OLIVA 



Plate XXVIII. 



.Species 80. (Fig. «, 4, c, Mus. Steere.) 



Oi.i\ A MUTICA. OUv. ieslci ovaid, siihobesd, qiird hrevms- 

 culu, acuminatd, calload, colmndld arcnatd, obscure 

 pUcatd, siiperw valde colloid ; cinerascente-albd aut 

 (jrmed, liiieis mgricante-fiiscis plus minus disUnde un- 

 dnlaid, :ond castaned mirjiistd ad basin. 

 The beardless Olive. Shell ovate, rather stout, spire 

 rather short, aeuminated, caUous, columella arched, 

 obscurely plaited, very callous at the upper part ; 

 ash-white or greyish, more or less distinctly waved 

 with black-brown lines, with a narrow chestnut zone 

 at the base. 

 !Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vol. ii. p. '338. 

 Jlab. West Indies. South Carolina. Ked Sea. 



An extremely variable species, witli a wide range of 

 habitation. The waved lines are sometimes narrow and 

 close-set, sometimes broader and more distant, and often- 

 times they are nearly obscured by a coating of blue-gTcy. 



Species 87. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cimiing.) 

 (-)LIVA jiillepunctata. OUv. testa abbreviato-ovatd, 

 si/pei'iie tumidd, spird brevissimd, mldii ciillosd, col/i- 

 melld subarciiaid, basin versus obscurii tcniiiji/ii'ii/d, 



superne valde callosd ; cinereo-fulvesceiilc 



minute fusco-punctatd, punctis vuijoribus infra suhtras, 

 cohmielld albd, macula castaned tinctd. 



The thousand-dotted Olive. Shell shortly ovate, 

 swollen round the upper part, spire very short, very 

 callous, columella sligttly arched, obscurely finely 

 plaited towards the base, very callous at the upper 

 part ; asli-fulvous, minutely dotted througliout with 

 brown, dots larger beneath the sutures, columella 

 white, stained with a chestnut Ijlotch. 



DucLOs, Mon. Oliv. iil. 3.5. f. 1, 3. 



Hnb. West Indies. 



So closely related to 0. nana, tliat the two species 

 almost pass one into the other. 



Species 88. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Oliva kufipasciata. OUv. testa ovaid, obesd, solidim- 

 cnld, spird brcvi, acnminatd, columella arcuatd, obsacre 

 li'i/uipUcatd, snperite callosd: albidd, castaneo-rnfo 

 latifusciatd. 

 The UED-iiANDED Olive. Shell ovate, stout, rather 

 solid, spire short, acuminated, columella arched, ob- 

 scurely finely plaited, callous at the upper part; 

 whitish, broatlly banded with chestnut-red. 

 Hub. ? 



This shell agrees very nearly with one figured by M. 

 Duclos as a variety of 0. mutica, but it dift'ers from that 

 species in form as well as iu its plan of colouring. 



Species 89. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Steere.) 



Oliva Guildingii. Oliv. testa acuminato-oblongd, spird 

 exsertd, cohmielld arcuatd, tenuiplicatd ; griseo-cara- 

 h'scente, eximiefusco strigatd et putictutd, aiifractuum 

 luargine superno lutescente, strigis e suturis descenden- 

 libim, apice iiigricante. 



Guild [Nil's Olive. Shell acuminately oblong, spire e.x- 

 serted, columella arched, finely plaited; grey-blue, 

 faintly streaked and dotted with brown, upper edge 

 of the whorls yellowisli, with the streaks descending 

 from the sutures, apex blackish. 



Hub. Island of St. Vincent's. AVest Indies. 



I dedicate this pretty species to the memory of the liev. 



Lansdownie Guilding, by whom it was collected, and to 



whom we are indt'bted for so many interesting shells from 



the same locality. 



November, 18.50. 



