SOLECURTUS.— Plate VIII. 



The angular Solecurtus. Shell oblong, subcylin- 

 drical, straight, fulvous, covered with a rough 

 epidermis; posterior side short, with a very 

 strong angle, rather obliquely truncated; anterior 

 side elongated, concentrically finely ridged, trun- 

 cated ; dorsal margin sloped, ventral margin 

 straight. 



SOWERBV. 



Hah. West Africa. 



Much straighter and more cylindrical than Solecurtus 

 centralis or Carihceus, with a more decided and gibbous 

 posterior angle. At the same time it is broader, than 

 Sol. ajUndrica, and not so rigidly straight and angular. 



Species 38. (Mus. Brit.) 



Solecurtus Peruakus. Sol. testa ienui, brevi, albidd, 

 infiald, utrinqne nigata, epiderinide tenui, pallide 

 falvd indutd; latere postico brevi, margine dorsali 

 excavate, margine terminali rotundatoiruncato, 

 margine ventrali valid'c sursum acclivi ; medio sub- 

 planulato, um.bonibiis tumidis, margine ventrali vix 

 contracto; latere antico vald'e inflato, latiusculo, 

 margine terminali obtuse truncato, margine ven- 

 trali convexo. 



The Peruvian Solecurtus. Shell thin, short, whitish, 

 inflated, wrinkled at each end, covered with a 

 thin, pale, fulvous epidermis ; posterior side short. 



dorsal margin excavated, terminal margin roundly 

 truncated, ventral margin strongly sloped upwards ; 

 middle rather flattened, umboes tumid, ventra 

 margin contracted ; anterior side much inflated, 

 rather broad, terminal margin obtusely truncated, 

 ventral margin convex. 



DUXKER ? 



Hah. Tumbez, Peru. 



Species 39. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Solecurtus subteres. Sol. testd elongatd, angustd, 

 medio planatd, postice concentrici rugatd, purpureo- 

 camed, epidei-mide oKvaceo-aured, IcFvigatd indutd ; 

 latere postico breviuscnlo, ad terminnm suhoblique 

 truncato, margine dorsali suhdeclivi ; medio piano, 

 margine ventrali recto ; latere antico pvoducto, ad 

 teiininum perpendinilariter truncato. 



The straightened Solecurtus. Shell elongated, 

 narrow, flattened in the middle, concentrically 

 wrinkled, fleshy purple, covered with a golden 

 olive smooth epidermis, posterior side rather the 

 shorter, rather obliquely truncated at the end, 

 dorsal margin rather sloped ; middle flat, ventral 

 margin straight ; anterior side produced, perpen- 

 dicularly truncated at the end. 



CoNR.u.. J. A. N. S. Phil., 7, p. 233, t. 17, f 10. 



Hah. California. 



