179 275 



Between Koh Rin and Cliff Rock, 15 fathoms (1 + '/a). Between Koh Mesan 

 and Cape Liant, 5—9 fathoms (%). Koh Chuen, 30 fathoms (V2). West of Koh 

 Kut, 15 fathoms, mud (1). 



Long. 15 — 66 mm. 



Distribution:— Nicobars, Ceylon. — Philippines, Japan, Borneo, Java. 



Solen vaginoides, Lam. 



Solen vaginoides, Lamarck, Hist. nat. d. anini. s. vert., V, 1818. p. 451, No. 3. — éd. 2, VI, p. 54, No. .3. 



— — — Delesseht, Recueil de coquilles décr. p. Lamarck, 1841, pi. 2, fig. 3. 



— — — Philippi, Abbild, u. Beschreib, neuer od. wen. gekannt. Conchylien, I, p. 36, 



No. 3, Solen, pl. 1, fig. 3. 



— — — SowERBY in Reeve, Conchol. icon., XIX, Solen, Sp. 23. 



— — — Clessin in Martini u. Chemnitz, Conchyl. Cabin., XI Bd., 3 Abth., p. 16, No. 17, 



pl. 7, fig. 2. 



— — — Pritchard and Gatliff, Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, vol. 16, 1903, p. 99. 



Between Koh Mesan and Cape Liant, 5—9 fathoms (Va). South of Koh Chuen, 

 30 fathoms, shells (Vs). Sound of Koh Chang, 5 fathoms, soft clay (^/->). Between 

 Koh Kut and Koh Kahdat, 10 fathoms, shells (Vs). West of Koh Kut, 30 fathoms, 

 sand and mud (Va). 



Long. 6 — 38 mm. 



Distribution:— Singapore, shallow water (Sv. Gad, *;2). "Habite au canal 

 d'Entrecastaux, et à toutes les îles de la Nouvelle Hollande" (Lamarck). South 

 Australia, Tasmania. 



The specimens from the Gulf of Siam exactly agree with Philippi's figure 

 and description. 



CulteUus scalprum, Gould. 



Solen scalprum. Gould, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Ill, (1849) 1850, p. 214. — Expedition Sliells, p. 74. 



— Unit. States E.\])lor. Exped., Mollusca, p. 388. pl. 33, fig. 502 (non Solen 



scalprum, King . 

 Pharus — — Conrad, American Journ. of Conchol., Ill, Append., p. 26. 



CulteUus — — E. V. Martens, Suss- u. Brackwasser-Mollusken d. Ind. Archipels, 1897, p. 265, 



No. 2. 



— subellipticus. Dünker, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1861, p. 421, No. 15. 



— — — SowERBY in Reeve, Conchol. icon., vol. 19, CulteUus, Sp. 9 (non fig. 9, 



pl. IlL. 



— — — Clessin in Martini u. Chemnitz, Conchyl. Cabin., XI Bd., 3 Abth., p. 43, 



No. 10, pl. 16, fig. 3. 

 Siliqua subelliptica, — P. Fischer, Catalogue d. Moll, de I'lndo Chine, p. 273. 



Golfe de Siam (L. Morlet). 



The Danish Expedition to Siam collected no specimens of this species. 

 Distribution: — Singapore, Strait of Malacca, Poulo Penang, Salang, Mergui 

 Archip. — Java. 



Note. CulteUus vitreus, Dunker, was taken in 2—3 fathoms at Singapore. 



35' 



