190 OLIVA SEMMELINKI. 



NOTE XXXIII. 

 DESCRIPTION OE A NEW SPECIES OE OLIVA. 



BY 



M. M. SCHEPMAN. 



Oliva Semrnelinki, n. sp. 



Shell oblong-cylindrical , spire exserted , with an obtuse 

 apex; cream colour with a reddish-brown net-work, leaving 

 triangular spaces , and with blotches of a more purplish 

 tinge beneath the sutures and round the middle. The 3 

 spiral whorls unspotted, the two next with a reddish callo- 

 sity occupying the lower part of the whorls. Basal part 

 not divided with a few brown spots. Columella straight, 

 with small whitish plaits, some of which are bifid. Interior 

 of the aperture rose colour. 



Total length 16, breadth 6, length of aperture 11 mill. 



Hab. Strait of Larentoeka near Flores, collected by 

 Dr. Semmelink. 



This species has much the appearance of being a dwarf- 

 form of 0. guttata var. mantichores , but it is much more 

 cylindrical thau young specimens of that species. In form 

 it approaches to australis but is sufficiently distinct in colour 

 and in other particulars. 



Notes from the Leyden M.useu.m , Vol. XII. 



