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cincta ; anfr. 8 convcxis eleyatis : apertura ovata ; labro acuto 

 pallidointus polito; rostro pallido ; columella arcuati porcellana; 

 fauce livida vittis binis pallidis ornata. Axis 12 ; diam. 8 millim. 

 Inhabits Ousima, off the coast, in 2 fathoms, coarse clean sand. 

 W. s. 



Allied to A 7 , zonalis, but is much larger. 



Nassa quantula. T. parva, subtenuis, ovato-globosa, rufo- 

 albida ; anfr. 6 convexiusculis, plicis ad 12 et filis confertis vol- 

 ventibus quorum uno postmediano rufo ornatis: apertura ampla 

 rotundato-ovata ; labro extus incrassato. Axis 7 ; diam. 3 millim. 

 Inhabits St. Simon's Bay. W. S. 



Nassa optata. T. subtenuis, ovato-conica, acuta, polita, 

 albida demum ferrugineo variegata ; anfr. 7 convexiusculis ad 12- 

 plicatis, plicis ad anfr. ultimum tandem carentibus, striis volven- 

 tibua 5 quorum praesuturali profundiore gemmulas efformante 

 secantibus ; sutura profunda : apertura late ovalis ; labro intus 

 lasvi, extus incrassato rufo variegato ; columella admodum callosa. 

 Axis 10 ; diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Sydney Harbor. W. S. 



Very closely resembles the figure of N. Gayi of the Conch. 

 Iconica, which, however, is believed to represent a larger and 

 more ventricose shell than that of Kiener. 



Nassa dermestina. T. parva, elongato-ovata, postice acuta, 

 cinerea; anfr. 7 rotundatis 15-16 plicatis et filis ordinatim cinc- 

 tis ; sutura impress!, : apertura parva, rotundata ; labro incras- 

 sato intus denticulis et sulcis instructo ; columella excavata leviter 

 plicata. Axis 8 ; diam. 4 millim. Inhabits Kikaia. W. S. 



Nassa plebecula. T. parva, solida, elongata, ovato-conica, 

 albida; anfr. 8 sutura profunda sejunctis, plicis ad 16 ornatis 

 plerumque ad anfr. ultimum carentibus, et filis nitidis rufescenti- 

 bus ad 5 cinctis quorum uno majore : apertura parva, subrotunda ; 

 labro albo intus denticulate* et sulcato, extus late incrassato, fusco 

 maculato ; rostro abbreviate Axis 15 ; diam. 7 millim. Inhabits 

 Ousima. W. S. 



More slender than A 7 ", ambigua and incrassata, but closely 

 allied. 



Nassa pediculixa. T. parvula, solida, ovato-conica, rudis, 



