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The habitat " West Indies/' given by Reeve, is erroneous. MS 

 is also that of " Chili,'' in Kiener. A goodly number of species 

 may be referred to this form with some confidence: They arc 

 N. plicata. Pease (preoccupied) = = N. appro.rimatd, Pse.. A 7 . 

 ftixca, Hombr. et Jacq. (tig-. 78), N. mitral i.x, A. Ad. (fin-. 79), N. 

 badia. A. Ad. (fig. 81), N. ciiinomomen, A. Ad. (tig;. 80). In 

 N. elegans, Reeve, not Kiener (fig. 82). the style of painting 

 varies considerably from the type, but I have before me a 

 similarly painted specimen, which is undoubtedly a N. hrnia. 



X. CANALTCULATA, Lam. PI. 9, tigs. 83-86. 



Ash-olive, sometimes faintly two banded with chestnut ; 

 sutures channeled and frequently crenulate ; upper whorls 

 closely ribbed, ribs sometimes apparent on the back of the body 



whorl. Length, 1*1-1*5 inches. 



Philippine Island*, Polynesia. 



N. Iwriti (Chemn.), H. and A. Adams (fig. 86) is a synonym. 



X. STOLIDA, A. Adams. PI. 10, fig. 87. 



Bluish-ash, sparingly blotched or banded with yellow and 



brown. Length, 1-25 inches. 



Hubitat unknown. 



Described from a single specimen, which is evidently of ab- 

 normal growth. 



X. UNiroLORATA, Kiener. PI. 10. figs. 88, 89, 90. 



Livid ash-color, sometimes stained or banded with brown ; 

 aperture chocolate-colored within. Length, 1-1*3 inches. 



Moluccas, Australia, Neio Zealand. 



A Bullia-\\\t species, normally very distinct, yet undoubtedly 

 closely connected by transition forms with N. canalicidata and 

 N. taenia. N. unicolor, Hombr. and Jacq., is identical; the 

 figure which I give (fig. 89) probably represents a similar shell 

 to that which Gmelin called N. trifasciata. N. rutilaitx, Keeve 

 (fig. 90), and probably N> </Iat/ra< Dunker, an nnfigured species, 

 belong here. 



X. VAHiriFEiiA, A. Adams. PI. 10, fig. 1)1. 



Whitish, with two brown bands ; whorls crossed occasionally 



by a varix. Length, 1 inch. 



'Japan. 



