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100. Chione INTERRUPTA. 



C. testa oblongo-ovata, transversim striata, demum Isevi, albida, 

 maculis magnis fuscis angulatis picta aut radiata, plerumque 

 stella alba ad apices ; extremitate utraque rotundata ; area 

 lunulaque Isevibus, lividis. 



Venus interrupta, Koch, in Phil. Abbild. und Beschr. p. 30 pl. 8. 

 f. 7. 

 Hab. Oceanus Indicus. 



101. Chione marmorata. B.M. 



C. testa ovata, crassa, transversim sulcata, alba, fulvo rufoque 

 variegata; ano ovali-oblongo, apice fusco-violascente ; pube 

 magna, colorata, lineolata. 



Cytherea marmorata, Lamk. An. s. Vert. ed. 2. vi. 261". no. 58. 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pl. 10. f. 13. a, b-. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 123. pl. 16. f. 36. 

 Venus variabilis, Phil. Abbild. Conch. p. 12. pl. 3. f. 8, 9. 

 Tapes laterisulca (pro parte), Sow. jun. Thes. Conch. p. 686. 

 pl. 148. f. 68, 69. 



Hab. Mare Europseum Australe (Lamk.) ; Oceanus Indieus 

 prope Bombay {Philippi). 



102. Chione ustulata. 



C. testa ovato-transversa, subtrigona, turgida, crassa, solida, in- 

 sequilaterali, antice obtusa, postice obtusissime angulata, flava, 

 lineis maculisve rufis diversimodo variegata et subradiata; 

 transversim irregulariter sulcata, sulcis triangularibus, in medio 

 obsoletis,ad umbonestenuissimis; lunula ovato-elongata,fusca; 

 area ligamenti brevi, parum profunda, fuscescente ; valvis intus 

 pallide flavis ; margine cardinali violaceo. 



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



Hab. Portus Manillse Philippinarum. CoU. Cuming. 



103. Chione ambigua, Desh. 



C. testa ovato-elongata, compressiuscula, la^vi, nitidissima, pos- 

 tice multo longiore, subrostrata, antice ascendente, alba, punc- 

 tis lituris radiisve fuscis picta varie; area lanceolata lunulaque 

 oblonga profundatis, pallide caeruleis, fusco t^ansversim line- 

 atis. 



Venus Paupercula, Philippi Abbild. Conch. p. 63. pl. 4. f. 5 (non 

 Chemn.). 



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