SOLECURTUS. 



Species 22. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit, and Sowerby.) 



SoLECURTus coQUiMBENSis. Sol. testd ohlougd, fasciis 

 latis purpureis radiatd, medio planatd, antice pos- 

 ticeque rugatd ; latere antico quam posticus pauld 

 hreniori, margine dorsali declivi ; latere postico ad 

 teiininum superne declivi, margine dorsali prope 

 umbones excavato ; margine ventrali recto. 



The coquimbo Solecurtus. Shell oblong, rayed with 

 broad purple bands, flattened in the middle, 

 wrinkled in front and behind ; anterior side a little 

 shorter than posterior, with dorsal margin sloped ; 

 posterior side sloped above at the end with dorsal 

 margin excavated near the umbones ; ventral 

 margin straight. 



Sowicnr.Y. 



Ilab. Coquimbo. 



The smaller specimen is in the r.ritish IMuseum 

 marked as Domhei/i, to which T do not think it lieloiigs. 

 The locality attached is as stated above. 



Species 23. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



SoLECrRTCS CTLiNDRicus. Sol. testa oblongd, angnsld, 

 gibbosd vtrinqui oblique angidat't ; albd,cpidcrmide 

 fusco rugato indutd ; latere antico quam anticus 

 longiori, ad teiinimtm acute angidato ; latere postico 

 angnstiori, brevion, suht7'uncato, mai-gine dorsali 

 depresso, mhexcavato ; margine ventrali recto. 



The cylindrical Solecurtus. Shell oblong, narrow, 

 gibbous, obliquely angular at both ends; white, 

 covered with a brown rough epidermis ; anterior 

 longer than posterior side, sharply angular at the 

 end; posterior side narrower, shorter, subtruncated, 

 with the dorsal margin depressed, rather excavated ; 

 ventral margin straight. 



Sowerby. 



Hab. ? 



Differing from Sol. Carihccvs in the narrowness and 

 straightness of the general form and the angularity of 

 the oblique slope at each end. 



cies 24. (Ml 



5rit.) 



Solecurtus violascens. Sol. testd elongatd, 



utrinquc trinicatd, fasciis pallidis purpureis latis 

 radiatd, cpidermide pallide fusco indidd ; latere 

 antico elongato, attemiato ; latere postico bi-evi&scido, 

 latiori, margine dorsali suhekvato, margine ventrali 

 ad terminum sursHm acclivi. 



The purplish Solecurtus. Shell elongated, compressed, 

 truncated at each end, rayed with broad pale 

 purple bands, covered with a pale brown epidermis; 

 anterior side elongated, attenuated ; posterior side 

 rather shorter, broader, dorsal margin a little raised, 

 ventral margin sloped upwards at the end. 



Deshayes — — ? IMS. Brit. Mus. 



ITah. S. W. Mexico. 



Species 2,^. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Sowerby.) 



Solecurtus acutidens. Sol. testd elongatd, angustd, 

 tcnui, utrinque angulatd, versus terminos valide 

 liratd ; latere antico brevi, margine terminali ro- 

 tunda ; latere postico elongato, ad terminum sub- 

 truncato ; medio complanato, margine ventrali sub- 

 contracio. 



The sharp-tooth Solecurtus. Shell elongated, narrow, 

 thin, angular at eacli end, strongly ridged towards 

 the ends ; anterior side short, with terminal margin 

 rounded ; po.sterior side elongated, somewhat 

 truncated at the end; flattened in the middle, 

 ventral margin a little contracted. 



SowERP.y AMP Broderip. Zoological Journal, vol. iv. 



Solen Michaudi, C'ailland. 



Hab. Sumatra. 



Aua-ust, 1874. 



