288 Niso. 



N. MARMORATA, Sowb. PI. 71, fig. 21. 



Solid, whitish tessellately marbled with chestnut; whorls 

 rather convex, the last rounded. Length, 23 mill. 



Philippine Islands. 

 N. INTERRUPTA, Sowb. PI. 71, figs. 22, 23. 



Whitish, shining, with linear chestnut truncated spots at the 

 varices, sometimes obsolete ; whorls numerous, the last with 

 angular periphery. Length, 19. mill. 



West Coast of Central America (Cuming). 



Dunker includes it in his Japanese list (Moll. Mar. Jap., 89). 



N. BRUNNEA, Sowb. PL 71, fig. 25. 



Solid, chocolate brown ; whorls convex, the last slightly angu- 

 lar on the periphery, and paler on the angle, umbilicus small. 



Length, 17 mill. 



Isl. of Hanan, China Sea. 

 N. GONIOSTOMA, A. Ad PI. 71, fig. 26. 



Solid, pale fawn-color, with a wide light chestnut-colored 

 band; whorls numerous, short. Length, 20 mill. 



Isl. of Burias, Philippines. 

 N. TEREBELLUM, Chemn. PI. 71, fig. 27. 



Solid, fawn-color, paler at the suture and around the umbilicus ; 

 whorls numerous, short, a little convex, umbilicus surrounded 

 by a keel. Length, 23 mill. 



Nicobar. 

 N. CANDIDULA, A. Ad. PI. 71, fig. 28. 



Solid, white ; whorls short, rather convex, umbilicus moderate, 

 columella arched. Length, 23 mill. 



Philippines. 

 N. SANDWICHENSIS, Sowb. PI. 71, fig. 29. > 



White, solid, last whorl broad, angular ; umbilicus small, round, 

 aperture acute below. Length, 8 mill. 



Sa n dwich Isl an ds. 

 N. ^GLEES, Bush. PI. 71, fig. 39. 



Thin, semitransparent, smooth, shining; whorls 12, suture 

 indistinctly defined by a dark chestnut line; above and below 

 this there is an indefinite band of yellowish white, becoming 

 gradually yellowish, light brownish or purple-brown towards the 

 middle of the whorls, periphery angulated, umbilicus margined 



