875 



punctatis; apertura magna; labio externo crasso, variat fusco 

 fasciato. 



Like a Nassa in form, conical and pointed, with raised strias, 

 which arc beaded and spotted with dark brown. One variety has 

 a broad brown band in the centre of the whorls. In Mr. Cuming's 

 collection from Port Natal. 



113. CERITHIUM RARIMACULATUM (pi. clxxxiti. f. 204), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa parva, elongata, alba, maculis rubescentibus picta ; 

 anfractibus angulatis tuberculiferis. 



A small white shell, with elevated spire, the whorls angulated 

 with a row of tubercles on the angle. Reddish-brown spots mark 

 the lower part of the whorls. Island of Zebu, Philippines. H. 

 Cuming. 



114. Cerithium Nassoide (pi. clxxxiii. f. 200, 201), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa parva, ventricosa, minute striata, alba, prope su- 

 turam rubro maculata ; anfractibus prope suturam angulatis, ul- 

 timo magno ; labio lineato. 



A neat little shell, shaped like a Nassa, very prettily marked 

 with red or black near the suture. It is in Mr. Cuming's collec- 

 tion, brought by Dr. Newcombe from the Sandwich Islands. 



115. Cerithium nivosum (pi. clxxxiii. f. 205), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa parva, alba, subventricosa, seriatim acute nodosum, 

 ad suturam moniliformi. 



A very small white shell, shaped like a Nassa ; it is delicately 

 beaded in series on the whorls, with a more prominent beading at 

 the suture. Mr. Hanley's collection. Locality unknown. 



116. Cerithium flammiculatum (pi. clxxxiii. f. 206), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa, brevi, grisea, rufo-nigrcscente flammiculata, medio 

 subventricosa, anfractibus seriebus tribus rotundatim granosa, 

 ultimo ventricoso ; apertura subtrigona ; labio externo nigrescente ; 

 canali brevissimo. 



A short species, prettily flawed with reddish-black between 

 three spiral rows of roundish grains. The figure is from a speci- 

 men in Mr. Hanley's collection. Mr. Metcalfe has two very small 

 specimens resembling it. 



117. Cerithium zebrum (pi. clxxxiii. f. 207, 208, 209), 

 Kicner, Sp. Coq. pi. 25. f. 4. C. dilectum, C. B. Adams. 



Cerith. testa parva, elongata, minute longitudinaliter et spirali- 



