ANODONTITES I415 



Anodontites crispata Bruguieri];, Jl. d'Hist. Nat., I, 1792, p. 



Anodonta crispata Lamarck, x-Yn. sans \'ert., \'I, 1819, p. 86. 

 Margarita (Anodonta) crispata Lea, Syn., 1836, p. 48; 1838, 



p. 29. 

 Anodon crispata Cati.ow and Rek\% Conch. Nom.j 1845, p. 66. 

 Margaron (Anodonta) crispata Lea, Syn., 1852, p. 47; 1870, 



P- 75- 

 Glabaris crispatus Simpson, Syn., 1900, p. 919. 

 f Anodonta crispa Lamarck, Enc. Meth.. H, 1827, p. 147, pi. 



cciii, fig-. 3. 

 Anodonta puberula Gould, U. S. Expl. Ex., XU, 1852, p. 434, 



figs. 548, 548a, 548/7. 

 Anodon rcticidatus Sowerby, Conch. Icon.. XYH, 1867, pi. x, 



fig. 27. 

 Margaron (Anodonta) reticulata Lea, Syn., 1870, p. 80. 

 Anodonta reticulata P.iiTEL, Conch. Sam., IH, 1890, p. 184. 



Specimens, which are before me labeled Anodonta crispata 

 Lam., agree fairly well with Lamarck's description and the 

 figures in the Encyclopedic Methodique, and with Gould's 

 type of A. puberula. It is a small species and varies much in 

 the degree of its sculpture. 



Anodontites ciiEEziANUS (Sowerby). 



Shell almost evenly long elliptical, inflated, solid, dull olive, 

 with irregular growth lines and delicate radial lines on the 

 front half ; beaks only moderately elevated, flesh-colored ; dor- 

 sal outline lightly arched; dorsal slope obliquely truncate; 

 anterior end narrowed, rounded ; base very slightly incurved 

 medially ; posterior ridge full, rounded, ending in a rounded 

 point at the base of the shell ; surface striate and subrugose ; 

 epidermis yellowish-green ; nacre bluish-white. 



Length 48, height 27 mm. 

 Anodon chee::iana Sowerby, Conch. Icon., XVII, 1867, pi. x\^ 



fig- .S2. 

 Glabaris chee::iana Simpson, Syn., igoo, p. 932. 



Only a brief description is given for this species and no 

 localitv is assigned. In most characters it agrees with A. cris- 



