TAPES.— Plate III. 



An evenly convex \\ edge-shaped shell, with dull obscure 

 traces of colouriu"-. 



Species 13. (Fig. <i, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes duka. Tujj. testa suljangitste ovatd, fltrumqiK tur- 

 gidd, fulvd vet rvfescerde-spadiced, maculis eastaneis 

 jitus i/iimi.s radiatd, liiieis grisels undatis palllde n- 

 ticulatd, conceiitrice olitiisi tiratd, liris crelicrrimis. 



The kutjgu Tapes. Shell rather imrrowlv ovate, gene- 



rally turgid, fulvous or reddish-fawn, wore or less 



rayed with chestnut blotches, faintly reticulated «ith 



waved grey lines, conceutiically obtusely ridged, 



ridges very close-set. 

 Vtnm dura, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3292. 



I unuH ruriflammu, Lamarck. 



Tapes rarijiamiiiu, Sowerljv. 



Tapes dura, Deshayes. 

 Hub. Senegal. 



An extremely variable species, from Senegal, Le Pegon 

 of Adanson. 



