SOLEN.— Plate III. 



Species 12. (Mus. Brit.) 



SoLEN SCALPUUM. Sol. tcsld palluld, compressd, 

 vlrinqne pavlo arcuaid; cpiclermide teimi, pallida, 

 ad marginem inferiorem arecB umhotialis rugato ; 

 margine dorsali paulb arcuato ; margine ventrali 

 prnpe terminos arcuato, medio vix excavato. 



The .scalpel Solen. Shell pale, compressed, a little 

 arched at each end ; epidermis thin, pale, wrinlded 

 at the lower margin of umbonal area ; dorsal mar- 

 gin a little curved ; ventral margin curved near 

 the ends, very slightly excavated in the middle. 



King. Zool. Journal. 



Snle7i Luzoninis, Dunker. 



Hah. Sea-Bear Bay, Patagonia, King. — Philippines, 

 Cuming. 



It, is quite impossible to discover any specific 



difference between the Patagonian and Philippine 

 shells in the British Museum. 



Species 13. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solen Pbilippianus. Sol. testa angustatd, paulo 

 arcuatu. pallida, maculis pallidissimis fulvo-jmr- 

 pureis variegatd; margine ventrali utrinque paulo 

 acclivi ; margine dorsali medio arcuatim depresso ; 

 margine anlico obliquo, constricto. 



Philippi's Solen. Shell narrow, a little curved, pale, 

 varied with very pale fulvous-purple ; ventral 

 margin a little sloped upwards at each end ; dorsal 

 margin depressed in a curve in the middle ; 

 anterior margin oblique, constricted. 



DuNKER. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1861. 



Ifab. Australia. 



