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Plate VII. 



Species 32. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Anomia hamillus. AttoM. testa oblique ovatd, s'muosd, 

 tenui, pellucidd, rufincente, irrei/ularitfr riigoso-mal- 

 leatd. 

 The sinuous Ano.mia. Sliell obliquely ovate, sinuous, 



thin, transparent, irregularly roughly malleated. 

 Cray, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. il7. 

 Hal). Bay of Canes, West Columbia ; Cuming. 

 Of a thin sinuous growth and reddish colour. 



Species 33. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 .\no:\i[a Tyria. Ahoih. leHd subtrigono-ovatd, tumidd, 



■andlqiie lavigntd, intense aneo-purpured. 

 The Tykian Anomia. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 ovate, tumid, everywhere smooth, deep bronze-purple. 

 Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



.\ riclily ])urple-stained species from the Sandwich 

 Ulauds, with a smooth apparently worn aspect. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 .\nomi.\ metallic.\. Anoni. testa suhtrignuo-oratd, teiiiii, 



fompre-musciild, comentrice obsolete laminato-striatd, 



uryeuteo-albd, luteu tliictd. 

 The metallic Anomia. Shell somewhat triangularly 



ovate, thin, rather compressed, concentrically obso- 



letely laminately striated, silvery-vvhite, tinged with 



yellow. 



n„b. ? 



Of a delicate, metallic, yellow-tinged, silvery texture, 

 differing specifically in this respect as well as in form from 

 any varieties that I have seen of A. cpJdppium. 



Species 35. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Anomia costata. Anom. testdsuhtrigonn-orbiciilari, ver- 

 sus umbonem tuniido-incurvd, semipellucido-albd, ra- 

 diatim costatd, costis promiufniibus, squamatis; valrd 

 inferiore coucentrice lamimdd, cp.ruginoso-cmruled. 

 The bibbed Anomia. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 orbicular, tumidly incurved towards the umbo, semi- 

 transparent-white, radiately ribbed, ribs prominent, 

 scaled ; lower valve concentrically laminated, verdi- 

 gris-blue. 



Uab. ? 



This characteristic species appears to be ribbed inde- 

 pendently of its place of attachment, and the ribs an- 

 largely sealed. 



Species 36. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Anomia lucerna. Anom.. testa trigono-globosd, tenui, 

 valde injiutd, nidi, irregulari, versus iimboiiem tumido- 

 incurvd, obsolete squaniato-laminatd. 

 The lamp Anomia. Shell triangularly globose, thin, 

 very inflated, rude, in-egular, tumidly incurved to- 

 wards the umbo, obsoletely squamately laminated. 



Hab. ? 



A thin, inflated, T<Ti'brainla-%\\a\}ei.\ species, of very irre- 

 gular growth, obscurely scale-laminated. 



August, 1859. 



