OLIV A. 



Spucifs 5s. (Fig. a, Mus. Stecre ; Fig. i, c, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 

 Oliva .iaspidea. Olio, testa acimimto-oUongd, suhfnsi- 

 foroii, spird crse/id, columella tenuipUcatd ; albidu, 

 fusco profuse Muinte punctata, maculis reticulatis infra 

 suturas et ad zonavi iasalem, interdum cinereo aut 

 caruleo nehulatd et alhvpmictatd. 

 The .jasper Olive. Shell aciimiuately oblong, somu- 

 \vli:it fusitbnn, spire exscrted, columella finely plaited: 

 whitish, profusely minutely dotted with brown, with 

 blotches of net-work beneath the sutures and on the 

 basal zone, sometimes clouded with ash or blue and 

 dotted with white. 

 Fohda jaspidea, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 344.3. 



Oliva conoidaVm, Lamarck. 

 Hab. West Indies. Red Sea. 



Tliis pretty species is well characterized by the blotches 

 of net-work beneath the sutures, and by a pattern of simi- 

 lar design on the basal zone, whUst the intermediate space 

 is curiously wave-dotted. The specimens represented at 

 Fig. 58 a and 58 e are fi-om the West Indies, whilst the 

 blue-clouded variety at 58 i is from the Red Sea. 



Species 59. (Mus. Steere.) 

 Oliva Volvarioides. Olio, testa oblongo-ovatd, spird 

 brevi, acuta, columella muUiplicaid, plick brevibus, 

 subprominentibus ; undique vividii castaned, columella 

 el aperturiT fauce ccerulescente-albis. 

 VoLVARiA-LiKE Olive. Shell oblong-ovate, spire 

 short, sharp, columella many-plaited, plaits short, 

 rather prominent ; bright chestnut thi 

 meUa and interior of the aperture blui 



Th 



hout, colu- 

 diite. 



DucLos, Mon. Oliv. pi. 3.5. f. 14. 

 n„lj, ? 



The uniform chestnut colouring appears to be peculiar 

 to tlie species in this instance. 



■V- 



Species 00. (Fig. a, b, c,f, ilus. Cuming ; 

 Fig. d, e, Mus. Steere.) 

 Oliva carxeola. Olio, tesld obloyigo-cyliudraci 



brevi, columelld multiplicatd, pUcis brevibus ; ebnrned, 

 pnrpurascente dense reticnlatd, anfractiis ultimi rnar- 

 rjine postico punctato, deinde testa crassd, medio tu- 

 midd, plicis subevanidis, (inrantio-rnrnrolo ijivide fas- 

 ciatd. 

 The carnelio.v Olive. Shell oblong-cylindrical, spire 

 short, columella many-plaited, plaits short ; ivory- . 

 white, thickly reticulated with light purple, posterior 

 edge of the last whorl dotted, then shell thickened, 

 swollen round the middle, columellar plaits somewhat 

 faint, banded with bright orange-carnelion. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Desliayes' edit.) vol. x. p. 631 . 

 Varietates. 



Oliva todosina and Athenia, Duclos. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands (at depths varying from ten t<l 

 sixty fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 This species varies from the oblong-cyhndrieal purple- 

 netted state represented at Fig. 60 a, b, to the stout rich 

 orange-carnelion banded state at Fig. 60 e, the latter being 

 probably an overcoating of the former. In the specimen 

 figiu-ed at 60 d, c, a mixture of these patterns and coloiu-s 

 is represented, in which the purple net -work of tlie 

 former state is seen beneath a layer of the canidion 

 enamel of the latter. 



