BIVALVE SHELLS. 165 



Favanne, Conch. pl. 47. f. xi 1. 

 Encycl. Metli. pl. 280. f. 4. 



Venus literata, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. p. 689; ed. 12. p. 1135; 

 Mus. Ulr. ii. 508. no. 75. 



Born, Test. Mus. p. 74. 



Chemn. Conch. vii. 37. pl. 41. f. 432-434. 



Schrbt.Einl. iii. 148. 



Gmel. p. 3293. no. 132 (exelus. varietatibus). 



Dillw. Cat. i. 203. no. 103 (exclus. var. B, C, D). 



Wood,Ind. Test.]A.S.i. 101. 



Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 596. no. 40 (exclus. var. 3). 



Desh. Encycl. Meth. Vers, iii. 1119. no. 19 ; in LamJc. ed. 2. 

 vi. 353. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 121. 

 Pullastra literata, Sow. Genera of Shells, f. 2. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst. i. pl. 7^. f. 2, 

 Tapes literata (ex parte), Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 684. pl. 147. 



f. 43, 45, 48. 

 Yar. candidissima, duo specimina in collectione Cumingiana. 



Hab. Oceanus Indicus atque Australis ; insulse Philippinenses. 



16. Tapes radiata. 



T. testa ovato-transversa, oblonga, compressa, insequilaterali, an- 

 tice brevi, obtusa, postice oblique truncata, subangulata ; 

 transversim tenuissime striata, in latere postico striis latioribus 

 planulatis flavo irregulariter punctulata, radiis albis et fusces- 

 centibus subarticulatis ornata, intus pallide sulphurea. 



Venus literata radiata, Chemn. Conch. vii. 45. pl. 42. f. 439. 



Venus no. 45, Schrot. Einl. iii. 172. 



Venus literata, var. e, Gmel. p. 3293. 



Encycl.Meth. pl. 282. f. 1. 



Venus adspersa, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 595. 



Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 352 (note). 

 Venus aspersa, Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 120 (exclus. Dillw. syn.). 

 Tapes literata, var., Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 684. pl. 146. f. 47. 



Hab. Oceanus Indicus. 



17. Tapes Rodatzi. 



T. testa oblonga, sulcis concentricis confertis subirregularibus 

 postice validioribus partim dichotomis elegaLiter sculpta, fla- 

 vescente, maculis lineolisque atro-fuscis, glaucis et livicUs an- 

 gulato-flexuosis, undulatis seu araneosis varie picta et ssepius 

 interrupte quadriradiata ; extremitate antica brevi attenuata, 

 postica producta, basi aequahter parumque curvata ; umbonibus 



