NANINA. 77 



N. GODEFFR^OYANA, Garrett. PI. 22, fig. 19. 



Subperforate ot^im perforate, striated above, smoother below, 

 subpellucid, shining^ light yellowish corneous, paler on the 

 base ; whorls 7. Diam. 38, alt. 25 mill. 



Vanna Leuu, Viti Is. 

 N. PFEIFFERJ, Phil. PL 22, figs. 20, 21. 



Subperforate, smooth, shining, very thinly plicatulate at the 

 submargined suture; chestnut-brown, lighter below; becoming 

 whitish around the umbilicus, aperture chestnut-colored ; whorls 

 6-6^. Diam. 28, alt. 16 mill. 



Viti Islands. 



N. lurida, Gould (fig. 2 1 ) is a synonym. 



N. NOULETI, Le Guillou. PI. 22, figs. 22-24. 



Subperforate, closely obliquely striate above, with slight 

 sparse engraved spiral .lines, smoother and polished below; 

 chestnut to chocolate-brown, lighter, sometimes whitish around 

 the umbilicus ; whorls 5|. Diam. 29, alt. 15 mill. 



Viti Islands. 



' It is N. rubricata, Gould (fig. 23); N. inornata, Hombr. et 

 Jacq., and N. Otarese, Garrett (fig. 24). 



N. RUFESCENS, Grat. PL 22, fig. 27. 



Subperforate, a little shining, regularly closely striated above, 

 irregularly decussated by spiral lines, smooth below ; chestnut 

 brown, lighter below; whorls 6, suture submargined. 



Diam. 26'5, alt. 15 mill. 



Madagascar ? 



This is N. Grateloupi, Gray. Its distinctness from N. Nou- 

 leti, and its locality may both be questioned. 



N. HoYTr, Garrett. PI. 22, fig. 25. 



Subperforate, plicately striate below the suture, subpellucid, 

 shining; light yellowish brown, paler on the base, suture very 

 narrowly lined with chestnut; whorls 6. Diam. 21, alt. 15 mill. 



Tavinni /., Viti archip. 

 N. TENELLA, Garrett. PL 22, fig. 28. 



Subperforate, shining and very lightly striate above, smoother 

 and more polished below ; yellowish white, lighter on the base ; 

 whorls 6^ ; suture slightly margined. Diam. 17, alt. 11 mill. 



Kiva, Viti Islands. 



