VULSELLA.— Plate L 



trice striata, fused, lineis fasciisque pallidioribits un- 



datim pictd. 

 TriK TONGUE-SHAPED VULSELLA. Shell elongated, 



straight, concentrically striated, brown, painted in a 



waved manner with lighter bands and lines. 

 Mya Fulsella, Linnscus, Syst. Nat. p. 1113. 



Fulsdla lingulata, Lamarck. 

 Hab. Ked Sea. 



This original and well-known species far transcends the 

 reraaiiider in size and general definition of character. 



Species 7. (Fig. 7 and 8, Mus. Cuming.) 

 \' ULSELLA ROGOSA. Vul. testd obUjue oblongd, subarcuatd, 

 planulatd, lotigitudhialiter rugosd, striis transverais 

 crenatis rugas decussantibus ; purpureo-fuscd. 

 The wrinkled Vusella. Shell obliquely oblong, some- 



what arched, flat, longitudinally wrinkled, with cre- 

 nated transverse stria; crossing the wrinkles; purple- 

 brown. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vii. p. 268. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



A rugose purple-brown species, having a somewhat 

 obliquely ai'ched growth. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Vulsella crenclata. Vul. testa ovato-trapezoided, 



squamato-laminatd, squamis crenulatis ; sordidi ali/d. 



The crenulated Vulsella. Shell ovately trapezoid, 



squamately laminated, scales crenulated ; dirty-whiti-. 



Eab. Red Sea. 



Very similar to V. Imcardia in sculpture. 



