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MOLLUSCA. 
Conus generalis. — The General Cone. 
Plate LXXXIV. fig. 1. 
Shell oblong, turbinate, with reddish-brown, or orange clouds, 
and interrupted fillets ; spire marginated. Two and a half inches 
long. Inhabits the Indian seas. 
There are two sections of this genus—I. Shells coronate, or 
provided with knobs, round the edges of the spiral volutions.— 
II. Shell not coronate. 
Genus 2 .— OLIVA.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character. — Shell subcylindrical, convolute, smooth, 
and glabrous; spire short, with canaliculated sutures; aper¬ 
ture longitudinal, emarginate at the base ; columella obliquely 
striated, or plaited. 
Oliva cruenta. — The Bloody Olive. 
Plate LXXXIV. fig. 2. 
Shell pale fawn-coloured with large triangular spots of pur¬ 
ple, edged with deeper fawn ; two dark brown spots on the edge 
of the outer lip ; suture of the spire deep; pillar plaited to 
nearly the top. One and a half inch long. Inhabits the In¬ 
dian seas. 
Genus 3.—ANCILLARIA.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character .—Shell oblong, subcylindrical; spire 
short, not caniculate at the sutures ; aperture longitudinal, effuse 
and hardly emarginate at the base; lower part of the columella 
with an oblique varix. 
Ancillaria cinnamonea .— The Cinnamon Ancillaria. 
Plate LXXXIV. fig. 3. 
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Shell chestnut-brown, with white bands above ; varice of the 
columella reddish, and somewhat striated. One inch long. 
Inhabits Trincomalee. 
Genus 4.—TEREBELLUM.— Lamarck. 
Generic Character. — Shell convolute, subcylindrical; apex 
pointed ; aperture longitudinal, narrow above ; base emarginate ; 
columella smooth, truncated beneath. 
