300 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voy 27; 
Sub-order CONCHACEA. 
Family VENERIDAE. 
Meretrix casta, Chem. 
Anim, s. vert., VI, p. 299. 
Satpara Bay; Mahosa, Barhampur Id.; outer bar, opposite 
Manikpatna temple (young only); swamp inside bar, N. of Bar- 
hampur Id.; Manikpatna Id. 
A very large example was secured, but has reached the writer 
with no other locality attached than ‘‘ Chilka Survey’’; the 
dimensions of this specimen are as below. 
Long. 67, lat. 73 mm. 
Having now had the opportunity to examine fresh specimens 
of this species from the outer channels of the lake, the author is 
of opinion that the shell recently described by him as Corbicula 
(Velorita) satparaénsis' cannot stand, the worn subfossil remains 
upon which the species was based clearly proving it to be identi- 
cal with individuals of M. casta now to hand; this conclusion is 
borne out by Blanford’s record of the occurrence of M. casta in 
the Rambha Island Beds.” 
Meretrix ovum, Hanley. 
Proc. Zool Soc. London, 1846, p. 21. 
Satpara Bay; Mahosa, Barhampur Id. 
Meretrix morphina, Lk. 
Anim. s. vert., VI, p. 300. 
Channel off Barhampur Id., 10-20 ft. (a single valve). 
Tivela dillwyni (Deshayes). 
Cat. Brit. Mus., Conchif., 1853, p. 49; Cytherea mactrovdes, 
Sowerby, Thes. Conch., II, p. 615, pl. 128, fig. 56, 20 Born, nec 
Chemnitz, mec Lamarck. 
Serua Nadi, 5-9 feet (young specimens only). 
Meroé scripta, Gray. 
Rumphius, Mus. Amb., pl. xliit, figs. L, M. 
Outer channel, Lake Chilka (a single much worn valve). 
Tapes pinguis, Chem. 
Conch. Cab., VI, p. 355, pl. xxxiv, figs. 355-357 (as Venus). 
Manikpatna Id. (a somewhat inflated and rounded variety) ; 
Manikpatna Id. (a normal specimen); swamp inside bar N. of 
Barhampur Id.; S. side of Satpara Id., opposite bungalow. 
1 Rec. Ind. Mus., X, p. 306. 2 Rec. Geol. Surv. India, V, p. 61. 
