Nassa zonalis, A. Adams (1852).

Proc. Zool. Soc., 1851, p. 107 (publ. 1852).

Specimens were collected at the Kermadec Islands by Miss Robison, of Christchurch, and I am again indebted to Professor W. H. Dall for naming them. They are much worn, and it may well be that these, and perhaps several other species that have been found washed up on the beach, were carried down on seaweeds by currents from a northerly direction. It seems most desirable that one or several good collectors should stay at the Kermadecs for several months and thoroughly investigate the interesting fauna of that group, including dredging. For the present all we can do is to put on record all the species found in the locality, leaving it to future workers to weed out the species not really living in the group. Dead specimens of Conus and Cypræa have also been found at the Kermadecs.