TAPE S. 



Plate VI II. 



SpBcies 3-1. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes oiaiCNTALls. Tap. testa ovald, sabreiitricotd, fiil- 

 vescente-spadicm, fiimeo-fmco }>las minus tinctd vt in- 

 ierriipti reticulatd, concentrici comr/alo-liratd, liris 

 obtiisis, hic ilUc coiijlueutibiiti, posfici- pltcido-iwpansis. 



The EASTERN' Tapes. Shell ovate, slightly veiitricose, 

 iulvo\is-iVuvii, more or less stained and iuterraptedly 

 reticulated with smoky-browu, concentrically corru- 

 gately ridged, ridges obtuse, here and there con- 

 tinent, posteriorly plicately e.\panoled. 



Hub. Eondxiy. 



Of this apparently undescribed species Mr. Cuming 

 possesses several varieties, closely allied in acidpture and 

 general aspect. 



Species 35. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes occidentalis. Tap. testa ovatd, po-^tice stib- 

 Jiexuosd, JIacescente-lacted, iiirjrkaide interrupts reti- 

 cidato-iiebidatd, coiiceutrice currmjalo-liratd, liris ob- 

 tusis, irrez/idariter coiijlitentibns, postice plicato-e.v- 

 pansis. 

 The western Tapes. Shell ovate, posteriorly slightly 

 fiexuoiis, yellowish cream-colour, interruptedly reti- 

 culately clouded with black, concentrically eorrugately 

 ridged, ridges obtuse, irregularly confluent, poste- 

 riorly plicately expanded. 

 llab. Guadaloupe, West Indies. 



Singularly like the preceding species in design of sculp- 

 ture, though the two species are from opposite hemispheres. 

 In form and colour they are obviously distinct. 



Hub. China. Philippine Islands. 



This species, which .M. Deshayes refers to his genus 

 Chione, appears to me to be an undoubted Tapes. 



Species 36. (Fig. a, b, ^Im. Cuming.) 

 Tapes Philippii. Tap. testa trii/oiw-ocatd, rompressd, 

 postice snbacuminatd, nifescente-spadiced, yriseo pal- 

 lide reticidatd, coiiceidricc liratd, liris coiifertis, ob- 

 tiisis, luc illic cotijliwnlibns. 

 Philippi's Tapes. Shell triangrdarly ovate, compressed, 

 posteriorly rather acuminated, reddish fawn-colour, 

 faintly reticulated with grey, concentrically ridged, 

 ridges close-set, obtuse, here and there conii\ient. 

 Feints striata, pars, Sowerby, Thes. Conch, vol. i. p. 735. 

 Chione PluUppU, Deshayes. 



Species 37. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes aUREA. Tap. testa oldoiKju-cniieifonui, allndd vet 

 fidcescenle, f/riseo vel fusco promisvae jiamiud.d ret 

 tenuireticidatd, coiiceidrici temdUratd, liris coiifertis, 

 hic illic coiifaeidibiis, latere aidico abrupte. abbreoiato. 

 Medio tiirrjido, postico phis viiiins aciindnato. 



The golden Tapes. Shell oblong wedge-shaped, white 

 or fulvous, promiscuously flamed and finely reticu- 

 lated with grey or brown, concentrically finely ridged, 

 ridges close-set, here and there confluent, anterior 

 side abruptly shortened, midtlle swollen, posterior 

 side more or less acuminated. 



Venus anrea, Gmelin, Sysl. N'at. p. 3-288. 

 TeUiita fasciutu. Lister. 

 Feints ediilis, Chemnitz. 

 Venus lenea, Turlon. 

 Venus mtens, Turtou. 

 Pitllusira aiirea. Brown. 

 Tapes anrea, Forbes and Hanley. 



llab. European Seas. 



This well-known Tapes of our ow n shores may be reatlily 

 distinguished by its peculiarly turgid wedge-like fmiu. 



Species 3S. (Fig. a, b, iLus. Cuming.) 



Tapes KociIIl. Tap. lestd antice globnso-cordatd, tnr- 

 gidd, postice Jle.vauso-ticnminatd, albidd, e/ernlesceide- 

 (jriseo vel fumeo-Jitsco reticttlato-varietjatd ant uebn- 

 latd, heviijatd, nitentv, oljscure conceiUrice striata. 



Koch's Tapes. Shell anteriorly globosely cordate, swol- 

 len, posteriorly flexuously acuminated, whitish, reti- 

 culately variegated or clovuled with blue-grey or 

 snioky-browii, smooth, shining, obscurely concentri- 

 cally striated. 



Veii/is Koeliii, Philippi. Abbild. und I'.eseh. Conch, vol. i. 

 p. 3. pi. 1. t. 5. 

 Chione Kochii, Deshayes. 



Hab. ? 



February, ISGi. 



