"20 NKIUTA. 



N. OBAKULATA, Kcevc. PI. 1>, fig. :J() ; PI. 4, fig. 70. 



Blackish, spirally subcostalc or liralc; columrl lar area strongly. 

 granulated, outer lip very strongly plicate within. Diam. 17 mill. 



Hab. unknown. 



N. niAM KI.KON, Linn. PI. L>, figs. .",1-W ; PI. <J, fig. 4 ; PI. !), fig. 

 66. 



Shell with numerous, low, rugose spiral ribs, sometimes alter- 

 nately smaller, the interspaces varying from a mere line to the 

 width of the ribs, whitish, yellowish white or orange color, macu- 

 lated with dark grey, brown or black, often forming three indistinct 

 interrupted bands; aperture white, columellar area with a few 

 granules behind the marginal teeth, and some plication.-, on the 

 raised outer margin. Diani. _-"> -'!() mill. 



I'^txt Indies to Polynesia, East Africa. 



The synonymy includes N. Stella, Chemn. (figs. r')!-.'),')), A r . *</H<I- 

 nui/iiln, LeCJuillou ( li^s. o4-,')(J;, X. -motlf-xld, Jlombr. and Jacq. (fig. 

 37),? N. chloroleuca, Phil., N. xcuhrdla, Phil., X. A-ntbica,\\\v\v 

 (fig. 38), a tessellated specimen, A. <nrnit/nt.a, Reeve ( li.u's. :;!), 4), 

 N. bizonalis, Lam., and i)robably \. c/irtrimt, Reeve (fig. 66). 



N. I1XCAVATA, Sowb. PI. 8, fig. o 1. 



With strong, approximate, llatlened spiral ribs, black variegated 

 with white; aperture yellowish, black-margined, columellar aiva ex- 

 cavated, granular, marginal teeth tumid, acute, plications of lip 

 strong, the upper and lower larger. Diam. "2"! mill. 



//<i/>. unknown. 



Apparently not very different from A r . yranulata, Reeve. 



N. ORYZARUM, Keclu/. PI. ,'), fig. 40. 



With rather distant and faint low spiral riblets, black, with /ig- 

 /ag maculations and sometimes an interrupted band of white, lip 

 with faint plicate 1 denticles wit hin, columellar margin with three or 

 four minute denticles, the area with several small granulations, 

 its outer margin with a lew plications. Diam. 1 inch. 



Aracan (Ilanley ), I!<nt><i// ( Kcclu/). 



N. BEMIRUGOSA, K'eclu/. PI. .>, figs. 41-1:1. 



With numerous low riblets and much narrower grooves, whitish, 

 with usually small, frequently linear scries of black maculations, 

 sometimes undulated, or more or less confluent ; lip plicatciy 

 toothed within, columellar margin strongly three-toothed, the area. 



