548 CATALOGUE SHELLS. 



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. Erycina Solenoides. 



E. testd subellipticd, transversim creherrime suhstriatd, albidd, epi- 

 dermide fusco-grised ; long. 1 pmilo minus ; lat. 2 ; poll. 

 Habitat in freto Magellanico (sandy mud flats of Port Famine). 



Mtis. Brit., nost., Brod. 



9. Tellinides rosacea. 



T. testd stibtrigond, planulatd, striis concentricis creberrimis ; long.^; 



lat. l^^; poll. 

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



10. Venus inflata. 

 V. testdrotundatd, concentrice siibstriatd, albente, intus albd, lunuld 

 obsoletd ; long, ly^^; lat. If; poll. ^ 

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



11. Venus antiqua. 



V , te^td sub-ovali, convexiusculd, creberrime cancellatd, sub-fused, 

 intus albidd ; lunuld cordatd ; long. 2| ; lat. 3 ; poll, 

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

 Habitat ad littora occidentalia Patagonice (Gulf of Penas and its 



vicinity). Mus. Brit., nost., Brod, 



12. Arca angulata. 

 A, testd transversdy subcordato-quadratd, intus fusco-violascente; 

 latere antico producto, elevato, undulatim lamellato, postico rotim- 

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

 margine hiante ; long, IJ ; lat,\'^; 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 



