PHOLAS.— Plate III. 



Species 11. (Mus. Brit.) 



Phola.s Austhalasi.e. Pho. testd elonffatd, suhcylin- 

 drtcd, antice brew, rotundO'Subactiminaid, apertd, 

 acute costatd, postice producUt, medio posticeque 

 coslelUs vix elevatis imbrkatis radiatd ; margine 

 dorsali reflexo ; valvuHs dorsalibus iynolis. 



The Australian Piiolas. Shell elongated, subcylin- 

 drical, anteriorly short, roundly-subaciiminated, 

 open, acutely ribbed, posteriorly produced in the 



middle, and posteriorly rayed -with scarcely raised 

 imbricated ribs; dorsal margin reflected; dorsal 

 valves unk)iown. 



Gkav. MS. 



Hab. Aiistralia. 



In the monograph by Sowerby in " Tliesaurus C'on- 



chylium " the comparison k la&Ae -with Pholas Candida. 



I now think it should have been with Pholas Chilo- 



ensis, birt I have not seen the dorsal valves. 



