518 VOLtJTA. 



Voluta Ispidula. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1188. Solander's MSS. 



Voluta Ispidula, Var. y. Born Mus. p. 217. 



Voluta Uuiculus, Var. v>. Gmelin, p. 3441. Schreibers 



Conch, p. 109. 

 Voluta, No. 24. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 254. 

 L'Olive pyramidale. Favanne, ii. p. 841. t. 19. f. A. 



Variety A. White, marbled with grey, and two remote yel- 

 lowish bands. 



Oliva acuminata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 523. 

 Lister Conch, t. 722. f. 9. Rumphius, t. 39- f. 9- Petiver 

 Gaz. t 102. f. 18. Seba, hi. t. 53. f. P and Q. Mar- 

 tini, ii. t. 50. f. 551 to 553. Enc. Meth. t. 368. f. 3. 



Variety B. Brownish lead colour, and the belts at the base 

 brownish yellow. 



Oliva subulata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 324. 

 Gualter, t. 23. f. RR. Martini, ii. t. 50. f.549 and 550. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 368. f. 6. 



Variety C. Yellowish white mottled with brown, and a cal- 

 losity on the pillar-lip. 



Oliva luteola. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 324. 

 Gualter, t. 24. f. A. Martini, ii. t. 50. f. 554. 



Inhabits the Isle of France, the Moluccas, St. Domingo, 

 and the Caribee Islands. Favanne. 



The attention which Linnaeus gave to the Olives must have been 

 extremely small, for he expresses a belief that V. Porphyrea, 

 V. Oliva, and V. Ispidula, are only varieties ; and it is 

 impossible with any certainty to ascertain the present species, 

 either by his description or references. Martini, Schroeter, 

 Born, Gmelin, Meuschen, Favanne, and Solander have all 

 more or less differed in their opinions ; and I have adopted 

 that of Dr. Solander, not only because I think his is most 

 probably the shell which Linnaeus intended, but also because 

 it is the one which I have generally met with under the name 

 of V . Ispidida. It varies in size, colour, and markings, al- 

 most as much as V. Oliva, from which it may be distin- 

 guished by its double belt, and by being narrower and more 

 cylindrical. 



hiatula. 39. Shell sub-cylindrical, with the spire 

 elevated; pillar thickened, and longitudinal- 

 ly ridged ; aperture large, widening down- 

 wards ; belt single. 



Voluta hiatula. Gmelin, p. 3442. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 110. 



