NASSA. 



Plate XVI. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 



N.tss.v MACULATA. Nass. testa anguste acuminata, lavi, 

 poUtd, lineis impressis distaniil/us cingulatd, alba, ma- 

 cuUs rufo-fuscis longitud'maUter flexuods bifasciatim 

 cincld ; aperturd parvd, fauce llratd, columelld brevi- 

 lamiiiatd, bad plicatd et snbproductd, labro varicoso. 



The blotched Nassa. Shell uareowly acuminated, 

 smooth, polished, encircled with distant impressed 

 lines, white, encircled with two bands of longitudi- 

 nally flexuous red-brown spots ; aperture small, in- 

 terior ridged, columella short-laminated, plaited and 

 rather produced at the base, lip varicose. 



AcicnUiia maculata, A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. March 

 1851. 



Hnb. Isle of Luzon, Philippines (in muddy sand at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



A polished Fidujia-liks species, faintly spotted with 

 brown. 



Species 104. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa teretiuscula. Nass. testa subturritd, lutescente 

 out cinereo-oUvaced, fascia aid. lined rufd cingulatd, 

 Irevi, nitidd, lont/itudinaliter plicatd ; aperturd parvd, 

 columelld brevi-laminatd, labro varicoso. 



The subtekete Nassa. Shell subturreted, yellowish or 

 ash-olive, encircled with a red band or Une, smooth, 

 shining, longitudinally plaited ; aperture small, cobi- 

 mella short-lamiuated, lip varicose. 



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



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



A small, shining, subtransparent shell, of an ash-olive 

 colour, encircled with a red Una or band. 



Species 105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa dealbata. Nass. testd subacuminato-conicd, opaco- 

 albd, fascid pallida luted cinctd, liris transversis et lon- 

 gitudinalibus confertim noduloso-reticulatd, sulco infra 

 suturas ; columelld brevilaminaid ; aperturd parvd, 

 fauce liratd, labro varicoso. 



The whitened Nassa. Shell somewhat acurainately 

 conical, opake-white, encircled with a faint yellowish 

 band, closely nodulously reticulated with longitudinal 

 and transverse ridges, with a groove beneath the 



sutures ; columella short-laminated ; aperture small, 



interior ridged, lip varicose. 

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

 Hab. Dumaguete, Isle of Negros, Philippines (in black 



coarse sand at eleven fathoms) ; Cuming. 



Sculptured throughout with a strong closely reticulated 

 pattern. 



Species 106. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa compta. Nass. testd ovato-coidcd, subacuminald, 

 fulvo-rufescente, prope suturas pallide variegatd ; an- 

 fractibus convexis, lavibus, prope apicem. costellatis ; 

 columelld callosd, labro subcalloso, fauce Ih-atd. 



The neat Nassa. Shell ovalely conic, somewhat acu- 

 minated, fulvous-red, palely variegated near the su- 

 tures ; whorls convex, smooth, finely ribbed near the 

 apex ; columella callous, lip rather callous, interior 

 ridged. 



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



Hab. Cape St. Antonio, Africa. 



A smooth, fulvous-brown shell, faintly blotched with 

 lighter colour at the sutures. 



Species 107. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa ceeotina. Nass. testd acuminato-turritd, lules- 

 cente-rosed, longitudinaliter pJicato-costatd, interstitiit. 

 obsolete clathratis, anfractu ultimo basi biliraio ; aper- 

 turd parvd, columelld subcallosd, labro varicoso. 



The waxen Nassa. Shell acuminately turreted, yellow- 

 ish-rose, longitudinally plicately ribbed, interstices 

 obsoletely latticed, last whorl two-ridged at the base ; 

 aperture small, columella subcallous, lip varicose. 



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



Hab. Australia. 



A narrow, acuminated shell, obliquely longitudinally 

 ribbed throughout with a delicate, yellowish-piuk, waxen 

 aspect. 



Species 108. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Nassa pallidula. Nass. testd ovaid, tienfricosd, pallida, 

 maculis fuscescentibus obscure bifasciatd ; spird sub- 

 acuminald, suturis anguste canaliculatis ; anfractibus 

 plano-convexis, Icevibui, basi sulcatis ; columelld arcit- 



December, 1853. 



