NASSA. 



Plate XIII. 



Species 82. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa concinna. Nass. testa omto-conicu, peracidd, 

 pallide fidvd, fasciis saturatioribua cinctd, loiiyitudi- 

 ualiter creberrime undato-pUcatd, striis impressia con- 

 fertis eleganter decuisatd ; aiifractibus rotundatis, gra- 

 tmlis moHiliformibus ad suturas ; aperturd ovali, colu- 

 mc'Ud siibnigom, lahro crasnii vnficoso,fauce lirata. 



The pretty Nassa. Shell ovately conical, very sharp, 

 light fulvous, encircled with darker bands, longitudi- 

 nally very closely wave-plaited, elegantly decussated 

 with close-set impressed strias ; whorls rounded, with 

 a necklace of grains at the sutures ; aperture oval, 

 columella rather rough, lip thickly varicose, interior 

 ridged. 



Powis, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 95. 



Hah. Toobouai, Polynesia (on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



A pretty, close, concentric wave-ridged shell, with a 

 thick white varix behind the lip. 



Species 83. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa foveolata. Nass. tedd obloiigo-ovatd, aWidd, 

 loiiglludinaUter de/ise plicato - costellatd, iiitcT.ititii.1 

 cance/latis ; columelld subrugosd, labro varicose. 



The pitted Nassa. Shell oblong-ovate, whitish, longi- 

 tudinally densely plicately fine-ribbed, interstices can- 

 cellated ; columella subrugose, lip varicose. 



Dunker, MSS. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Hab. — ? 



A cancellated species, allied to the preceding, with the 

 longitudinal riblets less close together. 



Species 84. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa Leptospira. Na^s. testa omid, dorso gibhom ; 

 spird productd, acuta, lutescente-cinered, longitudina- 

 Uter plicatd, interstitiis cancellatis, bast Uratd ; colu- 

 melld corrugatd, callo luteo crasso late repaiido, faiwe 

 Uratd. 



The thin-spired Nassa. Shell ovate, gibbous at the 

 back ; spire produced, sharp, yellowish-ash, longitu- 

 dinally plaited, interstices cancellated, ridged at the 

 base ; columella wrinkled, with a thick wide-spread 

 yellow callosity, interior ridged. 



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



Hab. Ilo Ilo, Isle of Panay, PhUippiues (on mud-banks at 

 low water) ; Cuming. 



A gibbose, close, concentrically plaited species, with a 

 wide-spread callosity and sharp apex. 



Pig. 85. (Mus. Cuming.) 



A delicate, pink-freckled variety of N. gaiidiosa, de- 

 scribed at Plate VIII. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa Miga. Naas. testa oruto-tiirrild, loiigitudinaliter 

 oblique plicatd, liiieis iii/pressis cliigiilatd, lutescente 

 aut rosacea ; aperturd parvd, subrotundd, columelld 

 brevilaminatd, fauce Uratd. 



The Miga Nassa. Shell ovately turreted, longitudinally 

 obliquely plaited, encircled with iiupressed lines, yel- 

 lowish or pink ; aperture small, somewhat rounded, 

 columella short-laminated, interior ridged. 



Le Miga, Adanson, Voy. au Senegal, jjI. 8. f. 10. 

 Buccinum Miga, Bruguiere. 

 Na.isa Miga, Deshayes. 



Hrib. Coasts of Barbary and West Africa. 



The plaited ribs of this species run obliquely from right 

 to left, not from left to right, as is commonly the case. 



Species 87. (jMus. Cuming.) 



Nassa Gayi. Nass. tesid ovato-ai/gustd, acuminatd, fus- 

 cesceiite, longitudinaUter plicatd, trauscersiiii striatd, 

 granulosa; anfractibim couvexi-mcuUs, ad suturas mar- 

 ginatis ; columelld vix callosd ; aperturd parvd, albd, 

 ovatd, fauce Uratd. 



Gay's Nassa. Shell ovately narrow, acuminated, brown- 

 ish, longitudinally plicated, transversely striated, gra- 

 nulated ; whorls rather convex, margined at the su- 

 tures ; columella scarcely callous ; aperture small, 

 white, ovate, interior ridged. 



Kiener, Icon. coq. vivantes, p. 71. pi. 21. f. 79. 



Hah. Coast of Peru. 



A brown, acuminated, grain-plaited species, with a small 



aperture. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa fida. Nass. testd subglobosd, crassd, longitudina- 

 Uter plicatd, plicis subdistautibus, conspicue granosis, 

 lutescente-albd, cinereo unifasciatd ; spird brevi ; an- 

 fractibus supenie coHcaw-htdentatis ; aperturd parvd, 

 columelld brevilaminaid, suhrugosd. 



The tedsty Nassa. Shell subglobose, thick, longitudi- 

 nally plaited, plaits rather distant, conspicuously gra- 

 nose, yellowish-white, encircled with an ash band ; 

 spire short ; whorls concavely indented round the 

 upper part; aperture small, columella short -lami- 

 nated, subrugose. 



Hab. ? 



A small, stout, rather prickly grained shell, each whorl 



being concavely indented below the suture. 



December, 1853. 



