BUCCINID/. 55 
C. lactea, Reeve; Conch., Ic. (Buccinum), f- 117. Shell oblong 
ovate ; spire sharp ; whorls concayely impressed round the upper part ; 
columella arched ; interior of the aperture radiately ridged ; milky blue, 
marked with obscure black lines ; interior of the aperture yellow, stained 
with purple-brown, radiating ridges white (Reeve.) 
This species comes from Tasmania and Australia, according to 
Tenison-Woods, Brazier, and Bednall. Dr. Cox’s specimens probably 
came from Tasmania. 
Genus, NASSA-—Martini. 
Eyes on the middle of the tentacles; lingual teeth arched, pecti- 
nated ; uncini with a basal tooth; foot large, expanded, bifurcate at its 
posterior extremity ; operculum ovate, the margin serrated or entire. 
Shell-like Cominella ; columella lip callous, expanded, forming a 
tooth-like projection near the anterior canal. 
I have seen no species of Nassa from New Zealand, and think that 
there must be some mistake in the localities. 
N. rutilans, Reeve, Conch., Lc, f- 147. Shell accuminately ovate, 
smooth, shining, variegated longitudinally with ash, olive, and grey ; 
spire exserted, thinly plaited at the apex ; columella arched, but little 
callous ; lip thickly varicose, smooth (Reeve.) 
New Zealand. (Cuming.) Torres Strait. (Brazier, P.L.S. of 
N.S.W., 1, 2. 180.) 
N. nigella, Reeve, Conch., Ic.,f-173. Shell accuminately ovate, trans- 
versely grooved, longitudinally granosely ribbed ; swarthy brown within 
and without ; columella rather expanded, shining; lip simple, mar- 
gined without (Reeve.) 
New Zealand. (Cuming.) 
N. nove zealandie, Reeve, Conch, Ic., f. 186. Shell accumina- 
tely conical, mottled black and brown; spire sharp, with the suture 
impressed ; whorls slightly angled at the upper part, transversely linearly 
grooved, longitudinally strongly grain-ribbed ; columella twisted, white ; 
lip thin, varicose (Reeve.) 
New Zealand. (Cuming.) 
N. corticata, Adams; P.Z.S., 1851, p. 98; Reeve, Conch., Ic, f 
189. Shell ovately conic, produced at the spire, covered with a green- 
ish brown epidermis; whorls nodose at the upper part, last whorl 
ornamented in front with a sub-nodose belt, posteriorly coronated with 
nodules ; columella but little callous, two-plaited in front ; lip margined 
outwardly, ridged within (Reeve.) 
New Zealand.. (Cuming.) 
Sub-Family— Purpurine. 
Operculum oblong, nucleus elongate, forming the long outer edge. 
Eye usually near the tips of the tentacles ; siphon short ; foot moderate. 
Shell generally oval with a short spire, and the inner lip broad and more 
or less flattened. 
