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que violascentibus picta; lunula late cordata, profunde im- 

 pressa ; area lanceolata, profunda, Isevi. 



Artemis scabra, Fhilippi, Zeits.Jur MalaJc. 1849, p. 19. no. 81. 



Hab. Insula Liew Kiew in mari Chinensi. 



66. DOSINIA ASPERA. 



D. testa orbiculari, tenuicula, subcompressa, concentrice creber- 

 rime striata, striis elevatiusculis, irregularibus, asperis, ad latera 

 pariim prominentioribus ; area ligamenti plano-excavata, laevi- 

 gata ; lunula cordata ; sordide alba. 



Artemis aspera, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 9. f, 49. 

 Sow.juri, Thes. Conch. p. 668. pl. 143. f. 56. 



Hab. Manilla. 



67. DOSINIA CANALICULATA. 



D. testa parva, tumida, sordide alba, minutissime striata, striis ad 

 latera elevatiusculis ; umbonibus prominentibus, acutis; area 

 ligamenti duplicata. 



Artemis canaliculata, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 668. pl. 143. f. 58. 



Hab. Manilla. 



68. DosiNiA ALTioR, Desh. 



D. testa orbiculari, elongata, longiore quam latiore, insequilaterali, 

 depressa, solida, transversim tenue et regulariter striata ; albo- 

 grisea vel fulva, ad apicem attenuata ; striis depressis, planis, 

 antice posticeque minus numerosis, irregulariter corrugatis; 

 umbonibus elongatis, oblique subcordatis, prominentibus; lu- 

 nula cordato-scutiformi, impressa, profunda, plana ; area liga- 

 menti elongato-lanceolata, marginibus acutis, distanter dentatis 

 circumscripta ; valvis intus albis; sinu pallii parvo, angusto, 

 trigono, horizontali, a])ice acuminato. 



Hab. ? Coll. Cuming. 



69. DOSINIA SCABRIUSCULA. 



D.testa suborbiculari, convexa, soUdiuscula, alba, vix latiore quam 

 alta, postice superne subangulata, concentrice, tenuissime et 

 creberrime lirata, hris ad latera acute lamellaribus; area liga- 

 menti late excavata, lamellata, margine subspinosa; lunula 

 cordata, profuude impressa. 



Artemis scabriuscula, Phil. Abbild. Conch. Cyth. p. 31. pl. 6. f. 2. 



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