OLIVA.— Plate XXIll 



Hull. West Indies. 



Eiicirrled with a brnnd Imnd of delicately painted rose- 

 purple net-work upon a semitranspareut yellowish-white 

 o-round, the columella and interior of the apertiu-e being 

 fi-ee from anv tinge of colour. 



Species 65. (Fig. a,b, Mus. Steere.) 

 ()li\a Esthek. Oliv. testa ovntd, crassa, obesd, spird 

 lircmiiticvld, cohtmelld arcuatd, obscure muUipUcatd, 

 \iipfnir caUosd ; alba, linek plurimis fmcesceutibm 

 'irrcqnkir'itKr nndatd, vix reficj/latd, fascid castuned 

 (jiHiusfd nd basin, columelld et apertiira fauce alhis. 

 TuK Esther Olive. Shell ovate, thick, stout, spire 

 rather short, columella arched, obscurely many- 

 plaited, callous at the upper part ; white, irregularly 

 waved, scarcely reticulated, with numerous pale 

 brown lines, with a narrow chestnut band at the 

 base, columella and interior of the aperture white. 

 DucLos, Mon. Oliv. pi. 3. f. 7, «. 



A shell of short stout growth, in which the jiaii 

 the character of an unravelled net -work. 



66. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Oliva nana. Ol'm. testd subirigono-ovutd, superne tumidd, 

 caUosd, spird brevi, columelld valde callosd, pracipue 

 versus spiram, basi obscure mii- bi-plicatd ; albidd aut 

 spadiceo-lutescente, medio lineis castaneis acute angulu- 

 iis concentrice undatd. 



The dwakf Olive. Shell somewhat triangularly ovate, 

 swollen and callous round the upper part, spire short, 

 columella very callous towards the spire, base ob- 

 scurely one- two-plaited ; whitish or light fawn-yel- 

 low, concentrically waved round the middle with 

 zigzag chestnut lines. 



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

 Voluta micnns, Dillwyn. 



Uab. West Indies. 



This little species is well characterized by its swollen 



callous growth round the upper or ])osterior edge of the 



whorls, and bv its concenti-ie zigzag style of paintius. 



