CULTELLUS. 



Plate VII. 



(Fig. 



Cl'LTELLUS CUMlNC^I.i 



Mus. Brit.) 

 r.n: See Tlate II. 



Spe 



(Mus. Brit.) 



CuLTELLUs OLivACEUS. Cul. testd elongatd, subcom- 

 pressd, epidemiide J'usco-Jfavescenti, medio IcBvujatd, 

 versus terminos nigaia indutd; latere antico oblongo, 

 ad terminum rotundo ; latere postico subattenuato ; 

 ad teitninum suhacuminato ; marginc ventrali 

 recliusculo ; manjine dorsali-poslico arciiatim sub- 

 dedivi. 



The olivaceous Cultellus. Shell elongated, sub- 

 compressed, covered with a yellowi.sh-brown 

 epidermis, smooth in the middle, wrinkled at each 

 end ; anterior side oblong, rounded at tho end ; 

 posterior side rather attenuated, rather acuminated 

 at the end ; ventral margin rather straight ; 

 posterior dorsal margin sloped downwards in a 

 curve. 



Metcalfe ? MS. in Brit. Mus. 



Hab. ? 



Species '28. (Pig. a, i, Mus. Brit.) 



Cultellus Javanicus. Cul. testa tenni, compressd, 

 attennatd; epidermide tenui, pallide olivaceu indutd ; 

 latere antico producto, breviilscnlo, rvgato ; latere 

 postico ohliquo, arcuato, ad terminum acclivi, 

 acuminato ; marginc ventrali medio subcontracto. 



The Java Cultellus. Shell thin, compressed, 

 attenuated ; covered with a thin, pale-olive epi- 

 dermis; anterior side produced, rather short, 

 wrinkled ; posterior side oblique, curved, sloped 

 upwards at the end, acuminated ; ventral margin 

 a little contracted in the middle. 



Lamarck. Anim. s. Vert. 



Pharella Javanica, Adams. 



Hab. Java. 



Species 29. (Mus. Brit.) 



Cultelli-s acuminatus. Cul. testa elongatd, siib- 

 altenuatd, tenuiiisculd, albidd, epidermide tenui, 

 olivaceo ; margine dorsali rectiilsculo, margine 

 ventrali ant ice et post-medium convexo, medio 

 contracto, versils terminum poslicum acclivi, ad 

 terminum elevato, acuminato ; latere antico brevius- 

 culo. 



The acumin'.^ted Cultellus. Shell elongated, some- 

 what attenuated, rather thin, whitish, epidermis 

 thin, olivaceous ; dorsal margin rather straight, 

 ventral margin convex before and behind the 

 middle, contracted in the middle, sloped upward.? 

 towards the posterior end, raised at the end, 

 acuminated ; anterior side rather short. 



Hanle;t (Solen). Proc. Zool. Soc., 1842. 



Hab. India. 



This species is deeper than Cultellus Javanicus, and 



more acuminated at the end. 



Species 30. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Cultellus tenuis. Cul. testA elongatd, valde com- 

 pressd, tenui, rectiuscidd, epidermide subaured, ad 

 aream posticam fere evanidd indutd ; latere antico 

 brevissimo, margine terminali elevato, subrejlexo ; 

 latere postico elongato, subexpanso, ad terminum- 

 truncato. 

 The thin Cultellus. Shell elongated, much com- 

 pressed, thin, rather straight, covered with a rather 

 golden epidermis, almost disappearing at the pos- 

 terior area ; anterior side very short, with terminal 

 margin raised and partly reflected; posterior side 

 elongated, rather expanded, truncated at the end. 

 Gkay in Griffith's Cuvier, Tab. 31, fig. 4. 

 Hab. Africa. 



A singularly shaped shell with a peculiar turn out- 

 wards of its elevuti'd anterior termination. 



August, 187 



