68 SOLEN. 



been considered by Born to belong to this species, and it 

 ma) be doubted whether iv. t. 3. f. 3. from which Venus cos- 

 tata of Ginelin has been constituted, is more than a variety 

 of the same. 



occidens. 26. Shell ovate-oblong, slightly striated 

 concentrically, and partially rayed and spot- 

 ted with red and white ; hinge with two teeth 

 in each valve. 



Solen occidens. Chemnitz, vi. p. 74. t. 7. f. 61. Gmelin, 

 p. 3228. Wood's Conch, p. 137. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar, Ceylon, and Nicobar Islands. 



Chemnitz. 

 Shell two inches and a quarter long, and two inches broad, 



with one end rounded, and the other slightly truncated; it is 



partially spotted, and rayed longitudinally with red and white 



from the hinge to the margin. 



amethystus. 27. Shell oblong-oval, compressed, 

 transversely striated, and longitudinally ray- 

 ed ; hinge with two teeth in each valve. 



Solen Amethystus. Wood's Conch, p. 138. t. 34. f. 1. 

 Knorr, vi. t. J 2. f. 2. Chemnitz, vi. t. 10. f. 93. 



Inhabits India. Wood. 



Shell an inch and a quarter long, and twice as broad, with one 

 end rounded, and the other slightly truncated ; the concen- 

 tric striae on the rounded end are distant, and in the middle 

 are interlined ; colour dull purple, with darker rays, and the 

 inside is purple ; hinge with a notched tooth in one valve, 

 and two in the other, which lock together, and there are no 

 lateral teeth. Mr. Wood has separated this species from 

 Tellina Gari, with which Gmelin has followed Chemnitz 

 in confounding it, and which differs in being striated ob- 

 liquely, as well as transversely. The valves shut close only 

 in the middle, and gape a little at both euds. 



variegatus. 28. Shell oblong-oval, truncated at 

 the anterior end ; hinge with two teeth in one 

 valve, and one in the other. 



Solen variegatus. Wood's Conch, p. 139. t. 34. f. 2 to 4. 



Inhabits 



Shell about half an inch long, and twice as broad, thin, pellu- 

 cid, and gaping at the truncated end ; the colour is orange, 



