SANGUmOLAEIA.— Plate I. 



4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Sanguinolaeia sanguinolenta. Sang, lestd ovato- 

 traiisversd, solidiusculd, inaquilaterali, convexiusculd, 

 deciissaiim striata, alba, circa umbones rosacea, latere 

 antico rotundato, acuniinato-producto, ab umboniius 

 fiexiioso-impresso . 



The blood-stained Sanguinolabia. Shell ovately 

 transverse, rather solid, inequilateral, rather convex, 

 decussately striated, white, tinged with rose around 

 the umboes, anterior side rounded, posterior side 

 acuininately produced, flexuously impressed from the 

 umboes. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 13th edit. p. 3227. 

 Soleri sanffuinolentus, Dillwyn. 

 Sanguinolaria sanguinolenta, Deshayes. 

 Tellina rosea, Gmelin. 

 Sanguinolaria rosea, Sowerby. 

 Psammobia rosea, Deshayes. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



This fine species, the original type of the genus, well 



figured by Lister and Chemnitz, is of a rather solid clear 



opake-white texture, merely tinged with rose around the 

 umboes. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Sanguinolaria pdeptjrea. Sang, testa ovato-tran^vm-sd, 

 ternti, fragili, pellucidd, plano-convexd, ineeqtiilaterali, 

 transversim dense striata, intits intense nitente san- 

 guineo-purpured, latere antico rotundato, postico re- 

 gulariter attenuato-rotundato. 



The purple Sanguinolaria. Shell ovately transverse, 

 thin, fragile, transparent, flatly convex, inequilateral, 

 transversely closely striated, interior deep shining 

 blood-purple, anterior side rounded, posterior regu- 

 larly attenuately rounded. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 346. 



Uab. ? 



The form of this species is very similar to that of the 



preceding, but it is of semitransparent texture, mostly 



deeply coloured from the interior throughout with shining 



blood-purple. 



