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VARIETIES OF NASSA. 
Nodulosa, Marr. Pamphlet, p.4. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 
1873, p. 426; granules square, large. 
Brychia, Watson, granules in parallelograms. 620 fathoms. 
Gomera. 
Gruneri, D’k’r. (not Reeve!) Zeit. f. Malak., 1846, p. 171. 
Phil. Abbild., pl. 2, f. 2. Philippines. 
4 Albescens, D’k’r. Zeit. f. Malak., 1846, p. 170. Phil. Abbild., 
plie2e ad. 1d: Kast Indies. 
Granules coarser. Reeve, pl. 15, f. 100. Reeve, West Indies. 
Whorls rounder than either of the two last-named shells ; 1s 
the N. bicolor, Hom. and Jacq. 
Tsabellei, Reeve (not D’Orb. !), pl. 7, f. 47. 
With large granules ; is a white shell with a blue apex. 
Red Sea. 
Sordida, A. Ad. P.Z.S., 1851, p. 97. Reeve, pl. 15, f. 96. 
Philippines. 
Larger than the last, with rounder whorls. 
Moreton Bay, Australia. 
Small, cancellation fine, callous spreading. 
2 Another and still smaller variety ; shows a close affinity with 
the N. Wilsoni, Reeve (not C. B. Ad. !). 
Ribs strong, white, marbled with red-brown, apex brown. 
Taller and more elongated than the last, passing into the 
smaller varieties of N. marginulata, Lam. 
Gemmulifera, A. Ad. P.Z.S., 1851, p. 99. Reeve, pl. 20, 
f, 132, Philippines. 
Acinosa, Gould. Pro. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., May, 1849. 
Totombo, Adans., Sen. Senegal. 
Turbinea, Gould. Liberia, West Africa. 
Keenii, Marr. Pamphlet, p. 15. Philippines. 
Persica, v. Mart. 
= Deshayesiana, Issel. 
Webbei, Petit. Jour. de Conch., 1850. Marrat’s Pamphlet, 
pled, tf. 16: West Africa. 
Ringens, A. Ad., (Not Desmoulea!) Reeve, pl. 29, f. 190; is 
closely allied to the last. 
3 White variety. 
Cremata, Hinds. (Not Reeve!) ‘“ Voy. of Sulph.,” pl. 9 
ENE ; Ny ? ? 
f. 8, 9, not square grained, 
