LXI. 
S. Legumen. Peasecod.. 
LXI. 
Solen ciirtus Juhpelluctdus, ad chamas quodammodo accedens. Lsgtmen. 
Chama JuhfiiJca, angujiijjima, ad Jolenes quodammodo accedens. Lift. H'. Conch, tab'. 42,0?. 
•ftg. 264. — Solen, legumen. Suboval. Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 24. tab, 46. fig. 24. 
Concha foleniformis, Icevis aut leviffime ftnata, fragilis, pellucida, tejla tenmjfima cornea,-, 
Juhalbida, aliquando JlaveJceirs. Gualt. 1 . Conch, tab. 91. fig. A. 
This /peeks is ftrait and oblong -, both 
ends are rounded, and one is fomewhat 
broader than the other. It is v-tvq.thtn, 
delicate and brittle, whitijlo and near tranjr 
parent, has a. very thin glue-like glofly 
light-brown cuticle or epidermis, and is 
marked with extreme fine or capillary con- 
centric tranfverfe Jîriæ. The ufual breadth 
is about two and a half inches from end to 
end, and about three-quarters of, an inch 
long, or from the hinge to the oppofite, 
margin. The infide fame as the outfide ; 
and all the margins are plain. The hinge 
is near central, and fet with a fingle tooth 
in each valve. 
This kind is very rare on our coaft's. 
Mr. Pennant notes it to be found at Red 
Wharf, in Anglcjea, Wales. I received 
it from the. Ihore near Chriji church, in 
Hampjhire... 
Cette e/pece eft droite & oblOngue ; les 
deux extrémités font arrondies, & une eft 
quelque peu plus large qrie Tautre. Elle 
eft très mince, delicate Sc fragile, blanchâtre 
& prefque tranjparente, à petite peau ous 
epiderrne‘ de- couleur, brune.' 
claire,., & comme de la colle;, & à Jîriesc 
concentriques extrêmement fines. La-^ 
generale eft environ deux pouces 
demi, ou de bout à bout, environ trois> 
quarts ePun pouce en longueur, ou des la' 
charnière au bord oppofé. Le dedans 
même queT’exterieur ;■& touts les bords: 
font unis. . La charnière eft prefque cen-+ 
traie,, & à une. feula, dent: dans chaque 
valve. , 
Cette forte eft' très rare- fur. nos. cotesi. 
M. Pennant dît qu’elle fe trou.ve à Red" 
Wharf tn Anglefea, en Galles. Je l’ai reçu* 
de la cote du comté de. , près. dè_ 
Chrijlchurcb. . 
LXIL. EXIL. 
C H A M A - S O L E Nv.. 
Solen. ‘T eft a ovali-oblonga fubpeîlucida, finuofa,. Chama-Solen. . 
Chama anguftior, ex altera parte finuofa. Lift. H, Conch, tab. 4.21. fig. 265- — Solém 
€ultellus.. Kidney. PenimBrit. Zool. No. 25. tab. 46. fig. 25.. 
TKi^ Jhell is ftrait and broad, hut much Cette coquille eft droite & large, mais 
longer than the genus QÎ folens commonly beaucoup plus longue que \ç. genre dç folens 
arCj fonti 
