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TRIGONIA eccentrica. 
TAB. CCVIII.— Figs. 1 and 2. 
Syn. Trigonia eccentrica. Parkinson, ool. ill. 
po diSetabslas fod: 
Spec. Cuar. Transversely ovate, convex; ante- 
rior side produced, posterior side round, with 
oblique undulating ridges on the surface. 
Tus length is only half the width; the edge is very re- 
gularly curved till it comes to the produced part of the 
anterior side, where it bends a little forward, and then 
turns suddenly back. The ridges are straight and trans- 
verse near the beaks where they almost cross the shell ; 
those placed nearer the front are confined to the posterior 
side, are undulated, and are crossed by the lines of 
growth, 
I have given two views of one valve, which was found 
on Black Down by the Rev. J. H. Steinhauer; it is 
silex, stained perhaps by vegetable matter. I have the 
opposite valve imperfect from Hembury Fort, Devon- 
shire, through the hands of Mr. Goodhall: also silicious. 
TRIGONA affinis. 
TAB. CCVIII.—Fig. 3. 
Syn. Trigona affinis. Miller, MSS. 
Spec. Cuar. Transverse, oval, gibbose, half 
covered by transverse ridges. 
Very thick, regularly elliptical, about one-third wider 
than long, and remarkable for the slight protuberance of 
the beak, behind which there is not that cavity observable 
in Corbula, and many other shells. The transverse 
