NASSA.— Plate VI. 



Biwcinmn monile, Kiener, Icon. coq. vivantes, p. 68. pi. 11. 



f. 40. 

 Hub. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A fine solid species, longitudinally wave-plaited tliroiigh- 

 out, with a characteristic arroove beneath the sutures. 



Species 39. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa candens. Nass. testa acuminato-ovatd, tsolidiits- 

 cttla, albidd, fuscescente spardni, tinctd; spird acutis- 

 simd, suturd anguste canaliculatd; anfractibus plano- 

 cmivexis, granaio - reticidatis, (/ranis promineniibus, 

 submuricatis, intersiitiis pulcherrime elevato-lineatis ; 

 aperturd pand, columelld excavatd, corrngatd, callosi- 

 tate orbiculari erectd,fauce liratd. 



The glistening Nassa. Shell acuminately ovate, rather 

 solid, whitish, sparingly stained with light brown ; 

 spire very sharp, narrowly channelled at the suture ; 

 whorls flatly convex, granately reticulated, grains 

 prominent, rather prickly, interstices very beautifully 

 elevately lineated ; aperture small, columella exca- 

 vated, ^vrinkled, with an erect orbicular callosity, in- 

 terior ridged. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 9. f. 6 and 7. 

 Hab. Marquesas Islands; Hinds. 



One of the most elaborately sculptured species of the 

 genus, with an erect shining callosity at the aperture. 



Species 40. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa fasciata. Nass. testa ovato-conica, snbfusiformi, 

 alba, rvfo-fusco conspieue bifasciatd, undique seriatim 

 yranatd, grcmis promineidihus, obtwsis ; aperturd parvi- 

 usculd, columelld labroque breviliratis. 



The banded Nassa. Shell ovately conical, subfusiforra, 

 white, conspicuously two-banded with red-brown, se- 

 riately grained throughout, grains prominent, obtuse ; 

 aperture rather smaU, lip and columella short-ridged. 



Biicciuum fasciatimi, Quoy and Gaimard, Moll. Voy. de 

 TAstrolabe, vol. ii. p. 445. pi. 32. f. 18 to 21. 

 Nassa fasciata, Deshayes. 



Hab. South Australia. 



A white, obtusely grained shell, very conspicuously 

 banded with red-brown. 



