LIMA. 



Species i;». (Mas. Cum. in Brit.) 



Lima Cuminoii. Lini. testd pan-d, oh/iqihi, aiigiiMd, 

 compressd, medio laleris aniici angulatd, vix hianti ; 

 costis duodecim medtnnis distaniibus radiata ; mar- 

 gine ventrali antice acdivi, posiice oblique »til>- 

 expannd. 



CuMiNc's Li3lA. Shell small, oblique, n.-irrow, com- 

 pressed, angular iu the middle of the anterior side, 

 scarcely gapihg ; rayed ivith twelve central dis- 

 tant ribs; ventral margin anteriorly sloped up- 

 wards, posteriorly obliquely slightly expanded. 



SnwERHY. Proe. Zool. Soc. 



Hah. Is). Luzon, Philipjiines. 



The valves of this pretty little shell are closed nearly 



Species 20. (Mus. Jeffreys.) 



Lima Saksii. IJm. testa parvA, fused, intus sub- 

 irarantid, recta, breviter nvatd, suhaiquilaterall, 

 c.ostis nnmerosis sqiiarnosis rotundis radiatd ; 

 margine cardinali lato, minutissime denticulato ; 

 (mriculis ceqiialibus. 



Sars'.s Lima. Shell small, brown, .slightly orange with- 

 in, straight, shortly oval, subcquilatcral, rayed 

 with ninncrous squaniose rounded ribs; hinge 

 margin broad, very minutely denticulated; auri- 

 cles equal. 



L.ivEX. MoUusca of Scandinavia. 



Hah. Scandinavian .Seas. 



(Mus. 15rit.) 



Intd, 



Lima .Iai'oxica. Llm. tc.<t,'i ovat.i, rn,t 



rectiiiscutd, subcrqiiilnferali, ai.<'tis raiidis, svh 

 acutis, nnmerosis radiatd ; margine ventrali vi 

 oidique prnducto ; margine cardinali lato ; auricuii 



Tin: Japan' Lima. Slu-ll ovate, ventricose, broad, 

 rather sti-aijxht, nearly equilateral, rayed with 

 numerous strong, rather sharp ribs ; ventral mar- 

 gin scarcely obliquely produced ; hinge margin 

 broad ; auricles nearly equal ; umboes produced. 



A. AiiAMS. Proc. Zool. .Soc. 



Hah. Jat.an. 



Species 22. (l\Ius. Brit.) 



Lima suhauriculata. Lim. testd parvd, rectd, angustd, 

 suhtequilaterali, clausd, ventricosissimd, tenui, alba, 

 sirtis tenuihiis, medio radiatd, sulco mediani notatd ; 

 latcribns loivigatis ; auricidis parvis, mqualibus ; 

 iimbonilms elevatis, acute productis. 



TuE suBAUlMCL'LATED LiMA. Shell small, Straight, 

 narrow, subei|uilateral, closed, very ventricose, 

 thin, white, rayed in the middle with thin striae, 

 marked with a. central sulcus ; sides smooth ; 

 auricles small, equal ; umboes elevated, acutely 

 produced. 



Montagu. British Shells. 



Lima sulcata, lAIoUer. 



Hah. Great Britain. Scandinavia. 



llibn 



dionihu. 



s pr 



d.ictis. 



Species 23. (Mus. Brit.) 



Lima elliptica. Lim. testd recfiiisculd, (ing^istd, oblongo- 

 oratd, tenui, suhmquilaterali, alba, clausd, ventri- 

 cosissimd, striis tenuibus centralibus, ad latera 

 evanidis, radiatd, sulcd postmediani suhobliqud 

 notatd; margine ventrali jtostice paulo oblique pro- 

 ducto. 



The elliptic Lima. Shell rather straight, narrow, 

 oblong, ovate, thin, subequilateral, white, closed, 

 very ventricose, raj'ed with thin striffi disappear- 

 ing at the sides, marked with a post- central 



