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With irregular squares, formed by the transverse and longitu- 
dinal lines. 
Whorls round, thick, resembling the N. hispida, A. Ad. 
Is broader and more elongated than the last, resembling 
varieties of the N. reticosa, A. Ad. (Name pre-occupied by 
J. Sow.) 
A variety closely allied to the N. splendidula, D’k’r., in both 
form and sculpture. 
A variety in size and marking similar to the small 
N. gemmulifera, A. Ad. 
Is an elongated, coronated shell, combining the character of 
five others—viz., N. elegans, Kein. (name pre-occupied by 
J. Sow., Min. Conch.), N. levigata, Marr., N. coronata, 
Brug., N. trifasciata, Gmel., and N, nodifera, Powis. 
Shell pale, ribs distant, smooth, closely allied to the 
N. bifaria, Baird. 
Shell pale, ribs broad, glossy; between the N. bifaria, Baird, 
and N. costate, A. Ad. 
Bifaria, Baird. New Caledonia. 
With more numerous plice developed towards the base. 
Andaman Islands. 
White, with two brown bands, ribs distant, very thin, the 
groove-line is close below the suture instead of distant 
from it. 
Ribs smooth, whorls turreted, passing into the N. clara, Marr. 
Labida, Reeve, pl. 27, f. 179. 
Multicostata, A. Ad. P.Z.S., 1851, p. 98. Reeve, pl. 20, 
f. 136. Philippines. 
Shell cream-coloured, with a central brown band, fusiform ; is 
the N. pulcherrima, Marr. Pamphlet, p. 10, pl. 1, f. 15. 
New Holland. 
2 Narrow and elongated, between narrow forms of N. nodifera, 
Powis, and N. planicostata, A. Ad. 
Planicostata, A. Ad. P.Z.S., 1851, p. 108. Reeve, pl. 12, f. 76. 
Payta, Peru. 
- with much stronger ribs, pl. 14, f. 94. 
Micans, A. Ad. P.Z.S., 1851, p. 106. Reeve, pl. 21, f. 140. 
Philippines. 
Very narrow and elongated; N. terebroides, Reeve, pl. 24, 
f. 161. =costata, A. Ad. (name pre-occupied. ) 
Multilineata, Marr. Pamphlet, p. 11. South America. 
