JAPANESE MOLLUSK8, NAS8ID^. 35 



Nassa (Arcularia) leptospira A. Ad. 



Nassa (Niotha) gemmulata Lam. C. Icon., f. 29 ; Ann. Mag., 1875, p. 422. 



Kii Coast (Stearns) ; Goza Harb., 6 fath. (St. John) ; Bay of 

 Yedo (Lischke) ; Kagoshima (Stimp.). 



Specimens of extraordinary size collected by Mr. Stearns. 



Nassa (Niotha) gemmulifera A. Ad. Ann. Mag. N. H., 1870, p. 425 j C. Icon., f. 

 132. 



Seto-Uchi ; Akasi ; Kino-Oshima (Ad.). Near N. albescem Dkr. 



Nassa (Niotha) stigmaria A. Ad. Ann. Mag., 1875, p. 423, C. Icon. f. 42 j Syn. 

 N. densigranata Rve., C. Icon., f. 181. 



Ooshima Harbor, 8, fins. ; E. of Goto Is. (St. John). 

 Nassa (Niotha) cumingii A. Ad. C. Icon., f. 30. 



Takano-Shima, Tatiyama (Ad.). 

 Nassa (Niotha) marginulata Laink. Ann. Mag., 1875, p. 422, C. Icon., f. 43. 



Ooshima Harb., 8 fath., and a variety from Yamada Harb. (St. 

 John) ; Satanomosaki (Ad.). 

 Nassa (Niotha) caelata A. Ad C. Icon., sp. 133. 



Moso-Seki ; Seto-Uchi (Ad.). 

 Nassa (Niotha) livesoens Phil. Lischke, J. M. C., II, p. 52, pi. 4, f. 1-3. 



Tokyo Harbor ; Kiushiu (Stearns) ; Nagasaki and Deshima 

 (Lischke). 



Is not the N. keineri Dh. (Tryon, Man. Conch., IV, p. 53) syno- 

 nymous with this? The large number of specimens obtained by 

 Mr. Stearns fully connect the forms. 

 Nassa (Niotha) albescens Dkr. Phil., Abbild., p. 68, pi. 2, f. 15 (Buccinum). 



Deshima (Dkr.). 

 Nassa (Hehra) muricata Q. & G. Astrol., pi. 32, f. 32, 33. 



Okino-Shima, Tsaulian (Ad.) ; Japan (Stearns). 



Nassa (Hima) festiva Powis. Dkr., Moll. Jap., pi. 1, f. 22, N. hrata, vidt 

 Lischke, J. M. C., II. p. 53. 



Kiushiu, Inland Sea (Stearns) ; Nagasaki'and Deshima (Lischke) ; 

 Hakodate (Ad.) ; Ukushima, Goto Is. (St. John). 

 Nassa (Hima) dealbata A. Ad. P. Z. S., 1851, p. 112 ; C. Icon., f. 105. 



Japan (Stearns). Probably a form of N. festiva. 



Nassa fuscolineata E. A. Smith. Ann. Mag., 1875, p. 423. 



Cape Shima, 18 fath., sand and broken shell (St. John) ; Tokyo 

 Harbor (Stearns) ; N. shore of Prov. Tango (Gaines). 



