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valuable article of food to the ship’s company, particularly during 
the winter months, when sea-birds and game were not to be pro- 
cured, and the fish had deserted us. I have named it, in allusion 
to its affording us a grateful, as well as seasonable, supply of fresh 
food. 
8. Erycrna SoLENOIDEs. 
E. testd subellipticd, transversim creberrimé substriatd, albidd, epi- 
dermide fusco-grised ; long. 1 paulo minus ; lat. 2; poll. 
Habitat in freto Magellanico (sandy mud flats of Port Famine). 
Mus. Brit., nost., Brod. 
9. TELLINIDES ROSACEA. 
T. testd subtrigond, planulatd, striis concentricis creberrimis ; long. §; 
lat. 145.; poll. 
Habitat ad littora Brasilia (Santos). Mus. nost. 
10. VENUS INFLATA. 
V. testdrotundatd, concentricé substriatd, albente, intus albd, lunuld 
obsoletd ; long. 142.; lat. 12; poll. 
Habitat in freto Magellanico (Port Famine). Mus. nost. 
ll. VENUS ANTIQUA. 
V. testa sub-ovali, convexiusculd, creberrimé cancellatd, sub-fuscd, 
intus albidd ; lunulé cordaté ; long. 22; lat. 3; poll. 
Obs. in junioribus, strits transversis concentricis elevatis, acutis. 
Habitat ad littora occidentalia Patagonia (Gulf of Peiias and its 
vicinity). Mus. Brit., nost., Brod. 
12. ARCA ANGULATA. 
A. testd transversd, subcordato-quadratd, intus fusco-violascente ; 
latere antico producto, elevato, undulatim lamellato, postico rotun- 
dato; umbonibus valdé remotis, ared cardinali maximd, striatd ; 
margine hiante; long. 12; lat.14; 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 stern of some Indian canoes, and in all 
the specimens but one, terminates in a point. The one above 
