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livescens : area cardinalis curta, obliqua, triangularis, sulcis obli- 

 quis ad 8 arata : fovea apicalis profunda. Long. 2£ ; alt. 3 ; 

 lat. f poll. Hob. ? 



The resemblance to the common P. ephippium of the West 

 Indies is very great. It differs chiefly in the clay-colored exte- 

 rior, and in having the byssal instead of the opposite side dilated ; 

 the muscular scar is also smaller. 



Perna torva. T. rudis, crassa, inequivalvis, concentrice 

 lamellata, cinerea, obliqua, trapezoidea ; latere byssali dilatato, 

 semicirculari ; sinu byssali profundo; apice adunco ; latere pos- 

 tico rectilineari, obliquo, producto; margine cardinali obliquo : 

 area cardinalis triangularis, sulcis obliquis ad sex arata : marga- 

 rita ex argenteo-purpurascens ; limbo lato, retro dilatato. L.ing. 

 14; alt. If-; lat. | poll. Hub. Sandwich Islands. 



The obliquity of this species and the small number of its car- 

 dinal sulci are among its most prominent characters. 



Perna eremita. T. fragilis, exaluminata, variabilis, dola- 

 brata, vulsellata, unguiformis, pectiniformis et omnimode dis- 

 torta, plerumque radiatim rugoso-striata et in junioribus rufo- 

 lineata; antrorsum plus minusve arcuata : margarita argentea ; 

 limbo corticali ampliato, foliaceo, stramineo, vilreo : margine 

 cardinali fere horizontal^ 6-8 sulcato ; fissura byssali profunda. 

 Long. 2; alt. 1 r j ; lat. f poll. Inhabits Carlshjlf Island, Pau- 

 motu Group. 



This shell, though so variable as to elude all terms of descrip- 

 tion, is still very distinct from all others, in all its forms. It 

 seems to acquire its multiform shapes from the cavities in coral 

 where it resides. Young or well protected specimens are sculp- 

 tured by delicate radiating ramose ribs bearing minute 6cales. 



Perna nana. T. parva, crassa, subquadrata, adunca, lamel- 

 losa, extus nigra ; margine ventrali sinuato ; angulo infero-posteri- 

 ori rotundato ; latere postico sinuato: area cardinali lata, 6-sul- 

 cata ; fissura byssali ampla, trigonalis: margarita plumbaginea ; 

 limbo corticali angusto, pallido. Long. | ; alt. f ; lat. ^- poll. 

 Hub. Feejee Islands ; under stones. Drayton. 



The solidity and color of this little species will not admit of its 

 being confounded with any other species. It bears the marks of 

 mature age. 



