AMPHIDESMA.— Plate V. 



Hab. Port Curtis, Australia. 



Elegantly sculptured throughout with thin 

 lamella;. 



raised 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Amphidesjia scabra. Ampli. testa orbiculari, convexd, 

 subaquilaterali, latere antico rotmidato, postico sub- 

 truncato, leviter jlexuoso ; lutescente-albd, lineis pal- 

 lide rvfo-aurantiu obscure radiatd, cardine purpureo- 

 tincto; superficie dense tenuilajuellatd, lamellis mar- 

 gine crenulatis, interstitiis concentrice striatis, radiatim 

 crispato-corrugatis. 



The rough Amphidesma. Shell orbicular, convex, 

 nearly equilateral, anterior side rounded, posterior 

 subtruncated and slightly flexuous ; yellowish-white, 

 obscurely rayed with faiut reddish-orange lines, hinge 

 purple-stained ; surface densely finely lameUated, la- 

 mellffi crenulated at the edge, interstices concentricaOy 

 striated, radiately crisply wrinkled. 



Hanley, Recent Shells, Supp. pi. 12. 



Hab. ? 



A delicately sculptured species of yellowish-white, faintly 

 characterized by a few radiating reddish-orange lines. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Amphidesma Jotis. Amph. testa subelliptico-ovali, ven- 

 tricosiusculd, latere antico sublongiore, postico truncato, 

 paululum Jlexuoso ; roseo-spadiced, umbonibus roseis ; 

 concentrice lameUatd, lamellis parvis, lenuibus, cori- 

 fertis. 



Jupiter's Amphidesma. SheU somewhat elliptically 

 oval, rather ventricose, anterior side rather the longer, 

 posterior trancated, a little flexuous ; rose-fawn, um- 

 boes rose; concentrically lamellated, lamellae small, 

 thin, close-set. 



Semele Jovis, A. Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. July, 1853. 



Hob. ? 



A fine large rose-tinted species, sculptured with close- 

 set small lameUffi of a light fawn colour. 



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