Shell small, cylindrically oblong, slightly narrower towards the base, very glossy, smooth, 

 yellowish-brown, with more or less waved rufous lines and on last whorl a series of distanl 

 brown blotches, bordering the suture. Spire rather high, convexly conical, with a very blunt 

 rosy apex. Whorls 5 1 /,,, the nuclear ones convex, the lower ones nearly flat, slightly callous. 

 Sutures deep, widely channelled. Aperture oblong, rather blunt at the upper part, gradually 

 enlarged below, with a large canal above ; interior violet, outer margin nearly straight, moderately 

 thickened, basal sinus wide. Collumellar lip smooth above, with about 7 plaits towards the base. 



Alt. 13, lat. 4-/..; apert. alt. io 1 /,, lat. i 1 ^ Mill. 



I have named this species duóia, because it has a somewhat juvenile appearance, as 

 however the specimens of the three localities vary little in size and shape, it may also lx: that 

 no larger specimens exist. 



1 v Oliva ausfralis Duclos. 



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Duclos. Chenu. Illustr. Conch. Oliva, p. 14, PI. 9, fig. 3, 4; PI. 10, fig. 13 — 16. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. VI, Oliva, fig. 42. 



MARRAT. Thes. Conch. Vol. IV, p. 10, PI. 6, fig. 85— 88. 



W'EINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Oliva, p. 82, PI. 22, fig. 3, 4. 



TRVOX. Man. of Conch. Vol. V, p. 85, PI. 32, fig. 19, 20. 



Stat. 60. Haingsisi, Samau-island, Timor. 23 M. 2 Spec. 



14. Oliva nitidula Duclos. 



DUCLOS. Chenu. Illustr. Conch. Oliva, p. 13, PI. 11, fig. 3, 4. 



Marrat. Thes. Conch. Vol. IV, Oliva, p. n, PI. 6, fig. 90, 91. 



WEINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Oliva, p. 83 {paxillus var.). 



TRVON. Man. of Conch. Vol. V, p. 86, PI. 32, fig. 23 [paxillus var.). 



Stat. 133. Lirung, SalibaLu-island. Up to 36 M. Mud and hard sand. 1 Spec. 



As the specimen is smaller and not so broadly shouldered as O. paxillus Rve., but 

 agrees in these respects with the species of Duclos, I have left it separate, though it is no 

 doubt nearly allied. 



15. Oliva paiiuiculata Duclos. 



DUCLOS. Chenu. Illustr. Conch. Oliva, p. 12, PI. 6, fig. 15 — 18. 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. VI, Oliva, fig. jy. 



Marrat. Thes. Conch. Vol. IV, Oliva, p. 10, PI. 6, fig. 83, 84. 



WEINKAUFF. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Oliva, p. 84, PI. 22, fig. 10 — 12. 



Trvon. Man. of Conch. Vol. V, p. 86, PI. 32, fig. 24, 25. 



Stat. 60. Haingsisi, Samau-island, Timor. 23 M. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 66. Between islands of Bahuluwang and Tambolungan, south of Saleyer. 8 — 10 M. Dead 

 coral, Halimeda, Lithothamnion. 2 Spec. 



One of the specimens from Stat. 66 has two darkbrown bands in the aperture and I 

 think this is also the case with the other one, but the aperture is too much fïlled by the 



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