SOLEKAIA. 



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oblique truncata : natibus complanatis, inconspicuis, senectate 

 obliteratis, decorticatis ; epidennide junioris fulvida, prseter 

 anj^ulum iimbonis viridi, sulcis iliac vinis impressa, aetate fusca. 

 Long. 150, lat. prope apicem 30, lat. prope alam 37-5 mm. 

 Benson adds the following note to his description : — 

 "This is a very interesting shell, being, in proportion to its 

 length, the most elongated of the genus. The pearl of the 



Fig. 6. — Solenala soloii/'ormis (Benson) (specimen), nat. size, 

 showing pallial line and muscular scars. 



interior is bluish with a salmon tinge in old specimens, which are 

 likewise much worn on the exterior surface, and have their 

 posterior muscular impression very deeply marked, and, as it were, 

 cai'ious. The anterior muscular impression is considerably 

 elongated under the transverse direction." 



Hub. Assam. 



There is a good series of this species in the Indian Museum 

 Collection, all from Cachar, of which the measui'emeuts of three 

 specimens are : — 



