164 Mr. E. A. Smith on Molluscafrom the 



under Nassa, PJios, CUoneUa^ and Canfharus ; but the first 

 species he cites (under the name of Nassaria lyrata) is wliat 

 we now call Nassaria nivea. Probably the Messrs. Adams, 

 regarding this as the type of Nassaria^ gave it preference to 

 that of Hindsia. 



10. Latirus andamanicus. (PI. III. fig. 9.) 



Testa fusiformis, albida, epidermide tenui pallide oHvacea induta ; 

 anfractus 11, siipremi ties (nucleus) albi politi convexi, cagteri 

 convexiuscub, sed infra suturam leviter concavi, costis longitu- 

 dinabbus circiter 8 (in anfractibus ult. et penult, plus minus 

 obsoletis) instructi, bris tribus supra costas nodosis cincti, 

 striisque fibformibus undique ornati, ultimus infeme longe et 

 recte rostratus ; apertura alba, cum rostro longit. totius 4 paulo 

 superans ; columella leviter arcuata, pbcis duabus obbquis parum 

 conspicuis instructa ; cauabs fere rectus, augustus, elongatus, ad 

 extremitatem vix recurvus. 



Longit. 50 mibim., diam. 12 ; apertura cum rostro 27 longa, 5| lata. 



Hah. Off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, in 112 fathoms. 



In general aspect this species resembles certain forms of 

 the genus Fusus, but as two oblique folds, although but very 

 I'eebly developed, are present upon the columella, it seems 

 advisable to locate it in Latirus. 



The longitudinal costje are more prominent upon the upper 

 portion of the spire, and become almost obsolete upon tlie 

 body-whorl. The outer lip is very thin in both the shells 

 examined, but it is likely to become somewhat thickened in 

 more adult specimens, and probably would develop a few 

 internal Ynse. Both examples were more or less invested by 

 a species of sea-anemone. 



11. Pyrula Dussumieri, Kiener. 



Fyri/Ia JJmmmieri (Valeiicierines, MSS.), Kiener, Icon. Coq. Viv. 



p. 25, pi. xi. ; Tryon, Man. Conch, vol. vii. p. 2G6, pi. v. fig. 30. 

 Ficula Dussvmieri, Eeeve, ConcL. Icon. vol. iv. pi. i. fig. 2 ; Sowerby, 



Thesaurus, vol. iv. pi. ccccxxiii. fig. 5 ; Kobelt, Conch.-Cab. ed. 2, 



p. ]0, pi. i. fig. 1. 



Hal. China Sea {Kiener, &c.) ; Bay of Bengal, lat. 20° 18' 

 N., long. 90° 50' E., in 65 fathoms {^Investigator'). 



The specimens dredged alive in the Bay of Bengal are veiy 

 fragile, being only about half-grown. Their presence in this 

 locality to some extentv confirms Beeve's assertion that this 

 species was " collected by M . Rousseau, a zealous naturalist 

 attached to the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, during a voyage to 

 Madagascar and the Seychelle Islands." 



