NASSA. 



Plate XV. 



Species 96. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa sordida. Nass. (estd ovatd, allkld, fiisce-sceiite 

 fa-wiata ; spird mhacutd, suturd canaliculatd ; longitu- 

 diaalitcr costatd, costis acutis, mmierosis, liiieis im- 

 presm deciissatis ; columelld ralloso-Iaminatd, lubro 

 subi/wrassato. 



The soedid Nassa. Shell ovate, whitish, banded with 

 light brown ; spire rather sharp, suture channelled ; 

 longitudinally ribbed, ribs sharp, numerous, decus- 

 sated with impressed lines ; columella callously lami- 

 nated, lip rather thickened. 



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



Hai). Island of Siquijor, Phibppiues (on the reefs) ; Cu- 

 ming. 



A close-ribbed species rather impressed at the suttires, 

 with very much the aspect of a Cancellaria. 



Species 97. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa nodicostata. Nass. testa ovato-conicd, albidd, 

 fascia pallide falvd iuterruptd cinctd; an/raetiius 

 planulatis, superne angulatis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis angustis, distantibits, peculiariter nodulatis ; co- 

 lumelld excavatd, labro .mbincrassato, varicoso. 



The knotted-ribbed Nassa. Shell ovately conical, 

 whitish, encircled with a light fulvous interrupted 

 band ; ribs flattened, angled round the upper part, 

 longitudinally ribbed, ribs narrow, distant, peculiarly 

 noduled ; columella excavated, lip rather thickened, 

 varicose. 



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



Ilab. Island of Corrigidor, Philippines (in coarse sand at 

 sis fathoms) ; Cuming. 



This pretty species, like the preceding, has very much 

 the aspect of a Cancellaria. 



Species 98. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa tegcla. Nass. iestd ovaio-conicd, subgibhosd, lavi, 

 nigricante-cinered, fascia lutescente cinctd ; spird brevi- 

 tisculd, acutd ; aiifractibus superne angulatis, ad aiigu- 

 lum tuberculatis ; aperturd parvd, columella arcuatd, 

 callositute teiiiii repaudo, lahro crasse varicose. 



The slate Nassa. Shell ovately conical, rather gibbous, 

 smooth, blackish-ash, encircled with a yellowish band ; 



spire rather short, sharp ; whorls angled at the njjper 

 part, tubercled at the angle ; aperture small, columella 

 arched, with a thin spread callosity ; lip thickly vari- 

 cose. 



IM. ? 



A gibbous tubercled species of a peculiar livid slate- 

 colour, encircled with a yellowish band. 



Species 99. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa coeonula. Nass. iestd ovato-coiiicd, olivaceo-ci- 

 nered, albifasciatd ; spird brevi ; anfractibus adsiitiira.i 

 angulatis, longitudinaliter costatis, costis disiantibus, 

 solidis, ad angulum obtuse nodatis, albidis; aperturd 

 mittutd, columelld callosd, rugosd, labro itwrassato, 

 fauce liratd. 



The little crown Nassa. Shell ovately conical, olive- 

 ash, white-bauded, spire short ; whorls angled at the 

 sutures, longitudinally ribbed, ribs distant, solid, ob- 

 tusely noduled at the angles, whitish ; aperture very 

 small, columella callous, rugose, lip thickened, inte- 

 rior ridged. 



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



llab. Island of Corrigidor, Philippines (under stones at 

 low water) ; Cuming. 



A very solid wide-ribbed species, with somewhat the 

 aspect of a miniature Volute. 



Species 100. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa .\lbescens. Nass. testd ovatd, albd ; anfructibus 

 convexis, plicis tenuibm longitudhmlibus obliquis liris- 

 que transvers'is dense noduloso-cancellatis ; columelld 

 excavatd, callositate suhrepandd, fauce incrassatd, li- 

 ratd, labro simplici. 



The whitish Nassa. Shell ovate, white ; whorls con- 

 vex, densely nodulously cancellated with thin longi- 

 tudinal oblique plaits and transverse ridges ; columella 

 excavated, with a slightly spread callosity, interior 

 thickened, lip simple. 



Buccinum albescens, Dunker, Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. 

 Conch, p. 68. pi. 2. f. 15. 



Hub. West Indies. 



A delicate opake white shell, densely cancellated througii- 

 out. 



December, 1853. 



