PLATE L. 



This is a local and rare species ; it has been found at Weymouth 

 on the Dorsetshire coast, and according to Dr. Lister in plenty in 

 the /estuary of the Severn, on the side of Wales. 



It differs from the Solen siUqua in several respects ; it is smaller, 

 and not strait, hut curved or bowed like a Scymetar. 



