TAPES.— Plate IX. 



flexuoso-acuminatd, fitlvd, pallide griseo sapisiime U- I 

 neari-vudald vt lenllgiHom, coucentrice dense Virata, 

 liris subcallosis, hie illic cotijlitentibus. 



The stri.\ted Tapes. Shell anteriorly tumidly cordate, 

 posteriorly flexuously acuminated, fulvous, frequently 

 linearly waved and freckled with pale-grey, densely 

 concentrically ridged, ridges rather callous, here and 

 there confluent. 



Venus striata, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. vi. p. 358. pi. 34. 

 f. 36.5, 366. 



Vetius Labuana, Adams and Eeeve. 

 Chione striata, Deshayes. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



llesembling T. KucJiii in form ; but instead of being 

 smooth, the shell is densely concentrically ridged through- 

 out. 



Species 4'6. (rig. 46 i, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes bikadiata. Tap. testa subobloiit/o-ocatd, lacled, 

 pallide griseu liueari-reliculatd, et castaneo conspictie 

 biradiatd, concentrice liraid, liris prominidis, caUosis, 

 mbreflexis. 



The two-kayed Tapes. Shell rather oblong-ovate, 

 cream-colour, linearly reticulated with pale-grey, and 

 conspicuously two-rayed with chestnut, concentrically 

 ridged, ridges rather prominent, callous, slightly re- 

 flected. 



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



Hub. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A characteristic oval species, blotclicd on a faint grey- 

 waved ground, with two broad rays of chestnut blotches. 



The shell represented at Fig. 46a, originally placed with 

 this in Mr. Cuming's collection, is a variety of T. Japonica. 



