OLIV A. 



Species 11. (Fig. a, Mus. Stecre ; Fig. i, c, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Oi.iVA FUSiFORMis. OUo. tcstd fusiformi-ovatd, rrassissi- 

 vid, poslice tumidcl, spird subampld, exsertd, pUcis cohi- 

 mellaribm posticis sidevaiiidis ,- alia, riifeKeu/e-ipn- 

 diceo undiqiie longitudinaUler fidgnratd, interdum hi- 

 fasciatdy columelld et aperlura fauce eburneis. 



The rusiFORM Olive. Shell fiisiforraly ovate, very 

 thick, swollen posteriorly, spii-e rather large, exserteil, 

 posterior columellar plaits rather faint ; white, lon- 

 gitudinally zigzag-streaked with reddish-f;iwn, some- 

 times two-bauded, columella and interior of the 

 aperture ivory-white. 



1j.^.marck, Anim. sans vert.(I)eshaycs' edit.jvol. x.p. OlS. 



Uab. West Indies. 



A very distinct species of .stmit solid growth, belonging 

 to the same type as 0. reticnliirin and JuUetn, in wliicli 

 the pattern is gathered along the spiral edge of the whorls 

 into points of a darker colour. 



Species 13. (Fig. a, JIus. Steere ; Fig. i, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Ouv.\ GIBB0S.\. Olio, testa fimifurmi-ovatd, obcm, m:s- 

 sissimd, valdii callosd, spird ucuminat.d, columelld valde 

 callosd, plicis fere occidtk ; cartdedautfavicante, ne- 

 bulosd ant strigald, fascid luted coiispiciid, iiiyricante- 

 fusco macidatd ad basin, spird et columelld luteo-alhidis, 

 apertura fauce crendescente-albd. 



The gibbous Olive. Shell fusiformly-ovate, stout, 

 very thick, very callous, spire acuminated, columella 

 very callous, plaits almost buried ; blue or pale yel- 

 low, mottled or streaked, with a conspicuous black- 



spotted yellow baud at the base, spire and columella 

 yellowish-white, interior of the aperture bluish- 

 white. 



roluta ffiUosa, Born, Mus. Vind, p. 315. 

 Olira ciuf/ulata, Chemnitz. 

 I'oluta utriculus pars, Gmelin. 

 Oliva utriculus, C'hcmnitz. 



An eadem var. ? Olira uebulosa, Lamarck. 



JM. Africa. 



This and the following species are both remarkable for 

 the callous deposit of enamel on the columella, which ex- 

 tends to and almost covers the spire. 



Species 13. (Fig. a, i, Mus. Steere.) 



Oliva Brasiliensis. OUv. testa subtrigono-ovatd, eras' 

 sissimd, solidd, spird plano-depressd, apice subacutd, 

 columelld valde callosd, plicis fere occuUis ; fulvo-spa- 

 diced, albo slrigatd, Uneis fuscescentlbus capillaribus 

 iiiterruptis sub lente trausversim notaid, zona lata sa- 

 luratiore ad basin. 



The Brazilian Olive. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 ovate, rather thick, solid, spire flatly depressed, rather 

 sharp at the apex, columella very callous, the plaits 

 almost buried ; fulvons-fawn, streaked with white, 

 transversely marked, beneath the lens, with brown 

 interrupted hair lines, and with a broad darker zone 

 at the base. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. pi. 147. f 1367, 13G8. 

 Foluta piuffuis, Dillwyn. 



Hab. BrazU. 



A shell of very solid growth, remarkably characterized 



by its depressed callous spire. 



