SOLECURTUS. 



Plate III. 



Species 11. (Mus. Brit.) 



SoLi-fCUTUS MixuTUs. Si^l. ttstd parv't, albidA, semi- 

 pellucidd, coiiiprcssd, snhrenijonni, Icevhjatd, aii- 

 (kv conceiiirice inif/atd ; latere antico hreviUsculv, 

 medio coarctato, sinuato ; latere postico attemcaio, 

 uhliquo, subacumiiiato. 



The mincte Solecuiitus. Shell small, ivhitish, semi- 

 pellucid, compressed, slightly reniforra, smooth 

 anteriorly concentrically wrinkled ; anterior side 

 rather short; middle narrowed, sinuous; pos- 

 terior side thin, oblique, rather acuminated. 



DuNKKi:. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1801. 



Mab. Morcton Bay. 



Species 12. (Mus. Brit.) 



SoLECURTUs PiiiLiPPiXAP.UM. Sol. testd oUongd, uinnqui 

 truncatd, hianti, rosed, medio fasciis albis biradiata; 

 antic!' Iccviijatd, versiis anguluni anticum, medio et 

 po.itice sulcia oblique arcuatis; i^ro^jSi marginem 

 posticum dorsalem angulatis et divaricatis sculptd ; 

 marginibus dorsali ventralique rectis. 



The Philippine Solecurtus. Shell oblong, truncated 

 at each end, gaping, pink, with two wliite rays in 

 the middle ; smooth anteriorly, towards the an- 

 terior angle, in the middle and posteriorly 

 sculptured with obliquely arched sulci ; angular 

 and divergent near the posterior dorsal margin ; 

 dorsal and ventral margins straight. 



DuNKER. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1874. 



Ilab. Philippines. 



This species resembles Solecurtus strigilatus, but 



has a wde anterior space without sulci, and the angles 



of the posterior sulci are in a lino near the posterior 



dorsal margin. 



Species 13. (Mus. Brit.) j 



Solecurtus antiquatus. Sol. tedd compressd, oblomjd, \ Solecurtus 

 sordidd, epidennide finnoso-fusco indutd, ad latera qu'- In 



ioni:cHtri<c riigntd : latere antico angitstinsciito, ad 

 terminiim rotundato ; medio subexcavato, siibcoarc- 

 tato, radiatim unisulcato ; latere, postico paidd 

 longiore, latiore, oblique subtrimcato ; imibonibus 

 subcentralibus ; margine antico-dorsali declivi. 



The antiquated Solecurtus. Shell compressed, oblong, 

 dingy, covered with a smoky-brown epidermis, 

 concentrically wrinkled at the sides ; anterior side 

 rather narrow, rounded at the end ; somewhat 

 excavated and narrowed in tlie middle, with a 

 radiating groove ; posterior side a little longer 

 and wider, a little truncated obliquely ; ximboes 

 subcentral ; antero-dorsnl margin sloped down- 

 wards. 



Pennant. Zoology. 



Rab. Mediterranean. 



Species 14. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solecurtus Scheepm.\cheri. Sol. testd oblongd, trape- 

 zoided, rUrinque subtruncatd, obiiqud, jwidu hianti; 

 concentrice ncgatd, sordido cdbd, cpidermide nigoso 

 indutd, medio planulato, depresso, radiatim uni- 

 sulcato ; margine ventrali recto ; margine dorsali 

 titrinquu declivi ; latere antico breviitscido. 



Scheepmachek's Solecurtus. Shell oblong, trapezoidal, 

 rather truncated, oblique and a little gaping at 

 each end; concentrically wrinkled, dull white, 

 covered with a rough epidermis ; flattened, de- 

 pressed, and with a single radiating groove in the 

 middle ; ventral margin straight, dorsal margin 

 sloped at each end ; anterior side rather short. 



DuxKEK. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18G1. 



Hub. ? 



largest of this depressed form. 



One of 



Species 15. (Mus. Brit.) 

 ulcatu.s. Sol. testd oblongd, rosed, titrin- 

 cald, ante medium tt dcind! ad icnninum 



