414 HUBBUB. MELYILL AND STANDEN ON [June 18, 



Nassa (Hima) ischna Melv. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, near Maskat. 



M.C. Charbar, and elsewhere along the coast of Baluchistan, 

 not infrequent. There appear to be two varieties : one plain, uni- 

 colorous, the other banded with chestnut conspicuously below the 

 sutures. "We have noticed specimens, occasionally, varicose, as is 

 the case with JV. pt/gmcea, Ph. 



Nassa (Hima) mamillifeba Melv. 



P.G. 7 to 25 fathoms, mud. At Linjah, 3g to 5 fathoms. 

 At Hindarabi I. a pure white variety, which might be designated 

 vaar. hindarabica, occurs at 'Jo-oO fathoms, mud. In sculpture and 

 all other details it is identical with the tvpical form. 



M.C. Charbar. 



I. Karachi. 4 fathoms. 



This was considered a Niotiia at first, but it seems better placed 

 here. Many of the Adamsian subdivisions of this genus run into 

 each other; and such is the variation in many of the Nasser, that 

 individuals occur which possess, blended in themselves, certain 

 qualifications of two, or even three, of the subgenera. "We have 

 emended the spelling of the specific name, ' mammilli/era ' being 

 unclassical. 



Nassa (Hima) paupeha Gould. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman : Maskat, 15 fathoms. Also lat. 24° 55' N., 

 long. 57° 59' E. ; 37 fathoms, mud and sand. 



M.C. Charbar. 7 fathoms, rock. 



Identical with N. plebecula Gould, a very variable species. Some 

 of our examples are wholly pale stramineous, others are adorned 

 with a dorsal chestnut taenia across the base of the body-whorl. 

 Tryon (Man. Conch, iv. p. 47) may be right in uniting many so- 

 called species under this head. 



Nassa (Hima) pseudocoxcixna Sm. 



P.S. Gulf of Oman, rare. Lat. 27° N., long. 52° E. ; on tele- 

 graph-cable, 54 fathoms. 



I. Karachi. Bombay (F. W. T.). 



Nassa (Hima) stolata Gmel. (=omata Kien.). 

 P.G. No special locality. 



I. Bombay (F. W. T. and Abercrombie), amongst loose rocks 

 at low tide. Common southwards (Lt.-Col. H. D. Olivier). 

 We have this also from Calcutta (Lad;/ Hersclul). 



Nassa yabia>s Dkr. 



P.G. Telegraph-cable, amongst shell-growth ; 40 to 50 fathoms, 

 mud. Lat. 27° N., long. 52° E. 



Ctllene fuscata H. Ad. 

 M.C. Charbar Bay. On sand, 4-8 fathoms. 

 I. Bombay, abundant {Abercrombie). 



