146 bivalve shells. 



78. Chione Japonica. B.M. 



C. testa trigona, subcordata, msequilaterali, antice obtusa, postiee 

 angulata, transversim dense striata, fulva, lineis maculisve 

 purpureis, angulosis insignita ; vulva obliterata, lunula ovato- 

 cordata, livida, laevigata, superne ^TLolaceo maculata; labiis 

 interioribus vulvae violaceis. 



Venus literata, Chemn. Conch. vi. 357- pl. 34. f. 364 (non Linn.). 

 Venus no. 26, Schrot. Einl. iii. 164. 

 Venus japonica, Gmel. p. 3279. no. 48. 



Dillw. Cat. i. 182. no. 56. 

 An eadem spec? Wood, Ind. Test. pl. 7- f- 55. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 127 ; in Wood, Suppl. pl. 13. f. 46. 

 Venus striata (ex parte), Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 735. pl. 162. 

 f. 



Hab. Mare Chinense et Japonicum. 



79. Chione Philippii, Desh. 



C. testa ovato-trigona, subcordata, tumida, antice obtusa et 

 latiore, postice angulata, flava vel griseo-flava, aliquantisper 

 obscure radiata, transversim striata ; striis crassioribus, regu- 

 laribus, pube lunulaque lividis; lunula ovata, concaviuscula, 

 violaceo superne maculata ; marginibus integris ; intus pallide 

 am-antia; margine cardinali utraque extremitate macula vio- 

 lacea notato. 



Venus striata (ex parte), Sow.jun. TJies. Conch. p. 735. pl. 162. 



Phil. Ahhild. Conch. p. 29. pl. 8. f. 5, 6 (syn. plur. exclus.) (non 

 Chemn.). 



Hab. Cliina; Insulge Philippinenses. 



80. Chione regularis. 



C. testa ovato-trigona, transversa, turgida, insequilaterali, antice 

 obtusa, postice declivi, subangulata, subrostrata, raargine 

 ventrali valde arcuato, flavo-grisea, postice nigro-violascente, 

 transversim regulariter et eleganter sulcata; sidcis convexis, 

 sequidistantibus ; lunula elongato-ovata, perplana, laevigata, 

 nitente, superne violaceo maculata; area parva, elongata, lan- 

 ceolata, plana; valvis intus albis, cardine antice posticeque 

 violaceo maculato, sinu pallii lato, obliquo, brevi, semiovah. 



Chione regularis, Desh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 



Hah. Insulse Philippinenses. CoU. Cuming. 



81. Chione Peronii. B.M. 

 C. testa ovato-transversa, subcordata, insequilaterali ; antice 



