SOLECURTUS.— Plate I. 



obtuse angulato, oblongo, margine dorsali redo, 

 termiiiali oblique truiicato. 



The solid Solecurtus. Shell subrliomboidal, oblong, 

 white, covered with a brown wrinkled epidermis ; 

 anterior side rather short, rather attenuated, dorsal 

 margin sloped downwards, ventral sloped up- 

 wards ; middle flattened, rather contracted, im- 

 pressed with a groove ; posterior side rugose, ob- 

 tusely angular, oblong, dorsal margin straight, 

 terminal obliquely truncated. 



Gray. Spicelegia Zoologica, t. 3, f. 12. 



Hab. Peru. 



Species 4. (Mus. Brit.) 



SOLECUKTl-S STRIGILATL'S, Sol. tCftd COllVexa, SoUdc., 



utringue obtuse iruncatd, late Manti ; rosea, medio 

 albo hiradiatd, sulcis ohliquis, divaricatis, ad 

 angulum posticum angulatis sculptd ; latere postico 

 oblongo ; latere antico obtuse truncato. 



The cuery-combep Solecurtds. Shell convex, solid, 

 obtusely truncated on each side, broadly gaping ; 

 pink, with two white rays in the middle, sculptured 

 with oblique, diverging sulci, angular at the pos- 

 terior angle ; posterior side oblong ; anterior side 

 obtusely truncated. 



LiNN^us. Systema Naturce. 



Hah. Mediterranean and Atlantic. 



The British Solecurtus candidus was formejly 

 supposed to belong to this species. 



