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1. Meretrix (Cytherea) petechialis. 

 Lam. China. The species has a natural 

 polish and covered with chevron mark- 

 ings. Ranges from shades of light brown 

 to white. Very common edible species. 



2 to 3" 50c 



2. Lioconcha castrensis, L. Ceylon. It 

 is richly adorned with splashes of rosy- 

 brown on a white background. There 

 are about 28 species in the genus and all 

 have brilliant colors and markings. 2 to 



2V2" 1.00 



3. Hysteroconcha lupinaria. Less. West 

 Indies to Panama. It is a true Venus-like 

 shell adorned with spines at one end. A 

 very unusual species. 2" 1.00 



4. Hysteroconcha rosea, Brod. West 

 Coast Central America. A rather flat 

 shell with fine concentric ridges and 

 smooth base. Of a light shade of rosy- 

 pink. 2V4" 1.00 



5. Venus lamellata. Lam. So. Australia 

 and Tasmania. It is pure white and orna- 

 mented with at least six frills which 

 curve backward and have distinct pink 

 shade on under side. Very attractive. 



2 l /2" 1.50, 3.00 



6. Sunetta scripta, L. Ceylon. A small 

 shell of brilliant polish and many shades 

 of color. It is impossible to find two pair 

 exactly alike. Some are pure white, 

 others lavender, gray, brown with zig- 

 zag markings. Vz" 50c 



7. Lioconcha picta. Lam. Viti Ids. This 

 species is smooth and covered with 

 splashes and zigzag markings of a shade 

 of light brown. Very attractive. 



1V2" 1.00 



8. Lioconcha tigrina. Lam. New Cale- 

 donia. It is rather triangular in shape 

 with markings of different shades of 

 brown. Some shells are much darker 

 than others. IVz" to 2" 1.00 



9. Dosinia juvenilis. Chem. Indian 

 Ocean. Usually quite round, and adorned 

 with shades of light brown. The Dosinies 

 are a large group of shells covering 140 

 species and ranging from the big white 

 D-ponderosa which attains 5 to 6" down 

 to little fellows of 1" or smaller. They 

 are world-wide in distribution. Usually 

 white, there are some forms fairly well 

 colored. 75c 



10. Dosinia circinaria, Desh. Victoria, 

 Australia. It is of a drab color with fine 

 lines over the entire surface. Almost 

 circular. 2" 50c 



11. Circe divaricata, Chem. Philip- 

 pines. A solid shell with concentric 

 ridges. The color pattern is splashes of 

 different shades of brown with dark 

 patches at hinges. 2" 50c 



12. Meretrix tripla, L. West Africa. A 

 small triangular species not so highly 

 colored as some of the other of the genus, 

 but a fine smooth natural polished shell. 



2" 50c 



13. Paphia (Tapes) litterata, L. Philip- 

 pines. The Tapes as we used to call them 

 are fairly common over the tropical 

 world. This shell is of a faint reddish- 

 yellow color and covered with lines. It 

 is very variable and lines are not regular 

 in form. The shell of Tapes is quite 

 brittle. 2Vz to 3V2" 50c, 1.00 



14. Circe scripta, L. Philippines. It is 

 not so thick as some other species but it 

 has the concentric ridges and splashes 

 of reddish-brown. 2" 50c 



15. Paphia (Tapes) laterisculca. Lam. 

 Ceylon. A reddish-brown shell with deep 

 lines. Glossy and attractive. Most of the 

 genus are well ornamented with lines 

 and color. 2" 75c 



16. Paphia papilionacea. Lam. Indian 

 Ocean. One of the rich fine species of 

 the group. It has the usual ridges and is 

 smooth and natural polish. Color pattern 

 different shades of brown. 3V2" 1.00 



17. Venus guidia, B and S. Lower 

 California. An attractive white shell 

 adorned with ridges that have serrated 

 edges. One of the noble species of the 

 genus. The young and medium size shells 

 are the finest. Lives in mud in quiet 

 water of small bays. 3 to 5" 75c 



18. Lioconcha hieroglyphica, Conr. 

 Hawaii. A small shell with striking color 

 pattern of light and dark shades of 

 brown. It is thinner than the usual shells 

 of this genus. 1" 1.00 



