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p r o fu n d i silicato, lineis elevatis creberrhnè plica tis ; valvis p osticis
v a ld i jiroductis, acuminatis.
H a b ita t a d oras Concepçionis et insulam Chiloe. M u s . B r it.,
iiost., B ro d e rip , S;c.
T h is c in 'h ip e d w h ic h , a t C o n cep ç io n d e Chile, is fre q u e n tly
fo u n d o f a la rg e r size th a n 5 J in ch e s lo n g a n d in diam e ter,
fo rm s a v e ry common a n d h ig h ly este emed food o f th e n a tiv e s,
b y wh om it is called Pico, from th e a cum in a te d proc e sse s o f th e
tw o p o s te rio r o p e rc u la r valves. T h e an te rio r a n d p o s te rio r operc
u la r valves, w h e n in c o n ta c t, p re s e n t some re s em b lan c e to a
p a r ro t’s b e ak , w h e n ce M o lin a ’s name. I t is also fo u n d v e ry a b u n d
a n tly a t V a ld iv ia a n d a t Calb u co , n e a r th e n o rth e n d o f th e
is la n d o f Chiloe. I t oc cu rs in la rg e b u n c h e s , a n d p re s en ts somew
h a t o f a c a c tu s -lik e ap p ea ra n c e. T h e p a r e n t is co v ered b y
its p ro g e n y , so th a t la rg e b ra n c h e s a re fo u n d composed o f
from fifty to one h u n d r e d d is tin c t in d iv id u a ls , e ach o f w h ic h
becom es in its tu r n th e fo u n d a tio n o f a n o th e r colony. O n e
spec im en in th e possession o f m y frien d W . J . B ro d e rip , Esq.,
consists o f a n um e ro u s g ro u p b a se d on tw o la rg e in d iv id u a ls .
T h e y a re collected b y b e in g c h o p p ed off w ith a h a tc h e t. A t C o n c
ep ç io n , w h e re th e y a re fo u n d o f la rg e r size th a n to th e so u th w
a rd , th e y a re p rin c ip a lly p ro c u re d a t th e Is la n d o f Q u iriq u in a ,
w h ich lies across th e e n tra n c e o f th e b a y ; w h e n ce th e y are
e x p o rte d in la rg e q u a n titie s to Valparaiso- a n d S an tiag o d e Chile,
w h e re th e y a re c o n sid e red as a g r e a t d elicacy, a n d in d e e d w ith
some ju s tic e , fo r th e flesh eq u als in ric h n e ss a n d d e lic acy th a t
o f th e c rab, w h ic h , w h e n b o ile d a n d e a ten c old, i t v e ry m u c h
resembles.
2 . E l m i n i ü s L e a c h i i .*
E , tesla albidâ, trúncala, longitudinaliter s triatâ, ra d iis crcherrime
longitudinaliter suhstrialis ; operculo a d basin transversim striato,
quadripartito ; long. | ; lat. | poll.
H a b ita t. I n Museo Geo. Scywerby et nost.
3 . S o a l p e l l u m p a p i l l o s u b i .
S . pedúnculo creberrimi papilloso ; te s ti læm valdè compressi ; long,
omnino J J ; fig ped u n cu li ; lat. f g , poil.
* Elminiüs Kingii, Gray in Zool. Misceli, from a specimen collccteil
during the voyage.—Ed.
H a b ita t in mare alto circa oras Patagónicas. M u s . nost., G.
Sowerby.
T a k e n b y a d re d g e in 4 0 fa th om w a te r, off th e coast o f S o u th
Am e ric a , in la titu d e 4 4 J ° so u th , a n d fo u n d a d h e r in g to a T e re -
bella.
4 . P h o l a s C h i l o e n s i s . M o l i n a .
P . te s t i e lo n g a ti postice o vato-rotundati, costis posticis dentato-
muricatis ; antice a tte n u a ti s triis transversis p o s tic i u n ia te -
muricatis, antice muticis ; lat. 5 : long. 2 ; poll.
H a b ita t ad insulam Chiloei. M u s . B r it., nost., B ro d ., Stokes.
S om e d o u b t h a s b e en th row n u p o n th e e x isten c e o f th is shell,
n o tw ith s ta n d in g th e d e sc rip tio n o f M o lin a . A species v e ry n e a rly
a p p ro a ch in g it, i f n o t id e n tic a l, wa s fo u n d a t R io de J a n e iro ; b u t
as only s in g le valves w e re o b ta in e d , a n d th e s e w e re in a v e ry im p
e rfe c t sta te , I h av e n o t v e n tu re d to ch a ra c te ris e it.
T h e so ft p a rts o f Pholas Chiloensis a re c o n sid e red v e ry d e lic ate
b y th e in h a b ita n ts o f th e Is la n d o f Chiloe, b y w h om th e a n im a l is
c alled “ Co-mes.” T h e y a re fo u n d in g r e a t a b u n d an c e a t low w a te r
im b e d d e d in th e ro ck s n e a r S a n d y P o in t, a t S a n Carlos de Chiloe.
5 . S o l e n s c a l p r u b i .
S . te s ti lineari su b re c ti extremitatibus subrotundatis ; cardine biden-
ia to ; l o n g . i ^ ; lat. 3 J J ; poll.
H a b ita t ad Patagoniie o ras Orientales (S e a B e a r B a y ). M u s . nost.
6 . A n a t i n a e l l i p t i c a .
• A . te s t i ellipticd, subtenui, transversim stria ta , antice su b -tru n ca ti,
epidermide fu s e d , tenui ; long. I f ; lat. 2| ; poll.
H a b ita t a d oras A n tá rc tica s (N ew S o u th S h e tla n d ). M u s . B r it,,
nost.
T h is sh e ll was fo u n d a t N ew S o u th S h e tlan d , b y L ieu te n a n t
K e n d a ll, o f h is M a je s ty ’s sloop. C h an tic le e r, b y w h om i t was
p re s e n te d to me.
7 . M a o t r a e d u l i s .
M . testd subtrigond, tumidd, sublcevi, fu lv o -s q u a lid d , in tu s alba,
dentibus lateralibus prominentibus ; long. 2 ; lat. 2J ; poll.
H a b ita t in f r e t o Magellanico (P o r t F am in e ). M tis . B r it., nost.,
Brod.
'r h is shell was fo u n d in g r e a t a b u n d an c e o n th e flat o f s an d y
m u d , w h ic h fro n ts th e w e st sh o re o f P o r t F am in e , a n d p ro v e d a
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