36 OLIVID^E. 



Vur. Ancillaria nivea, Strains. Journ. Sci. xviii. 285. 

 Sou-. Spec. Conch. Ancill. 0. f. 58, 59. 

 Kiener, Ancill 12. t. 4. f. 3. 



** Shell entirely covered with an enamel coat. 



Genus 15. EBURNA. 



Shell entirely covered with an enamel coat ; spire conical ; 

 axis deeply perforated ; outer lip with an obscure tooth in front. 



Animal ? Operculum ? 



Eburna, Lunik. 



1. Eburna glabeata. B.M. 



Buccinum glabratum, Linn. S. N. 1208. 



Martini, Conch, iv. 10. t. 122. f. 1127. 

 Ebuma glabrata, Lamk. A. s. V. vii. 280 ; E. 31. t, 401. f. 1. 

 Voluta butyracea, So/and. 3ISS. 



Sow. Gen. Shells, f. 1. 

 Eburna flavida, Lamk. A. s. V. 78. 



Gray, Guide B. 31. 26. 

 Ancillaria glabrata, Swains. Journ. Sci. xviii. 285. 



Sow. Spec. Conch. Ancill. 10. f. 60, 61, 62, 6:3, 64. 



Kiener, Ancill. 3. t. 2. f. 1, 1. 

 Yelk yellow, orange, or white. 

 Hah. West Indies. 



Dillwvn observes that this species bears a considerable affinity 

 to the Olives (E. Shells, 621;. 



Genus 16. SPARELLA. 



Shell entirely covered with an enamel coat ; spire short, coni- 

 cal ; axis not perforated ; outer lip often marked with an obscure 

 tooth in front. Operculum ? 



t Last whorl with a deep groove in front; outer lip with a tooth 



in front. 

 I. SPARELLA CANDIDA. B.M. 



3Iartini, Conch, ii. t. 65. f. 722. 

 Ancillaria Candida, Lamk. A. s. V. vii. 414. 

 Swains. Journ. Sci. xviii. 275. 

 Sow. Spec. Conch. Ancill. 3. f. 5, 6, 7. 

 Kiener, Ancill. 25. t, 5. f. 4. 



Var. White, tip sometimes yellow. B.M. 



