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Genus VELORITA, Gray. 

 GriiEth, An. Kingd. xii, pi. xxxi, f. 5, 1834. 

 Cyrena^ Gray, Ann. Phy. n. ser. ix, 136, 1825. 

 Venus, Gray, Wood, Index, Test. Suppl. pi. ii, f. 14, 1828. 



1. V. Cochinensis, Hanley. 



Cyrena Cochinensis, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Load, xxvi, 543, 



1858. 

 Cyrena CorhicuUformis, Prime, Proc. Ac. N. S. Phila. 80, 



1860. Prime, Cat. Corb. 6, 1863. 

 Velorita Cochinensis, Hanley, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. viii, 



236, f. m, 1866. Madras Coast, India. 



2. V. Cyprinoides, Gray. 



Cyrena Cyprinoides, Gray, Ann. Phy. n. ser. ix, 136, 1825. 

 Venus Cyprinoides, Gray, Wood, Index, Test. Suppl. pi. ii 



f. 14, 1828. 

 Velorita Cyprinoides, Gray, Griffith, An. Kingd. xii, pi. xxxi, 



f. 5, 1834. Philippine Islands^ 



3. V. parvula, Prime, Ann. Lye. N. H. N. Y. viii, 418, 1867. 



Hah.—? 



Genus CYRENA, Lamarck. 

 Lam. An. v, 551, 1818. 



Venus, Chemnitz, Martini et Chemnitz, vi, 333, pi. xxxii, f. 



336, 1782. 

 Cyclas, Brugui^re, Encycl. Meth. pi. 301, 302, 1792. 

 Cyanocyclas, F^russac, Diet. Sci. Nat. xii, 1818. 

 Polyniesoda, Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. et Nat. v, 219 



1820. 

 Mactra, Brognart, Mem. Vincent, 81, pi. v, f. 8, 1823. 

 G-eloina, Gray, Synop. Brit. Mus. 75, 1844. 



1. C. acuta, Prime, J, Conchyl. ix, 355, 1861. 



Loc. sup. cit. X, 387, pi. xiv, f. 1, 1862. Prime, Cat. Corb. 

 5, 1863. Smith. Inst. Misc. Coll. Prime, Monog. Corb. 

 22, f. 17, 1865. Central America. 



2. C. affinis, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Lond. xxii, 16, 1854. 



Australia. 



3. C. anomala, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Lond. xxii, 21, 1854. 

 Cyrena Peruviana, Deshayes, Brit. Mus. Cat. Conchif 259 



1854. 

 Cyrena anomala, Deshayes, Prime, Cat. Corb. 6, 1863 

 Smith. Inst. Misc. Coll. Prime, Monog. Corb. 30, f. 24.' 

 1865. Peru. 



