336 Capt. P. P. King's Description of 



9. Tellinides rosacea. 



T. testd subtrigond, planulatd, striis concentricis creberrimis ; long, f ; 

 lat. 1 ,^jj ; poll. 

 Habitat ad littora Brasilise (Santos.) Mus. nost. 



10. Venus inflata. 



V. testd rotundatd, concentrice substriatd, albente, intus albd, lunula 

 obsoletd ; long. Ix^^ ; lat. If; poll. 

 Habitat in freto Magellanico (Port Famine.) Mus. nost. 



1 1. Venus antiqua. 



V, testd sub-ovali, convexiusculd, creberrime cancellatd, sub-fused, in- 

 tus albidd ; lunula cordatd ; long. 2f ; lat. 3 ; poll. 

 Obs. in junioribus, striis transversis concentricis elevatis, acutis. 

 Habitat ad littora occidentalia Patagonise (Gulf of Penas and its vi- 

 cinity.) Mus. Brit., nost., Brod. 



12. Arca angulata. 



./^. testd transversa, subcordato-quadratd, intus fusco-violascente ; 



latere antico produclo, elevato, undulatim lamellato, postico rotun- 



dato ; umbonibus valde remotis, ared cardinali maximd, striatd ; 



margine hiante ; long. If ; lat. 1| ; poll. 



Habitat ad Juan Fernandez. Mus. nost. 



This shell was dredged up from 80 fathoms water in the offing of 

 Cumberland Bay, at Juan Fernandez ; it was attached to a branch of 

 coral. 



The hinge is broad and smooth, with distinct markings ; the gape is 

 rather wide, and the anterior part of the shell rises rather elegantly, like 

 the stem of some Indian canoes, and in all the specimens but one, 

 terminates in a point. The one above described has a rounded form ; 

 the bows or front being rather elegantly and finely lamellated in a wavy 

 form ; the colour of the hinge is red, and the inside is generally of a 

 brownish purple ; in some it has a more yellow tinge. 



13. Arca pectinoides. 



v^. testd auriculatd, cordatd, ventricosd, multi-costatd, transversim 

 striatd, albd, epidermide rufo nigricante, pilosd ; umbonibus sub- 



