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fuscis grisea radiis duobus castaneis latis interruptis ornata, 

 transversim et regulariter tenue sulcata, sulcis antice minori- 

 bus, in medio latioribus eminentioribusque, postice angustiori- 

 bus et leviter undulatis ; lunula livida, concava, laevigata, vix 

 distincta ; area elongato-laciniata, plana, Isevigata, livida, lineis 

 violaceis liturata, valvis intus albis ; margine cardinali antice 

 et postice violaceo maculato; sinu pallii angusto, obtuso, mar- 

 ginibus parallelis. 



Tapes biradiata, DesJi. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 



Var. /3. Testa minore, turgidiore radiis evanescentibus ; valvis 

 maculis minimis et lineis angulosis irregularibus ornata. 



Hab. Puteao, Philippinarum. CoU. Cuming. 



34. Tapes quadriradiata. 



T. testa transversa, elliptica, turgidula, insequilaterali, utroque 

 latere obtusa, antice angustiuscula, albo-lutea, lineis fuscis 

 angulatis, numerosis densissime picta et quadriradiata ; radiis 

 maculis quadratis fuscis et albis subarticulatis ; striis trans- 

 versis regularibus numerosis depressiasculis, postice planis et 

 latioribus ; lunula fusco-violascente, elongato-angusta, polita, 

 fusco dense lineolata; area angusta, excavata, in medio ma- 

 cula violaceo-livida notata ; valvis intus pallide luteis ; sinu 

 pallii lato, semielliptico. 



Tapes quadriradiata, Desh. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 



Hab. Insulae Philippinenses. Coll. Cuming. 



35. Tapes undulata. B.M. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, pallide fulva, inferne violascente, lineis 

 rufis aut violaceis angulato-flexuosis reticulata, Isevi, hneis 

 tamen impressis margini ventrah subparallelis, undulatis, 

 utrumque latus non attingentibus exarata ; caeterum T. textili 

 similis. 



Venus undulata, Born, Test. Mus. p. 6/. 



Dillw. Cat. p. 204. no. 106 (pro Bormi synonymo). 

 Venus rimosa, Pkil. Zeits. fiir Malac. 1847, p. 88 ; Abbild. 



Conch. p. 25. pl. 7- f. 7- 

 Tapes rimosa, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 682. pl. 146. f. 29. 



Hab. China {Cuming). 



36. Tapes textrix. B.M. 

 T. testa ovato-transversa, insequilaterali, utroque latere obtusa, 



subattenuata,glaberrima,pallide flava,lineis purpureis angidatis 



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