SOLETELLINA.— Plate IJl 



The dark Soletellika. Shell ovately transverse, 

 broader posteriorly, thin, concentrically striated, 

 dark pui-ple, covered with a horny olive epidermis, 

 two-rayed posteriorly, anterior side rounded, poste- 

 rior rather swollen, rotundately truncated. 



Deshayes, MS., Mus. Cuming. 



Ilab. Catanauan, Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 

 Closely allied to the preceding species, but of a moi'c 



_DowOT-like form, and darker-coloured. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 SOLETELLINA PLANULATA. Sol. testd oblougo-iransverii 



jjlmio-couvexd, mbxqidlalerali, atro-purpured, epider- 

 mide olivaceo-fmcd indutd, latere antico rotundato, 

 postico oblique rotundato-truncato. 



The ri-AT Soletellina. Shell oblong-transverse, flatly 

 convex, nearly e{[uilateral, dark purple, covered with 

 an olive-brown epidermis, anterior side rounded, 

 posterior obliquely rotundately truncated. 



Hab. Moluccas. 



Chiefly distinguished from the larger typical species of 

 the genus by its less elongately transverse growth and 

 darker colour. 



