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CUCULLiEA oblongs, 
TAB, CCVL— Figs, i and 2. 
Syn, Cucullaea oblonga. Miller 3 MSS. 
Spec. Char. Transversely oblong, gibbose, lon- 
gitudinally striated ; anterior side wedge- 
shaped ; lines beneath the cartilage numerous. 
The width of this Cucullaeais above twice its length : 
the front inclines slightly to the posterior side, which is 
small : the striae upon the surface are numerous, irregu- 
lar, and elevated : the edge is entire. The beaks are 
elegantly incurved ; the flat rhomboidal space between 
them is marked with from 9 to 12 parallel lozenges. 
The finest specimen of this shell as yet obtained is the 
pair figured : it belongs to a valuable collection that has 
been made with much labour and perseverance by Mr. 
J. S. Miller, of Bristol. G. W. Braikenridge, Esq. has 
also sent me a good example. They were both found 
at Bundry in the inferior Oolite, holding grains of iron 
ore. The single valve represented was sent me by the 
Rev. Mr. Steinhauer, from Cross Hands : it is in the 
same kind of stone. I regret that a single valve exhibit- 
ing the teeth more perfectly, which I have just received 
from Mr. Miller, did not arrive time enough for me to 
alter the figure. It shews the lateral plates bent at right 
angles near their bases where they approach the middle 
of the hinge. Mr, Steinhauer has also sent me fragments 
from little Sodbury. 
The name is that Mr. Miller has given it in his letters, 
and in a catalogue of some valuable shells he has kindly 
lent me for publication. 
