TAPES. 



Plate III. 



Species S. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes lndul.^t.\. Tap. testa oblon/jo-ovatd, sitbangustd, 

 filled, purpureo-violaceo reticulato-uiidatd, jircesertim 

 ad maryinem ventralem et ad lunulam areamque liga- 

 menti, latere portico concentri.ee ritijoso, antico diayo- 

 naJiter ohtnse comigato. 



The w.wed Tapes. Shell oblong-ovate, rather narrow, 

 fulvous, reticulately waved with pur|)le-violet, espe- 

 cially at the ventral margin and at the luiinlc and 

 liganientary area, posterior side concentrically rugose, 

 anterior diagonally obtusely wrinkled. 



Veiiiin inidiilata, Born, Test. Mus. Yinil. p. 07. 

 Vi'Hus rimosa, Philippi. 

 Tapes rimosa, Sowerby. 

 Tapes nndulata, China. 



Hub. China. 



This species might be taken at first sight to be a va- 

 rietv of T. textrix, but it will be found on inspection to 

 be peculiarly characterized on the anterior side by a sculp- 

 ture of irregular diagonal wrinkles. 



Species 0. (Mus. Cuming.) 



T.\PES GRATA. Tap. lesld subobloiiijo-ovatd, modice iii- 

 ^erjailateraH, riifescente-spadiced, maculis castaneis 

 sparsim qnadriradiaUi, ad nmbones piirpurascente tinc- 

 td, nadique concenlrice liratd, liris oblnsis, creberri- 

 tais, iiilerstitiis liiieariter incisis. 



The PLEASING Tapes. Shell rather oblong-ovate, mo- 

 derately inequilateral, reddish fawn-colour, sparingly 

 four-rayed with chestnut blotches, tinged with purple 

 at the umboes, concentrically ridged throughout, 

 ridges obtuse, very close-set, with the interstices li- 

 neally incised. 



Desuayes, Pro. Zoul. Soc. p. 10. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Peculiarly closely ridged with great regularity. 



Species 10. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Tapes similis. l^ip. testa ovato-cimeiformi, valde in- 

 (equilateraH,fidvescente-albd, lineis ciiiereo-griseis uii- 

 diqne reticulata, concenirice confertim obtuse liratd, 

 liris aiiticis conre.vii, posticis plaiiatis. 



The like Tapes. Shell ovately wedge-shaped, very in- 

 equilateral, fulvous-white, reticulated throughout with 

 ash-grey lines, concentrically closely obtusely ridged, 

 anterior ridges convex, posterior flattened. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 18.53, p. 8. 



Ilab. ? 



Eather more than usually carved in growth, with a co- 

 pious textile of light grey, sometimes faintly rayed. 



Species 11. (Mus. Cuming). 



Tapes turgida. Tap. testd subquadrato-oblowjd, pos- 

 fice tiirgidd et ubluse angulatd, fidvo-sqmdiced, cas- 

 taiieo pallide quadriradiatd, lineisque griseis pallidis 

 nndatn, concentrice undique dense liratd, liris inter- 

 diim coiifluentibus, interstitiis exnavatis. 



The turgid Tapes. Shell somewhat squarely oblong, 

 posteriorly turgid and obtusely angled, fulvous fawn- 

 colour, faintly four-rayed with chestnut, and waved 

 with pale-grey lines, concentrically closely ridged 

 throughout, ridges sometimes Howing together, with 

 the interstices excavated. 



J'enas litrgida, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vi. p. 353. 

 J'eniis dorsata, Lamarck. 

 Venus omdcea, Lamarck. 

 Tapes turgida, Sowerby. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Characterized by a broadly truncated, obtusely angled, 



turgid growth on the posterior side. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes obscukata. Tap. testa ovafo-cmieifurini, subob- 

 longd, valde inaquilaterali, sqiialide fulvo-riifesceute, 

 griseo obscure quadriradiatd, soUdiuscidd, regulariler 

 convexd, dense concentrice liratd, liris anticis eleca- 

 tiusculis, posticis qilauulatis. 



The obscured Tapes. Shell ovately wedge-shaped, 

 rather oblong, very inequilateral, dull fulvous-red, 

 obscurely four-rayed with grey, rather solid, regu- 

 larly convex, closely concentrically ridged, anterior 

 ridges slightly raised, posterior tlattened. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 9. 



Hab. - — ? 



January, 186-t. 



