NASSA. 



Plate VII. 



Species 41. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa nodata. Nass. testa mhfmi/ormi-ovatd, crassd, 

 lutescerUe, basin versus nigricante b'lfasciatd, lougitudi- 

 iialiter plicato-costatd, transnermn liratd, lirisJiUfor- 

 mibus, castas super nodatis ; uperturd parviusculd, co- 

 lumelld brevilaminatd, labro simpUci, fortiter varicoso, 

 fame breviliratd. 



The knotted Nassa. Shell somewhat fusiformly ovate, 

 tliick, yellowish, two-banded with faint black to- 

 wards the base, longitudinally plicately ribbed, trans- 

 versely ridged, ridges thread-like, knotted on the 

 ribs ; aperture rather small, columella short-lami- 

 nated, lip simple, strongly varicose, interior short- 

 ridged. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 9. f. 14, 15. 



Hah. Straits of Malacca. 



A solid ribbed species, encircled with fine thread-like 

 ridges, which are knotted on crossing the ribs. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa stigmaeia. Nass. tmtd ovato-veiitricosd, riifes- 

 cente, alho-fuscoque variegatd et punctatd, transversim 

 et longitudinaliter incisd, granis intermediis convexo- 

 plauis, qiiadratis ; columella callosd, basi corrugatd, 

 labro smplici, fauce liratd. 



The makked Nassa. Shell ovately ventricose, reddish, 

 variegated and dotted with white and brown, trans- 

 versely and longitudinally engraved, intennediate 

 grains convexly flattened and square ; columella cal- 

 lous, wrinkled at the base, lip simple, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. Island of Siquijor, Philippines (under stones) ; Cu- 

 ming. 



A curious square-grained species, the sutural row of 

 grains being rather swollen and plaited. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa marginulata. Nass. testa ovato-acutd, longitu- 

 dinaliter plicatd, sulcis liuearibus transversis decussatd, 

 suhgranulosd ; albidd, olivaceo, fuseo et rufo tinctd et 



fasciatd ; anfractuum margine superiors crassiusculo, 

 erenulato ; columelld varie callosd, labro incrassato, 



fauce liratd. 



December 



The margined Nassa. Shell ovately acute, longitudi- 

 nally plaited, decussated with transverse linear grooves, 

 subgrauvdose ; whitish, stained and banded with oUve, 

 brown, and red ; upper edge of the whorls rather 

 thick and crenulated ; columella variously callous, lip 

 thickened, interior ridged. 



Buccinmn marginiilaiuvi, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Des- 

 hayes' edit.) vol. 10. p. 182. 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



There is mostly a very characteristic brown groove be- 

 low the sutures. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa venusta. Nass. testa ovato-acutd, crassd, dorso 

 gibbosd, albidd, caruleo lividoque fasciatd, punctis 

 fusci-s himttatd, longitudinaliter plicatd, plicis tenuibns, 

 fli'xuosis, stthirregularihus, liris subtilibus transversis 

 cancellatd ; spird breviusculd, acuta ; columelld labro- 

 que dense callosis, aperturd parvd, fauce liratd. 



The handsome Nassa. Shell ovately acute, thick, 

 gibbous at the back, whitish, banded with blue and 

 livid, two-fiUeted with brown dots, longitudinally 

 plaited, plaits thin, flexuous, rather irregidar, cancel- 

 lated with fine transverse ridges ; spire rather short, 

 sharp ; Up and columella thickly callous, aperture 

 small, interior ridged. 



Bucciuum vemistum., Duncker, Zeitschrift fiir Malac. 1847, 

 p. 59. 



Hab. Isle of Bali, Indian Ocean ; Largilliert. Island of 

 Corrigidor, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A solid characteristic species of a livid-blue colour, en- 

 cii-cled above and below the sutures with a fillet of brown 

 dots. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa dispak. Nass. testa ovato-conicd, crassd, subveu- 

 tricosd, cinered, albo lentiginosd, fusco ad sutura-s et 

 basin punctatd ; aiifractibus superne tumidis et obsolete 

 nodulosis, prope apicem plicatis ; columelld breviier 

 lamiuatd, fauce liratd. 



The diffeuent Nassa. Shell ovately conical, thick, 

 subventricose, ash-coloured, freckled with white, dotted 

 with brown at the sutures and at the base ; whorls 

 swollen and obsoletely nodulous round the upper 



, 1853. 



