L 1 M A. 



Species 6. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Lima hians. Lim. testd tenui, subcomj/ressd, oblique 

 ovatd, ad laiera Icevi, medio minute striatd, 

 postice paululiim, antice late hianti ; hiatu antico 

 costd internd validd marginato ; auricuiia anticis 

 acutis ; ared cardinali parvd. 



The gaping Lima. Shell thin, siibcompressed, obliquely 

 ovate, smooth at the sides, striated minutely in 

 the centre, gaping a httle posteriorly, widely 

 anteriorly : anterior hiatus bordered with a strong 

 internal rib ; anterior auricles sharp ; cardinal 

 area small. 



Gmelin. (Ostrffia) No. 3333. 



Lima frag ilia, Montagu. 



Lima tenera, Turton. 



Lima aperta, Sowerby. 



Hah. Britain, &c. 



More ovate and broad than Lima fragilis. 



Species 7. (JIus. Brit.) 



Lima teneka. Llm. iestA siiboratd, nubcompressd, 

 rectiusculd, tenui, lata, epidermide fusco indutd, 

 costellis mintUis granoso-nodusis, divaricatim 

 interruptis subrugatd ; auriculis anticis late hian- 

 tibus, erassis ; cardine crasso, obsolete plieato. 



The slender Lima. Shell subovate, subcom pressed, 

 rather straight, thin, broad, covered with a brown 

 epidermis, rather roughened with minute, granoso- 

 nodulous divergently interrupted riblets ; anterior 

 auricles broadly gaping, thick ; hinge thick, 

 obsoletely plaited. 



Chemnitz. Conch., torn. vii. p. 3.')-2. tali. f'.S, f. C.'i-J. 



Osircca glacialis, Gmelin. 



Hab. Philippines. Singapore, i^-c. 



Much more finely sculpt 

 shell than Lima ncahra. 



and altocrether a thinner 



Species 8. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Lima .scabua. Lim. testd crassd, compressd, recliuscula, 

 postice paululum, antice magis hianti : costis 

 nuinerosis divaricatim interruptis, sabiodosis 

 rugatd ; auriculis anticis erassis, reflexi^. 



The scabkocs Lima. Shell thick, compressed, rather 

 straight, posteriorly a little, anteriorly more 

 gaping; r(nighened with numerous divergingly 

 interrupted subnodose ribs: anterior auricles thick, 

 reflected. 



Born. Mus. Cas., p. 110. 



PrCteri a.yiera, Chemnitz. 



0.>7rrt>« glacialis, Gmelin. 



LLab. West Indies. 



.Species 'J. (Mus. ^Lacandrew.) 

 LniA PAUCicosTATA. Lim. IestA solidd, obliqv/i, subtri- 

 gond, antice ad marginem ventralem obliqvA- pro- 

 ductd, costis cras.ns, paucis, subrotundatis sqwimis 

 fornicalis extantibus brevibus imbncatis armatA: 

 latere antice. excavato ; cardine magna, frigono. 

 The few-ribbed Lima. Shell solid, oblique, subtrigonal, 

 anteriorly obliquely produced at the margin, armed 

 with few, thick rounded ribs imbricated with 

 vaulted extant, short scales; anterior s:de ex- 

 cavated ; hinge large, trigonal. 

 Sowerby. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, Lima, sp. 7, figs. 



U, 17. 

 Hah. Suez. R. Macandrew, Esq. 



The -specimens brought by :\Ir. Macandrew from the 

 Red Sea, agree well with those formerly described from 

 Mr. Cumin I's collection. 



Species It). (Mus. Brit., &c.) 

 Lima squamosa. Lim. testd crassd, obliqiid, compressd, 



Auunist, 187:->. 



