86 NASSARIA. 



longitudinalibus ; liris spiralibus, ad costas elevatis, duabus mediis 

 tuberculatis ; varice post labium magno, canaliculate ; canali 

 breviusculo, flexuoso, elevate- — Shorter than N. acuminata, with 

 depressed suture, and the two central spiral ribs rather prominent 

 on the longitudinal ribs in each whorl. Philippines, Cuming. 



3. nodicostata (f. 13), A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853. — N. 

 testa alba, pallide unifasciata, N. biluberculari simili, sed varice 

 post labium minori, canali rectiusculo ; sutura baud depressa. — 

 A pale shell, with smaller oral varix, straight canal, and less dis- 

 tinct suture than N. bitubercularis. Hab. ? 



4. varicifera (f. 3), A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853. — N. 

 " testa ovato-fusiforrni, rufescente, albido-varicosa ; spira acumi- 

 nata ; anfractibus octo, costis longitudinalibus et liris elevatis (ad 

 costas nodulosis) ornatis ; canali producto ; labio transversim 

 rugoso ; labio extus marginato, intus valde sulcato." — With the 

 general characters of the genus, this species presents the occasional 

 varices of Triton. Eastern Seas, Cuming. 



5. recurva (f. 17, 18), Sowb. Th. — N. testa subpyrauiidali, 

 pallide fulva, spiraliter alternatim sulcata, longitudiualiter costis 

 validis ornata; anfractibus rotundis, varice post aperturam canali- 

 culato, canali valde recurvo. — Resembling N. suturalis, but 

 without the grooved suture of that species. Ceylon, E. L. 

 Layarcl. 



6. nassoides (f. 4), Reeve (Triton), Conch. Icon. Triton, 96. — 

 N. testa fusiformi, albidi, fulvo late unifasciata, liris tenuibus ad 

 costas tuberculatis cincta ; spira acuminata ; anfractibus promi- 

 nentibus, costis longitudinalibus, crassis, medio anfractuum sub- 

 angulatis ; varice post aperturam valido, expanso ; canali elongato, 

 rectiusculo. — Remarkable for the expansion of the oral varix; 

 shape less like Nassa than any other species. Island of Luzon, 

 Philippines, Cuming. 



7. suturalis (f. 15, 16), A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850. — 

 N. testa subovata, pallida, fusco pallide trifasciata ; spiraliter 

 lineis elevatis validis lirata ; spira acuminata ; anfractibus dis- 

 tinctis, sutura profunda separatis ; varice post aperturam valido, 

 elevato, canali breviusculo. — Known by the grooved suture. 

 Malacca, Cuming. 



8. Sinensis (f. 8, 9), Sowb. Thes. — N. tesfa N. mdurali simili, 

 sed tenuiori, angustiori, liris spiralibus tenuibus, costis et varice 



