olivid^:. 17 



42. Strephona lugubris. B.M. 



Oliva lugubris, Lamk. no. 25. 

 Duclos, Olio. t. 10. f. 5, 6. 

 Strephona lugubris, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 46. 



Genus 2. ISPIDULA. 



Shell cylindrical ; spire conical, sutural groove open to the 

 top ; aperture linear ; pillar lip simple, only dilated in front, 

 not covering the front belt ; inner lip thickened the whole 

 length, with two or three oblique grooves in front. 



Foot elongate, longer than the shell, acute behind, not di- 

 lated on the sides in front, not or only slightly covering the 

 shell ; front lobes moderate, broad, produced, and acute at the 

 sides. Tentacles elongated, exposed ; eyes one-third from the 

 base. Operculum none. — Duclos, t. 7. f. 2. 



1. ISPIDULA VARIABILIS. B.M. 



Throat brown ; inner lip thickened, with two or three deep 

 grooves in front. 



Oliva ispidula, Lamk. no. 40 ; E. M. t. 866. f. 6. 



Reeve, C. I. t. 17. f. 84. 



Duclos, Oliv. t. 7. f. 1-14 (animal). 

 Strephona ispidula, Oray, Guide B. M. 26. 

 Voluta oliva, vara. R, S, Dilltv. R. S. 513. 

 Ispidula variabilis, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 47. 



Hub. Indian Ocean. 



Genus 3. RAMOLA. 



Shell subcylindrical ; spire small, conical, sutural groove open 

 to the tip ; aperture narrow ; anterior belt narrow, single. Pillar 

 lip expanded in front, not covering the front belt, with nume- 

 rous equal transverse grooves in front. Operculum none. " Foot 

 large, covering the shell." — Adams. 



Olivella, part., Gray, Guide B. M. 24. 



1. Ramola voltjtella. B.M. 



Oliva volutella, Lamk. no. 43. 



Duclos, Oliv. t. 6. f. 7-14. 



Reeve, C. J. t. 21. f. 54. 

 Oliva caerulea, Gray, in Wood, Suppl. t. 6. f. 86. 

 Olivella volutella, Gray, Guide Moll, B.M. 24 ; Fiy. Moll. t. 83 a. 

 f. 2. 



