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prominent, and the exterior is covered with ridges parallel to the margin, and varying 

 in number from 16 to 25; these arc roimded and obtuse, and rather wider than the 

 spaces between them, and in many of my specimens there are the remains of coloured 

 bands. In the adult shell the margin is covered with about 25 — 30 large crenu- 

 lations. 



Amongst some specimens given to me by Sir Charles Lyell from Touraine, is a 

 single valve of a shell that may probably be referred to this species, but it is not in a 

 sufficiently perfect condition fur a fair identification. Amongst a large number of 

 specimens of our Cor. Crag shell, some may be found witli the crenulated margin 

 whose diameter does not much exceed half that of others in which sucli part of the 

 shell is smooth, but the size is no argument against its having attained to a state of 

 maturity. 



Astarte Bosqueiu, Nyst, ' Coq. Foss. de Belg.,' pi. vi, fig. IG, which that author has 

 doubtingly referred to A. pygmcBa of Goldfuss, is probably different, and may be the 

 same as A. circiunaria, Midi., it is larger and more angular than our species. Some 

 specimens of A. ininuta, Nyst, brought home by Sir Charles Lyell, are also different, 

 and, I think, cannot be referred to our species ; the shell is smaller, more triangular ; 

 the exterior is ridged, and it has a smooth margin : neither can it, in my opinion, be 

 referred to our British species, A. Irianffidaris, nor to A. parvula. 



10. Astarte Burtinh, Lajoakaire. Tab. XVII, fig. ba — d. 



Astarte Birtine.\. Lajonk. Mem. de la Soc. d'llist. Nat. de Par., t. i, p. 129, pi. d a — c, 

 182;?. 

 _ _ 2\yst. Hech. Coq. Foss. Prov. d'Auv., p. S, No. 38, 18;i.^). 



— BcuTiNii. Id. Coq. Foss. de Belg., p. 160, pi. i.x, fig. 7a, h, 18-tl. 



— oBi.iauATA. Id. (not Sowcrby.) Id., p. IGO, pi. vii, fig. ". 



— pisiFORMis, var. /3. S. Wood. Catalogue. 



Spec. Char. Testa crassd, subtrigonuld, cordiformi, titmidd, aid compressd, subhiaqui- 

 laierali, striata vel sulcatd, striis obliqitis ad marginem excurreiitibiis ; umbonibifs prominidis ; 

 lumdd magnd, Icevigatd ; murgbie crcnidato. 



Shell thick, subtrigonal, heartshaped, tumid or compressed, slightly inequilateral, 

 striated or sulcatcd ; striae oblique, running out at the margin ; umbones a little 

 prominent; lunule large, deep, and smooth; margin crenulated. 



Length, ^ths of an inch ; height, ^ths, nearly 



Length of var. pisiformis, j^ths ditto ; height, v^ths ditto. 



Localities. Cor. Crag, Sutton, Ramsholt, Sudbourn, and Gcdgravc. 

 Red Crag, Sutton. 



Very abundant in the Cor. Crag, but exceedingly scarce in the Red, so much so, 

 that judging from my own collection, it is doubtful if true and f^enuinc specimens have 

 been found in it. 



