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Show 808 MR. E. A. SMITH ON MARINE SHELLS [Nov. 5, 16. NASSA TAENIA, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3493 ; Knorr, Vergniig. v. pl. 10. fig. 3. N. olivacea, Bruguiere, Reeve, fig. 19; Kiener, pl. 15. fig. 53 Hab. "West Indies" (Lamarck and Beeve) ; Ceylon and Chili I T\lP7)P7i i* *i • "West Indies," which is cited by some authors as the home of this species, is doubtless erroneous; for it is scarcely possible that any species of Mollusca living on the shore between tide-marks could be found inhabiting such remote localities as the Andaman Islands and the West Indies. It was collected by Cuming on mud banks in the Bay of Manilla ; and the specimens obtained by Capt. Wilmer were found on the mud in mangrove-swamps. 17. NASSA LURIDA, Gould, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat Hist 1849, vol. iii. p. 153 ; Atlas, Wilkes's Explor. Exped. pl. 19. fig. 32o a, c ; Otia, p. 68. N. dispar, A. Adams, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 96; Reeve, Conch.Ic. fig.45. Hab. Samoa Islands (Gould) ; Philippines (Beeve). 18. NASSA BIFARIA, Baird, Cruise of the Curagoa, p. 436, pl. 38. figs. 1, 2. (Plate L. fig. 7.) Hab. New Caledonia The type of this species was brought from New Caledonia. 1 he Andaman specimens differ from that form in a few respects: the plicae on the body-whorl are more numerous and more developed towards the base ; and the transverse sulci on the central portion are generally more pronounced. 19. NASSA MONILE, Kiener, Coq. Viv. pl. 11. fig. 40; Reeve, Conch. Ic. fig. 38. Hab. Philippines. 20. NASSA MARGARITIFERA, Dunker. Buccinum margaritiferum, Dkr., Philippi's Abbild. vol. hi. pl. 1. fig 12. (Non Nassa margaritifera, Dkr., Reeve, figs. 59 a, b.) N. costellifera, A. Adams, P. Z. S. 1851, p.l 13 ; Reeve, figs.58 a, b. Hab. Rocks below Ross Island ; Port Blair (Wilmer). The shell figured by Reeve as margaritifera of Dunker certainly is distinct from that species, and may possibly be a closely ribbed variety of Nassa mnrginulata, Lamarck. 21. NASSA STIGMARIA, A. Adams, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 96 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 42. Hab. "Dredged in deep water, Port Blair" (Wilmer). Other localities are Japan, Philippines, and New Caledonia. The specimens from the Andaman Islands are very much smaller than that figured by Reeve, having only a length of 10 to 13 millims. In all other respects they agree very well, varying one from another |