TAPES. 



Plate IV. 



Species 14. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes alba. Tap. tesld oblongo-ovatd, postice subtrun- 

 cato-angulatd, sordide albd, concentrice rugatd, rugis 

 valde irregularibus, ad anguhim podicum p/icaid. 



The white Tapes. Shell oblong-ovate, posteriorly 

 somewhat truncately angled, dull white, concentri- 

 cally wrinkled, wrinkles very irregular, plicated on 

 the posterior angle. 



Desk ayes. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 9. 



Hab. Swan Eiver, Western Australia. 



A very characteristic, opake-white species, of solid 

 growth, sculptured with ii-regularly concentric wrinkles. 



Species 15. (Fig. a, b, ^Ins. Cuming.) 



Tapes vitulata. Tap. testa ovato-cordatd, pustice ob- 

 lique attenuatd, gibbosittscidd, albidd, ftdco-rubeiite 

 nndiqite copiose variegatd, concentrice rude liratd, liris 

 anticis corriigato-elevatis, posticis plicato-planatis. 



The variegated Tapes. Shell ovately-cordate, pos- 

 teriorly obliquely attenuated, rather gibbous, whitish, 

 copiously variegated throughout with fulvous-red, 

 concentrically rudely ridged, anterior ridges corru- 

 gately raised, posterior plicately flattened. 



Deshayes, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hah. ? 



I give this species as I find it named by M. Deshayes 

 in Mr. Cuming's cabinet. It conies very near to certain 

 varieties of our British T. virginea. 



Species 16. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes radiata. Top. tedd subquadrato-oblungfi, postice 

 compresse JlaheUieformi , truncato-angidatd,fidvescente- 

 lacted, nigra obscnrii radiata et copiose punctata, inter- 

 dmii ustulato-castaneo tinctd, concentrice dense striato- 

 tirutd. 



The rayed Tapes. Shell somewhat stjuarely oblong, 

 posteriorly compressly fan-shaped, truncately angled, 

 fulvous cream-colour, obscurely rayed and copiously 

 dotted with black, sometimes tinged with buri\t- 

 chestniit, concentrically densely striately ridged. 



i'enus literata radiata, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. vii. p. 

 45. pi. 43. f. 439. 

 Tapes literata, var., Sowerby. 

 Tajies radiata, Deshayes. 



Hab. Indian Ocean. 



Many will hesitate to follow 51. Deshayes in separating 

 this from V. literata ; still it is a very characteristic form 

 of it, always readily recognizable. 



Species 17. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes viuginea. Tap. testa ovato-oblongd, postice sub- 

 oblique truncatd, laded, spadiceo-roseo copiose varie- 

 gatd, concentrice crelrriliratd, liris irregularibus, me- 

 dio planatis, ad lalera plicatis. 

 The virgin Tapes. Shell ovately oblong, posteriorly 

 rather obliquely truncated, cream-colour, copiously 

 variegated with fawn-rose, concentrically closely 

 ridged, ridges irregular, flattened in the middle, pli- 

 cated at the sides. 

 Venus virginea, Linna'us, Syst. Nat. p. 1130. 

 Venus rhomboides. Pennant. 

 Cuneus Jasciut us. Da Costa. 

 Venus Sarniensis, Turton. 

 Venerupis Sarniensis, Fleming. 

 Vener?ipis virginea, Fleming. 

 I'ullaslra virginea. Brown. 

 Venus virago, Loven. 

 Tapes virginea, Forbes and Hanley. 

 Hab. European Seas. 



This well-known species of our own shores presents a 

 beautiful variegation of delicate fawn-rose colour. 



January, 1864. 



