VARIETIES OF NASSA. 
Broad, short, ribs very broad; this shell has the texture and 
is the colour of varieties of N. reticulata, Linn. 
Having the granules formed by the transverse and longitudinal 
lines square. 
Elongated, cancellation fine, approaching in colour, form and 
texture the N. sequijorenis, A. Ad. 
In this variety the upper whorls are finely cancellated, and the 
body-whorl is coarsely granular. 
3 Shell small, resembling in form, size and cancellation the 
N. ceelata, A. Ad., but is grooved below the suture. 
Philippines. 
Resembling the N. fasciata, Lam., in colour, but is broader, 
Nodules at the sutures large, showing an affinity with N. 
arcularia, Linn., var. pulla. 
With the ribs continuous, scarcely grooved below the sutures. 
Ribs broad, slightly raised, sutural granules white, interspaces 
red-brown. 
Ribs close, coronation distinct, resembling a large N. costata, 
A, Ad. 
Resembling No. 452, but more elongated and narrower. 
Small, hump-backed, combining the characters of N. globosa, 
(). and G., N. thersites, Brug., and N. marginulata, Lam. 
More elongated than the last, passing into the N. leptospira, 
A. Ad. 
Almost smooth, smoke-brown, callous thick, divided into two 
parts. 
With the last whorl smooth behind the lip, resembling 
N. stolata, Gmel. 
Semicostate, having the ribs only half their usual length. 
i elongated, polished, Gault. Test., pl. 43, f. P. 
Smooth, highly polished, more or less coronated at the 
sutures. 
In this shell the tubercles are elongated, forming short ribs. 
Smooth, polished, without any sign of tubercles at the sutures, 
N. leevigata, Marr. 
A variety of the last, with tubercles at the sutures. Marrat’s 
Pamphlet, pl. 1, f. 7. 
A variety of the last, with the tubercles elongated, semicostate. 
Resembling No. 452 in form, but differs from that shell in 
being cancellated. 
