Class VI. PHOLAS. PIERCE-STONE. 157 



and an half; length near an inch. Tab. xlii. 



Gm. Lin. 3215. Mont. Test. Br. 26. 3. STRIATA. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 32. 



* Ph. with a shell somewhat oval, striated in 

 many various directions ; length half an inch 9 

 breadth three quarters. 



Probably not a native of our shores. 



Ph. Lin. Syst. 1111. Gm. Faun. Suec. No. 2125. 4. cris- 



Lin. 32 16. Solen crispus. Lin. Tr. viii. 32. PA T A 7 - 



r curled, 



ib. 3228. List. Angl. tab. Mont. Test. Br. 23. 



v. fig. 38. 



Ph. with a strong oval shell ; the half next to 

 the hinge waved and striated ; tooth large and 

 strong; breadth three inches and a half; length 

 one inch and three quarters. Tab. xliii.^o-. 1. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 33. Mont. Test. Br. 22. t. \.f. 7. 8. 5. parva. 



little. 



Ph. with a shell thinner than the former; and 

 the tooth very slender and oblique ; in exter- 

 nals resembling the preceding, only never found 

 larger than a hazel nut. Tab. xliii. Jig. 2. 



This genus takes its name from qxuXew, to 

 lurk in cavities. A shell of the name of pholis 



