NASSA. 



Plate VIII. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 



N.iSSA GAUDIOSA. Nass. tesfd acuiuiiicdo-ova/d, Irevigatd, 

 c'mereo-nigricaide et fmco fasciatd, ulbo lentiginosd, 

 longitud'maliter plicald, pllcis ad suturas mucronatis, 

 deinde exianescentihm ; aperturd parvd, fauce liratd, 

 columella brevi-lnmhiald. 



The joyful Nassa. Shell ncuminately ovate, smooth, 

 banded with ash-black and brown, freckled with 

 white, longitudinally plaited, plaits pointed at the 

 sutures, then fading away ; aperture small, interior 

 ridged, columella short-laminated. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 9. f. IG, 17. 



Hab. Straits of Malacca ; Hinds. 



The plaits of this species have the appearance of being 

 worn away in the centre of the whorls. 



Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa crenellifera. Nass. testa siibacuvdnato-ovaid, 

 albidd, fulvesceide obscure fasciatd ; spird acuta ; an- 

 fracilbus ad suturas coucavo-canaUculatis, longitudi- 

 tmUter crebriliratis, siilcis Uriearibus decussatis ; colu- 

 melld subexcavatd, labro subiiicrassato, varicose, fauce 

 liratd. 



The crexulated Nassa. Shell somewhat acuminately 

 ovate, whitish, obscurely banded with liglit fulvous ; 

 spire sharp ; whorls coneavely channelled at the su- 

 tures, longitudinally closely ridged, decussated with 

 linear grooves ; columella slightly excavated, lip 

 rather thickened, varicose, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. ? 



A closely netted species, with a peculiar finely concave 

 channel at the sutures. 



Fig. 50 and 51. (!Mus. Cuming.) 



The shells here figured, though differing much at first 

 sight from those represented in the preceding plate as N. 

 margimdata, appear to be varieties of that species. They 

 vary chiefly in having the longitudinal ridges more or less 

 strongly developed, and in being with or without a callo- 

 sity at the apertui-e. 



Species 52. (Mus. Cuming). 

 Nassa lachrymosa. Nass. testd subfisiformi-ovatd, la- 

 vigatd, carulescente-cinered, zonulis duabus pallidis 

 cinctd ; anfractibus snperne serie granularum albarum 

 ornatis, granulis duabus pone labrmn in plicis descen- 

 dmiibus ; columella callosd, labro lativaricoso, fauce 

 liratd. 



The weeping Nassa. Shell somewhat fusiformly ovate, 

 smooth, bluish-ash, encircled with two pale zones ; 

 whorls ornamented at the upper part with a row of 

 white granules, two granules behind the lip descend- 

 ing into plaits ; columella callous, lip broadly varicose, 

 interior ridged. 



Hab. ? 



A subfusifonn species, of an obscurely banded ash co- 

 louring, encircled just below the suture with a character- 

 istic row of white granules. 



Species 53. (Mus. Cuming). 



Nassa Siquijorensis. Nass. testd ovatd, subturritd, 

 rufescente, fascid pallidd cinctd, longitudinaUter cos- 

 tellatd, custellis pernmltis covfertis, inierstitiis striato- 

 cancellatis ; suturd plano-canaliculatd ; columeUd cor- 

 rugatd, tenue laminatd, labro muricato-denticulato, 

 fauce liratd. 



The Siquijor Nassa. Shell ovate, subturreted, reddish, 

 encircled with a pale band, longitudinally finely 

 ribbed, riblets very numerous, close -set, interstices 

 striately cancellated ; suture flatly channelled ; colu- 

 mella wrinkled, thinly laminated, lip prickly denticu- 

 lated, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. Island of Siquijor, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Closely allied to N. creneUifera in form, sculpture, and 

 painting, though apparently distinct. 



Species 54. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa punctata. Nass. testd acitminato- ovatd, ItFvt, 

 cinered, albipunctatd, liiieoUs rnfis ciiigulatd ; spird 

 acuta ; aifractibns phiuo-declivibus, ad suturas grano- 

 crenulalis , granis fusco punctatis ; cohnnelld lamina 

 subaurantid callosd expansd, labro oblique produclo, 

 fauce liratd. 



The dotted Nassa. Shell acuminately ovate, smooth, 

 ash, dotted with white, encircled with fine red lines ; 

 spire sharp ; whorls flatly slanting, granosely crenu- 

 lated at the sutures, grains dotted with brown ; colu- 

 mella with an orange-tinted callous expanded lamina, 

 lip obliquely produced, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. Puerto Galero, Province of Albay, Island of Luzon, 

 Philippines (in coarse sand at six fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A flatly slanting, sharply acuminated species, of a dark 

 white-freckled ash-colour, with a charactei'istic grain-cre- 

 nulated border to the edsre of the whorls next the sutures. 



December, 1853. 



