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Solen pelluridus. Found attached to bunches of coralline ; 

 rather scarce; from an inch and a half to two inches long, 

 and a quarter broad ; the hinge margin straight, the 

 outer margin bowed. A novice would perhaps mistake 

 the young Ceratisolen Legumen for this species; the 

 difference is easily known by the position of the hinge ; 

 in all the Solens it is near one end ; in C. legumen it is 

 in the centre of the hinge margin. 



Solen coarcticus. Solen candidus. Single valves of these two 

 latter species, fine and in good condition, have been found. 



SOLECURTIDJE. 



Ceratisolen Legumen (the Peas Pod). This one has a long flat 

 shell, as the name denotes ; it lives buried in the sand at 

 extreme low water ; rather common. 



TELLINID^E. 



Psammobia ferroensis (Sunset Shell). A flat elongated oval 

 shell, rounded at one end, and squarish at the other end, 

 and prettily rayed with pink from the hinge to the front 

 margin. Common as a British species, but rare at South- 

 port. Sometimes found perfect, attached to bunches of 

 corallines. 



Tellina tenuis. Common. A very pretty species, the shell 

 variously coloured, rose, pink, yellow, white, etc. ; flat or 

 compressed, rounded in front, attenuated behind, about 

 one inch long and five-eighths wide. 



Tellina fabula. Abundant ; one valve of this species is smooth, 

 the other, upon close examination, will be found to be 

 marked with very fine concentric lines, which cause it to 

 be slightly iridescent. They are mostly about three 



