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Show 408 MR. E. A. SMITH ON SHELLS FROM ADEN. [June 16, Hinds, with which species he unites a considerable number of to my mind, are quite distinct species. 51. NASSA ALBESCENS, Dunker (var. FENESTRATA, Marrat). Hab. Red Sea, India, Ceylon, Seychelles, Singapore (Brit. Mus.); Mozambique, Philippines, Moreton Bay, Australia (Marrat). The above are the localities for the variety fenestrata. I am not sure that the shell figured by Reeve (Con. Icon. f. 100) is the same species as that described by Dunker under the name albescens. The latter is stated to be West-Indian, and although Reeve also quotes West Indies, the specimen he figures was probably Australian, as it agrees precisely with specimens in the Museum from that region. 52. NASSA CORONATA (Linn.). Hab. Natal, E. Africa, Seychelles, Andaman Islands, Darnley Island (Brit. Mus.). Other localities are Madagascar, Java, Philippines, &c. 53. NASSA GEMMULATA, Lamarck, var. Hab. Red Sea, Muscat, Japan, Philippines, Cape York, New Guinea, Queensland. Aden (Caramagna). The shells from Aden belong to the variety described by A. Adams under the name of N. verrucosa. They are considerably larger than Adams's type as figured by Reeve (Conch. Icon. f. 36). 54. NASSA FISSILABRIS, A. Adams. Hab. Philippines. This species is peculiar ou account of the unusually distinct sinus at the upper end of the labrum and for the development of the callosity above it. It is perfectly distinct from N. nodicostata and crenolirata of A. Adams and albipunctata, Reeve, which are all united by Tryon1, but which I consider separate well-defined species. 55. PHOS ROSEATUS, Hinds. Hab. Philippines. Only a single specimen was found by Major Yerburv. 56. RAPANA BULBOSA, Solander. Hab, China, Japan, Philippines. Red Sea, Kurachee, Singapore (Brit. Mus.). 57. PURPURA RUDOLPHI, Lamarck. Hab. Philippines, Natal. 58. PURPURA HIPPOCASTANUM, Lamarck. Hab. Red Sea, Seychelles, Amirantes, Mergui, Japan, Philippines, N.E. Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand (Brit. Mus.). Many other localities have been quoted for this species. The synonymy given by Tryon (Man. Conch, vol. ii. p. 162) is so ridiculous that it is beneath criticism. 1 Man. Conch, vol. iv. p. 40. |