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Shell ovately conic, reddish brown, encircled by a 

 yellowish white band ; wliorls 7, spirally striale and trans- 

 versely ribbed, a nodule appearing at Ihe top of each rib 

 just below the suture; sutures impressed; aperture oval ; 



Fig. 2. — Nassa Oherwimmerei B. Preston 



peristome varicosely thickened, bearing 4 denticles on 

 the inner side ; columella curved, slightly expanded out- 

 wards over the umbilical région and extending above 

 into a strong callus, two coarse denticles appearing just 

 inside the mouth one above and one below ; canal short. 

 Hab. — Fiji. 



H. B. P. 



