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in this character : it is rounded anteriorly, and is subangular pos- 

 teriorly. The dorsal margin is nearly straight, the basal margin is 

 slightly emarginate, the disc being disposed to be flattish. In the 

 specimens under examination, the beaks are all more or less eroded, but 

 in the youngest there are slight indications of undulations. The liga- 

 ment is thin and long ;. the marks of growth are distant and rather 

 dark, and the epidermis in the young is yellow or greenish, in the 

 older it is darker and brown ; the anterior cicatrices are distinct ; the 

 dorsal small, and placed in the cavity of the beaks. 



The five species herein described are remarkable in the character 

 of the dorsal line, which rises immediately under the margin into a 

 dentoid line, somewhat lamellar, and approaching in its character the 

 more distinct tooth of the genus Dipsas (Leach). In the younger 

 specimens this is much more distinctly marked, and in the older it 

 becomes obsolete. This group of Anodontce, having this dentoid 

 character, would seem to form a natural connexion on one side with 

 the genus Dipsas, and on the other with the genus Vnio, connecting 

 with U. Bengalensis, brought by Dr. Burrough from India, and 

 described by me in the ' Trans. Am. Phil. Soc' vol. vi. pi. 2. fig. 3. 

 This peculiar form of tooth, if it may so be called, is peculiar to that 

 part of the world, so far as my observation extends ; for among the 

 numerous species examined by me from Europe, Africa and America, 

 South as well as North, I have never met with this character deve- 

 loped as in those alluded to above. 



Anodonta crepera. A. testd ellipticd, subcompressd, incequi- 

 laterali ; valvulis tenuibus ; natibus subprominentibus ; epider- 

 mide tenebroso-fuscd ; margaritd vel alba vel purpured. 



Hab. Bongabon, Luzon, Philippines. 



Diam. 1*1 ; length 1*8 ; breadth 3*3 inches. 



Remarks. — Five of the six specimens under examination are purple, 

 the sixth whitish. The outline is nearly oval. One of the specimens 

 is obtusely biangular posteriorly ; the substance of the shell is slightly 

 thickened anteriorly ; the beaks are too much eroded to observe any 

 undulations ; the ligament is rather short and thin ; anterior cica- 

 trices distinct ; dorsal cicatrices small, and placed in the centre of the 

 cavity of the beaks. The species is closely allied to A. tenuis, but is 

 not quite so thin and is more transverse. Three specimens of the 

 young have a well-defined anterior lamellar tooth and a distinct pos- 

 terior raised line, which in the left valve is slightly divided. This is 

 so marked in these young specimens, that one would scarcely hesitate 

 to place them among the Uniones if we had not the adult, which have 

 scarcely a vestige of the elevation on the dorsal line. 



Anodonta tenuis. A. testd ellipticd, compressd, incequilate- 

 rali; valvulis per tenuibus ; natibus subprominentibus ; epider- 

 mide tenebroso-fuscd. 



Ilab. Sual, Luzon, Philippines. 



Diam. 1 ; length 1*7; breadth 3 inches. 



Remarks. — This is very closely allied to An. crepera herein de- 

 scribed, and may, perhaps, when more specimens of the old and young 



