24 OLIVIDiE. 



Oliva liiatula, Duclos, Oliv. t. 3. f. 13, 14. 

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



Hab. Pacific ; Mexico (Zamk.). 



2. Agaronia indusica. 



Pillar white. 



Oliva indusica, Reeve, C. I. t. 19. f. 43. 



Agaronia indusica, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1858, 51. 



Hab. Kurrachee. 



3. Agaronia cincta. 



Pillar white ; shell with two brown bands. 



Oliva cincta, Reeve, C. I. t. 20. f. 47. 



Agaronia cincta, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 51. 



Hab. ? 



4. Agaronia contortuplicata. 



Pillar white ; shell grey ; throat dark red-brown. 



Oliva contortuplicata, Reeve, C. I. t. 20. f. 51. 



Agaronia contortuplicata, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, 52. 



Hab. Senegal. 

 These may be all local varieties of the same species. 



** Anterior belt broader. 



5. Agaronia hiatula. B.M. 

 Pillar purple-brown in front ; belt brown or white. 



Volute hiatula, Gmelin, S. N. 3442. 



Billw. R. S. 518. 

 V. ringens, Soland. MSS. 

 Oliva hiatula, Lamk. no. 52 ; E. 31. t. 368. f. 5. 



Reeve, C. I. t. 18. f. 35. 

 Agaronia hiatula, Gray, Guide P>. 31.25; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858,52. 

 Oliva hiatula, var., Duclos, Oliv. t. 3. f. 14, 15, t. 4 bis, f. 17-21. 

 Ancilla maculate, Schum. 

 Hiatula lamarckii, Swaitis. 



Hab. Mouth of Niger (Adanson) ; East coast of Africa ( Capt. 

 Owen). 



