridged. 



December, 1853. 



