C U M I N G T A. 



(ic-mis CUMIXGrA, 



.werb,, 



Tegta (Eip'.iviih'is. i/nV'/iti/iili rii//.<. diitirr nittdtt/n, postice 

 anijii.'itaUi di'pn .<.<it. jmiiJii liiaw ; deiite,>: cnrdiiutli 

 ulraqtie valvd duo, minidi : iaterales in <dter<1 valcd 

 dna;. Lig amentum in Jhreiim rufhlciinformeiii 

 inediannm affi.rum. Iinpri'ssiones miisciilares diia:, 

 Iaterales eloixjnti. /»(/ir('.«/</ pidlii simi mai/no 



qui 



Sliell e({uiv:dv( 



posteriori V iiarroNved. ili'[irrssL-il, a liiilc .Miiinu ; 

 cardinal teeth two. miiiutc. in lach valve: lateral. 

 two in one valve. Liganieni lixed in a central 

 spoon-shaped pit. Miiscidar iinj)res3ions two, 

 lateral elongated. Impression oi' tlie mantle bent 

 back with a large .sinus. 



The Ciaiiingkr. are often very irregularly Ibruied, 

 because they live in crevices of rocks and hollows of 

 sponges. They are found in .\iistralia, and in both 

 East and West Indies. 'J'he West Coast of America 

 and the I'lidippine Islands havr also .-oritributed 

 species. 



Spec 



(.Mus. Brit.) 



Ct:MlNiiI.\ TEl.LlNinE.s. Ciim. testa sHhromynf:. 

 tissime tstrialA, anlice rotunda, suhiujhda 

 rostratd, acuminatd, iiuinjiiie vcntrali i 

 marijine dorsali dedici. 



The TELLINA-LIKE CUMIXGIA. Shell comjireS; 



finely striated, anteriorly rounded, a I 

 Hated ; posteriorly beaked, aciuninated. 

 margin contracted, dorsal margin sloped. 



CON-IiAD. ? 



Hah. California. Maine, U. States. 



Species 2. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Ci;miX(,i.v Ci.krii. Cum. testd subtriij 

 camplanatd, kevigatd ; latere postiiu 



iiiijirt'.'i.-ia, 

 itlksndo, 



latlh.o 

 d.r/in 



A. Ai 



Hah. 



(VMISCA.\ MIT 

 /•Hifi..XV-«//. 

 antirolato 



(Mus. Krit.) 



„, uhlhvk I 



margin contracted, dorsa 

 downwards, end obliquely 



SoWEl'.iiY. Proc. Zool. Soc, Ls: 



Ilah. Chili, rem. 



ate, pale red 

 •Iv striated : 



This anc 

 striated wht 



Species -L (Mus. Brit.) 



CuMINiiH ti:I(Ioni:lai;is. t'lim.. I(v/,i m/nis/,), In'ijoiiu- 

 subqitadndd. p„stii-r bren, sid,a:i,/ti/at,i, ti-iinr,ild 

 marjine dorsali vatili: decliui ; irnyiilariti'r con 

 centrici: lainiuutd, laminis exianlibus, no/niid/i: 

 latis. 



The three-sidei) Cimi.scia. Sludl rnlai-t. squarish- 

 trigonal, posteriorly short, rathi'r aiii;uhir. trun- 



cated with dors 



