SOLECURTUS. 



Species 2C. (Mus. Brit.) 



SoLECDRTUS MOLLIS. Sol. tcstd palHdd, oblongd, antice 

 posticeque rtigatd, medio complanatd, sulco obliquo 

 radiatd, latere antico hrevi, subrotundo ; latere 

 ■ postico prodvcto, recto, margine terminali late trun- 

 cato ; margine dorsali recto ; margine ventrali 

 medio paulo contracto. 



The soft Solecurtus. Shell pale, oblong, anteriorly 

 and posteriorly wrinkled, flattened in the middle, 

 rayed with an oblique groove ; anterior side short, 

 rather rounded ; posterior side produced, straight, 

 with the terminal margin broadly truncated ; 

 dorsal margin straight; ventral margin a little 

 contracted in the middle. 



Goi-LD ? MS. Mus. Brit. 



//ab. ? 



Much less oblique and more straightl y truncated than 

 Solecurtus constrictus, Lamarck. 



?pecies 27. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solecurtus rufcs. Sol. tcstd compressd, elongatd, sub- 

 reni/ormi, subcequilaterali, purpurea, albo radiatd, 

 epidermide aureo-fusco indutd ; margine dorsali 

 arcuato, utrinque declivi, terminibus rotundis ; mar- 

 gine ventrali arcuatim concavo. 



The red Solecurtus. Shell compressed, elongated, 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, nearly equilateral, 

 p\irple rayed with white, covered with a golden 

 brown epidermis; dorsal margin arched, sloped 

 downwards at each end ; ends rounded ; ventral 

 margin concave in an arch. 



Boscn. ? 



JIab. ? 



The two ends of this shell are bent down so as to 

 form an arch of the whole. 



Species 28. (Mus. ? copied.) 



Solecurtus injequalis. Sol. testd elongatd, subinflatd, 

 postice angulatd ; purpureo late radiatd; latere antico 

 brevi, truncato ; latere postico perelongato, subex- 

 panso, ad terminum rotundatim truncato ; margine 

 dorsali ante umbones excavato, post umbones recto, 

 versUs terminum elevato ; margine ventrali fere 

 recto. 

 The unequal Solecurtus. Shell elongated, rather 

 inflated, posteriorly angular ; broadly rayed with 

 purple ; anterior side short, truncated ; posterior 

 side very long, rather expanded, roundly truncated 

 at the end ; dorsal margin excavated in front of 

 the uniboes, straight behind the umboes, raised 

 towards the end ; ventral margin nearly straight. 

 SowERBY. Reeve, Conch. Cyst. PI. XXVI. 

 Solecurtus Dombei, Reeve, not Lamarck. 



Hab. ? 



It has been found desirable to copy the figure re- 

 presenting the type. 



Species 29. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solecurtus constrictus. Sol. testd oblongd, subcom- 

 pressd, utrinque rugatd, pallidd, epidermide tenui 

 indutd, medio complanatd, sulco obliquo radiatd; 

 latere antico brevi, margine dorsali producto ; latere 

 postico perelongato, margine terminali oblique trun- 

 cato, margine ventrali producto. 



The constricted Solecurtus. Shell oblong, sub- 

 compressed, wrinkled at each end, pale, covered 

 with a thin epidermis, middle flattened, rayed with 

 an oblique sulcus ; anterior side short, with dorsal 

 margin produced ; posterior side much lengthened, 

 terminal margin obliquely truncated, ventral 

 margin produced. 



Lamarck. Anim. sans Vert. Solen, Sp. 15. 



Hab. China and Japan. 



August, 1874. 



