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SOLEN Dixoni. 



TAB. BCXLl.— Jig. 3. 



Spec. Char. Four and a half times as wide as 

 long, straight, reg'ularly convex, smooth ; an- 

 terior side very slightly oblique, its furrow 

 rather distant; posterior extremity rounded ; 

 fulcrum very long. 



W E have great pleasure in dedicating this new species to 

 F. Dixon, Escj. of Worthing, whose forthcoming work on 

 the Tertiary and Chalk formations of Sussex will bear 

 ample testimony to his zeal and perseverance in bringing 

 to light a great number of new and interesting fossils. The 

 species before us resembles very much the S. vaginalis, 

 Desh., which is found at Grignon, but that is a thinner 

 shell and has a much shorter fulcrum. 



