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in front. Foot elongate, about as long as the shell, broad, rather 

 tapering behind, dilated in front, and covering the greater part of the 

 shell, front lobes rather large, crescent-shaped, outer hinder angles 

 acute. Tentacles elongate ; eyes one-third from the base. OP er * 

 culum none. — Dnclos, t. 33. f. 6. 



* Shell obconic ; front belt rather narrow. Spire broad, de- 

 pressed. 



1. Claneophila Brasiliana. 



Oliva Brasiliana, Lamk. Ann. ; Duclos, Oliv. t. 29. f. 1, 3 ; t. 33. 

 f. 5, 6, animal; Reeve, C. I. t. 8. f. 13. 



Voluta pinguis, Soland. MSS. ; Dillw. R. S. 516. 



Oliva Brasiliensis, Chemn. x. f. 1367, 68 ; Lamk. Hist. no. 45. 



Hab. Brazils. 



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



2. Claneophila auricularia. 



Shell ovate. Pillar lip slightly expanded, moderate. 



Oliva auricularia, Lamk. ; Duclos, t. 29. f. 47. 

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



Olivancillaria auricularia, D'Orb. "Voy. Amer. Mer. 421. t. 59. 

 f. 20, 22, shell cop. ; Duclos, Oliv. t. 32. f. 1,2. 

 Oliva patula, Sow. Tank. Cat. 33. 

 Hab. S. America. 



3. Claneophila gibbosa. 



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. 



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



6. Galeola. 



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

 of upper whorl is obliterated ; aperture linear. Pillar lip defined, 

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

 cross-grooved ; front belt narrow. Operculum ? Animal 



? 



Lamarck observed the form of the spire in 0. tessellata (Hist. vii. 

 430, 433). 



* Spire conical, acute. 



1. Galeola irisans. 



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

 angular marks and two interrupted bands ; throat and pillar white. 



