SOLECUETUS.— Plate II. 



iruncaid, vej'sus marginem anticum Icevi, inde 

 oblique et crelre sulcata ; sulcis post medium angu- 

 latini divaricatis; latere j)ostico oblongo, latere 

 antico hrevi ; inargiiie ventrali suhcontracto. 



The St. Martha Solecuutus. Shell short, elevated, 

 white, oblong-squarish, gaping and truncated 

 widely at each end, smooth towards the anterior 

 margin, thence obliquely and closely grooved ; 

 grooves angularly divergent behind the middle ; 

 posterior side oblong, anterior side short ; ventral 

 mai-gin rather contracted. 



DuNiCER. MS. Brit. Mus. 



Hab. North Australia. 



The angles in the sulci radiate from the umbo to 

 the ventral margin of the posterior terminus. It is a 

 deep and widely gaping species resembling S. strigilatus, 

 but shorter. 



Species 10. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solecuutus Austrahs. Sol. testa oblongd, stibdepressd, 

 tenia, rosea, radiatim cdho fasciatd, anticc prope 

 marginem Icevigatd, fere oinnino tcnuiter creberrime 

 siilcatd ; sulcis postici acute angulatis ; angidis a 

 termino radiatim distaniibus. 



The Australian Solecurtus. Shell oblong, subde- 

 pressed, thin, pink, radiately white-banded, an- 

 teriorly smooth near the margin, nearly all over 

 finely very closely grooved ; grooves posteriorly 

 sharply angular ; angles distant from the end in a 

 radiating direction. 



Dtjnker. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18G1. 



Bob. Moreton Bay. 



The sculpture of this species is very fine, and the 



angles of the sulci radiate from the umboes to the 



posterior ventral angle. 



