L I V A 



Plate XXVII. 



Species SI. (Fig. a,b, JIiis. Steerc.) 



Oliva oryza. Oliv. teHd acamiiiato-obloiiga, erassiuscula, 

 spird fxsi'iid, columelld muUlpUcata; ebiirued, Unek 

 Jlexnosk fuscesnutibm bdenhim paUidmiiiie thictd, 

 (ip'wf nunc cefriih'ncente, uitiic rufo-tmrantio. 



The nicE-GRAiN Olive. Shell apuminately oblong, 

 rather thick, spire exserted, coliimellii many-plaited ; 

 ivory-white, .sometimes faintly marked with light 

 brown Hexnons lines, apex now bluish, now reddish- 

 orange. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.) vol. x. p. (131. 



Hab. -^ 



The colouring of the apex 

 feature in this species. 



I'haracteristio | 



.Species S2. (Pig. «, i, Mns. Steerc.) 

 (Jliva triticea. Ollv. leatd mbjuaifortiii , xp'ird rnhle 

 I'j-xerld, coIumifUd bmi obsaire mdpVicjdd, calluao-ron- 

 Iniid .- albidd, riifo-fnuco rntiapicii'i' tcKsellnld ct xtri- 



,,utd. 



The wHEAT-GKAiN (Jlive. Shell somewhat fnsiform, 

 spire much exserted, columella ol)seurely one-plaited 

 at the base, callously twisted : whitish, conspicuously 

 tessellated and streaked with red-bro^\n. 

 DucLos.Mon.01iv.pl. l.f. 8.-1. 



Hab. ■' 



Distniguished by its elongaled torni and blotchy tessel- 

 lated painting. 



■iS. (Fig. »,^. Mu>. 



Oliv. 



.MODESTA. Olic. laid vijUiidnifvu-i)bhmijd, apice 

 (wnmiiiatd, columeUd redd, midtiplictitn ^ fi]hidd,fi"i- 

 'X-'icmte lutifasciatd, macnlk puticthiini; J'lisria proniis- 

 cm siibobsciov mtutd. 

 The modest Olive. Shell cylindrieally oblong, acumi- 

 nated at the apex, columella straight, many-plaited ; 



whitish, promiscuously rather obscurely blotched and 

 dotted with brown. 



The marking of this species bears ; 

 to that of 0. kaleoidina. 



Species S-l. (Fig. a, i, Mus. Steere.) 

 Oliva .monilifera. OUv. tesld stdjiicii„iiiiii/ij-i//j/oi/;/d, 

 xpird crseiid, columelld sitbarcuaid, bast ,,iiilliii!ir,itd ; 

 albd, ni/o-fiiscesceiite e suturis in striijis dvmnidi-ntf, 

 deinde dense varmjatd, artfraciumn margine superno 

 nitide castatieo punctato, bad castaneo fasciatd. 

 The necklace-marked Olive. Shell somewhat acu- 

 minately oblong, spire exserted, columella slightly 

 arched, many-plaited at the base ; white, with red- 

 dish-brown descending in streaks from the sutures, 

 then thickly variegated, upper edge of the whorls 

 marked with a neat row of chestnut dots, with a dark 

 chestnut band at the base. 



Ilab. ? 



A shell of rather solid gTowth, richly streaked and va- 

 riegated vni\\ retldish-brown, whilst the upper edge of the 

 w'horls presents a characteristic necklace of chestnut dots. 



Species S5. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Steere.) 

 Oliva pellucida. Oliv. tesid oblonr/fj-omUd, leuui., .■mb- 

 iiijhitd, spird exsertd, columelld arciiaid, ba-ii obsc/iri: 

 ani-bi-plicutd ; pellucido-corned, linem uiididatis fim-i.s 

 nitide pictd, columelld basi opacd, callosd. 

 The transparent Olive. Shell oblong-ovate, thin, 

 slightly iiiHated, spire exserted, columella arched, 

 obscurely one-two-jjlaited at the base : transparent 

 horny, neatly painted with undulating brown linr^ 

 columella opake and callous at the base. 

 Hah. — y 



lines n))on ; 



ily paint 

 ransparci; 



ed-br< 



November, lb." 



