OLIVID-E. 19 



Voluta pinguis, Solancl. MSS. 



Dillw. R. S. 516. 

 Oliva brasiliensis, Chemn. x. f. 1367, 1368. 



Lamk. Hist. no. 45. 

 Claneophila brasiliana, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 48. 

 Hab. Brazils. 



** Shell ovate ; front belt broad. Spire small, very callous. 



2. Claneophila aubicularia. B.M. 

 Shell orate ; pillar lip slightly expanded, moderate. 



Oliva auricularia, Lamk. no. 47. 



Duclos, t. 29. f. 47. 

 Oliva aquatilis, Reeve, C. I. t. 18. f. 37. 



Olivancillaria auricularia, D'Orb. Voy. AmSr. Mirid. 421. t. 59. 

 f. 20, 22 (shell cop.). 



Duclos, Oliv. t. 32. f. 1, 2. 

 Oliva patula, Sow. Tank. Cat. 33. 



Claneophila auricularia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1848, 48. 

 Hab. South America. 



3. Claneophila gebbosa. 



Shell ventricose, subangular ; mouth very wide ; pillar with 

 a large tubercular callus in front. 



Oliva claneophila, Duclos, Oliv. t. 29. f. 89. 



0. auricularia, Reeve, C. I. t. 18. f. 39. 

 Claneophila gibbosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 48. 



Hab. West Africa. (Not Brazil, as said by Mr. Reeve.) 



Genus 6. GALEOLA. 



Shell subcylindrical; spire small, acute, callous, sutural groove 

 of upper whorl obliterated ; aperture linear. Pillar lip de- 

 fined, expanded in front, not covering the front belt ; inner lip 



thickened, cross grooved ; front belt narrow. Operculum ? 



Animal ? 



Lamarck observed the peculiarity of the spire of the genus in 

 the specific character of Oliva tessellata (Hist. no. 38). 



• Spire conical, acute. 



1. Galeola ieisans. B.M. 

 Spire conical, acute. Brown or yellow or greyish, uniform, 



or with angular marks and two interrupted bands ; tliroat and 

 pillar white. 



