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Reeve's fig. 59 (rnargaritifera) seems to be scarcely the same as Dunker's species. 

 The figure of Pilippi is more reddish-brown banded than any specimen I have seen (may it be 

 bleached?) but the description agrees in every respect, only I find the number of granules on 

 the columellar side more variable. 



46. Nassa (Niotha) angriasensis Melvill and Standen. 



Melvill and Standen. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1901, p. 412, PI. 33, fig. 13. 



Stat. 'i)'^. Bay of Pidjot, Lombok. 22 M. and less. Mud, coral and coralsand. i Spec. 

 Stat. 277. Kulewatti-bay, Dammer-island. 45 M. Sand, white and black mixed, i Spec. 



I at first thought the species might be new, but Mr. Melvill had the kindness to point 

 out the identity with his N. angriasensis^ adding that his figure was rather faulty, the description 

 agrees rather well, but the Siboga-specimens have additional brown markings between the bands 

 of last whorl, not mentioned in the original description. 



47. Nassa (Niotha) ge7ninulata Lamarck. 



Lamarck. An. s. vert. Ed. II, Vol. X, p. 169. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. VIII, Buccinum, p. 85, PL 22, fig. 84. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. VIII, Nassa, fig. 29. 



KUSTER. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. Ill, Buccinum, p. 10, PI. 3, fig. 10, il. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 55, PI. 17, fig. 312, 313. 



Stat. 204. Between islands of Wowoni and Buton. 75 — 94 M. Sand with dead shells, i Spec. 



The specimen is larger than Lamarck's type, measuring an inch in length instead of 

 10 lines. 



var. variegata A. Adams. 



A. Adams. Proc Zool. Soc. Lond. 185 1, p. 97. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. VIII, Nassa, fig. 70. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 55, PI. 17, fig. 314 [genimitlife'ra pars). 



Stat. 33. Bay of Pidjot, Lombok. 22 M. and less. Mud, coral and coralsand. i Spec. 



Stat. 47. Bay of Bima, near South fort. 55 M. Mud with patches of fine coralsand. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, West coast of Flores. Up to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells, i Spec. 



Stat. 64. Kambaragi-bay, Tanah Djampeah. Up to 32 M. Coral, coralsand. 3 Spec. 



Stat. 258. Tual, Kei-islands. 22 M. Lithothamnion, sand and coral, i Spec. 



Stat. 313. East of Dangar Besar, Saleh-bay. Up to 36 M. Sand, coral and mud. 4 Spec. 



Differing only from the typical gemmulata in size, though it is often more coloured, I 

 have seen specimens which agree in colour with the type, which is likewise not always constant 

 in this respect. 



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