PLATE CVI. 



This remarkable kind of the Solen tribe appears to be entirely 

 new, or at least it does not occur in any of the continental works 

 within our present knowledge. It is a native of the sandy shores in 

 the vicinity of the Gold Coast, near Cape Coast Castle, from whence 

 a number of them have been very recently sent to England by an 

 •ndividual of the British force engaged in the hostilities with the 

 Ashantees ; whether it is met with on any other of the African 

 shores we are not informed. 



This shell, which is represented in its natural size, is about 

 three inches broad and one in length, straight and somewhat convex 

 or inclining to cylindrical, with the ends obtusely rounded, the 

 colour within white ; the outside is also white, but is very closely 

 covered with a thin epidermis, which is of a rich golden or brassy 

 green colour throughout, except at the anterior and posterior slopes, 

 which are of a pale whitish tint, and render its appearance in a 

 peculiar degree remarkable. 



