TAPES. 



Plate XII. 



S))efics GO. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes Piiilippinauum. Tap. tenia oMongo-ovatd, gibba, 

 valde inirqiiilaleruU, antki abbreviatd, trimcatd,fulcd, 

 fusco variegatd et obscure rudiatd, radiatim liratd, li- 

 ris postice angulalis, ad lalera crispato-dccussatis. 



The Philippine Tapes. Shell oblong-ovate, gibbous, 

 very inequilateral, anteriorly very short, truncated, 

 fulvous, variegated and obscurely rayed with brown, 

 radiately ridged, ridges posteriorly angled, crisply 

 decussated at the sides. 



J'enits Philippinariiiii, Adams and Eeeve, Moll. Voy. Sa- 

 marang, p. 7;). pi. 23. f. 10. 

 Tapes PhUippiuariim, Sowerby. 



Hab. Piiilippinc Islands ; Belcher. 



licniarkable for its very short truncated growth on the 

 anterior side. 



Species 61. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes punicea. Tap. tesld ovald, coiivexiiiscnld, la/ere 

 aidico brcvi; obtuso, delude attenuato, poslico latiore, 

 fidvd, fusco irregulariler punctata, obscure radiatd, 

 maculis parvis albis irregulariter aspersd, intus pur- 

 pureo-rosed, circa mnbones violaced, undique dense la- 

 vigato-decussatd, liris posticis majoribus, distantioribus. 



The scarlet Tapes. Shell ovate, slightly convex, an- 

 terior side short, obtuse, then attenuated, posterior 

 broader, fulvous, irregularly dotted with brown, ob- 

 scurely rayed, irregularly sprinkled with small white 

 spots, purple-rose within, violet about the nndjoes, 

 densely smoothly decussated throughout, the poste- 

 rior ridges being larger and more di.stant. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 10. 

 Tapes cariegata, Sowerby. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



I give M. Deshayes' T. puiiicea, but it is much to be 

 doubted whether the peculiarly broadly ovate form here 

 noted is sufficient to distinguish it, as a sjiecies, from T. 

 variegatu, with which it agrees in other respects. 



Species 03. (Mus. Cunnng.) 



Tapes CINEREA. Taji. testa subauguste ovatd, postice ob- 

 lique truncatd, cinereo-albd, maculis purpureo-griseis 



sparsiiri. postice radiatd, undique dense decussatd, liris 

 lateralibus subasperis. 



The ash-colouked Tapes. Shell rather narrowly ovate, 

 posteriorly obliquely truncated, ash-white, sparingly 

 rayed on the posterior side with jnirple-grey blotches, 

 densely decussated throughout, lateral ridges rather 

 rough. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 11. 



Hub. ? 



The radiated painting on the posterior side of this shell 

 assumes the importance of a specific character. 



Species G3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes denticulata. Tap. testa ovato-rhomhuided, cras- 

 siuscu/d, sordidefulvd, purpureo-griseu obscure radiatd 

 et punctatd, undique irregulariter rugoso-decussatd, liris 

 lateralibus distautioribus, serrato-nodulatis. 



The toothed T.vpes. Shell ovately rhomboid, rather 

 thick, dull fulvous, obscurely rayed and dotted with 

 purple-grey, irregularly rugosely ilecussated through- 

 out, lateral ridges more distant, serrately noduled. 



Sowerby, Thcs. Coneb. vol. i. p. 694.. pi. 150. f. 111. 



Hab. ? 



Distinguished by a rough irregular kind of decussation, 

 which at the sides is serratelv noduled. 



Species 01. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tapes vauiegata. Tap. testa ohlougo-ovatd, postice ob- 

 lique truncatd, fulcesceute-lacled, griseo et ferrugineo- 

 Jusco variegatd, undique dense decussatu, liris postice 

 angulalis, ad lalera tenue serrato-nodulatis. 



The variegated Tapes. Shell oblong-ovate, posterioriy 

 obliquely truncated, fulvous cream-colour, variegated 

 with grey and rust-brown, closely decussated through- 

 out, ridges posteriorly angled, finely serrately noduled 

 at the sides. 



Sowerby, Thcs. Conch, vol. i. p. 01)0. pi. 151. f. 133 to 

 138. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Variously painted, but often leaving the cream-coloured 



March, 1801. 



