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lidd, radiatd, profundi sulcatd, antice rotundatd, postice ad extrC' 

 mitatem truncatd, ah umhonihus angulatd ; valvarum marginibus 

 ventralihus inclausis ; umbonibus parvis, subcBqualibus, roseis ; 

 intus rosed. Long. 7 ; lat. 3^ ; alt. 5 lin. 

 Hab. Straits of Macassar ; from seven fathoms, coarse sand. Ticao, 

 Philippine Islands ; from eight fathoms, sandy mud. The Macassar 

 specimens are of a dwarf size. 

 Cab. Belcher et Cuming. 



CoRBULA soLiDULA. Corb. tcstd parvd, ovatd, subtrigond, soliduld, 

 elevatiusculd, cequilaterali, sulcatd ; antice rotundatd, postice an- 

 gulatd ; valvarum marginibus ventralihus inclausis, gibbosis ; um- 

 bonibus rectis, IcBvigatis. Longv 2 ; lat. 1 ; alt. l^lin. 

 Hab. Straits of Macassar ; from seven fathoms, coarse sand. Bais, 

 island of Negros, Philippines. 

 Cab. Belcher et Cuming. 



CoRBULA MARMORATA. Corb. tcstd parvd, oblongd, soliduld, Icevi- 

 gatd, marmoratd, antice rotundatd, postice suhangulatd ; valvarum 

 marginibus ventralihus inclausis ; umbonibus obliqms, anticis ; ante 

 umbones sanguineo maculatd. Long. 2 ; lat. 1 ; alt. 1^ lin. 

 Hab. West coast of Veragua; from twenty-six fathoms, mud. 

 Cab. Belcher. 



CoRBULA EBURNEA. Corb. tcstd parvd, ovatd, subtrigond, churned, 

 soliduld, complanatd, Icevigatd, obsolete sulcatd ; margins ventrali 

 gibbosd ; umbonibus parvis, subrectis, nitidis ; intus corned. Long. 

 2 ; lat. 1 ; alt. 1^ lin. 

 Hab. North coast of New Guinea ; Camaguing and Bohul, Phi- 

 lippine Islands : from seven to sixty fathoms, coarse sand and mud. 

 Cab. Belcher et Cuming. 



This shell closely approaches C. solidula, but is distinguished by 

 its somewhat more triangular shape, polished, ivory-like, flattened 

 valves, and the slightly sulcate sculpture. 



CoRBULA MONiLis. Corb. tcstd minutd, glohosd, pallidd, striulatd; 

 valvis valde incequalibus , dextrd multb maximd, postice elongatd, 

 margine ventrali acuta, productd; umbonibus rectis, IcBvigatis. 

 Long. 1 ; lat. f ; alt. f lin. 

 Hab. Sual, Luzon, Philippine Islands ; from five to seven fathoms, 

 sandy mud. 

 Cab. Cuming. 



A small globose species remarkable for the inequality of the valves, 

 the left being sunk into the right. The latter valve is also distin- 

 guished by the posterior nasute elongation. 



CoRBULA FASCiATA. Corh. tcstd ovtttd, subtrigond, Icevigatd, pallidd, 

 atro-fusco trifasciaid, antice productd, rotundatd, postice elongatd, 

 ah umbonibus arcuate angulatd ; valvarum marginibus ventralihus 

 acutis, convexis, dextrce productd; umhonihus rectis, suberosis. 

 Long. 6^ ; lat. 2i; alt. 4 lin. 

 Var. Testd pallidd, postice suhproductiori. 



Hab. St. Juan, province of Illocos, and Agoo, province of Panga- 

 sinan, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 

 Cab. Cuming. 



