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  ON 
  A 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  PELECYPODA 
  FROM 
  THE 
  PHILIPPINE 
  

  

  ISLANDS. 
  

  

  ^y 
  Edgar 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  I.S.O. 
  

  

  Bead 
  12th 
  November, 
  1915. 
  

  

  PLATE 
  I. 
  

  

  This 
  small 
  collection, 
  submitted 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  determination, 
  is 
  not 
  of 
  

   very 
  special 
  interest 
  beyond 
  the 
  fact 
  tliat 
  it 
  comprises 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  species 
  not 
  previously 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands, 
  with 
  

   seven 
  which 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  undescribed. 
  

  

  The 
  specimens 
  were 
  all 
  collected 
  at 
  Port 
  Galera, 
  a 
  small 
  bay 
  

   almost 
  completely 
  landlocked, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  coast 
  of 
  Mindoro, 
  opposite 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  Batangas, 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Luzon. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  fifty-nine 
  species 
  enumerated 
  rather 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  have 
  

   already 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  those 
  which 
  appear 
  

   to 
  be 
  new 
  to 
  the 
  fauna 
  are 
  marked 
  with 
  an 
  asterisk. 
  The 
  identifica- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  ^ 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  facilitated 
  by 
  the 
  catalogue 
  of 
  

   the 
  Pelecypoda 
  of 
  these 
  islands 
  published 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Hidalgo 
  in 
  the 
  

   Mem. 
  11. 
  Acad. 
  Ciencias 
  Madrid, 
  vol. 
  xxi, 
  1903, 
  pp. 
  i-v, 
  1-400, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  Revista 
  11. 
  Acad, 
  Ciencias 
  Madrid, 
  vol. 
  ii, 
  1905, 
  pp. 
  246-312, 
  

   and 
  vol. 
  iii, 
  1905, 
  pp. 
  9-43. 
  

  

  A. 
  LIST 
  OF 
  THE 
  SPECIES. 
  

   Family 
  Solknid^. 
  

   1*. 
  Solen 
  sloanii, 
  Gray 
  (?). 
  Two 
  young 
  valves. 
  

   Family 
  CouBULiDiE. 
  

  

  2. 
  Corhula 
  crassa, 
  Hinds. 
  

  

  3. 
  C. 
  taitensis, 
  Lamarck. 
  

  

  Family 
  Paphiid^. 
  

   4.* 
  Paphia 
  macrodoti, 
  Deshayes. 
  

  

  Family 
  Anatinid^. 
  

  

  5. 
  Myodora 
  ohlonga, 
  lleeve. 
  

  

  Family 
  Psammobiid.h. 
  

  

  6. 
  Psammohia 
  squamosa, 
  Lamarck. 
  

  

  7. 
  P. 
  layardi, 
  Deshayes. 
  

   S.'^' 
  P, 
  philippinensis, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  Family 
  Tellinid.e. 
  

  

  9. 
  Tellina 
  (Ilomala) 
  inflata, 
  Chemnitz. 
  

   10. 
  T. 
  [Arcopagia) 
  pinguis, 
  Hanley. 
  

  

  ^ 
  A 
  set 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  enumerated 
  has 
  been 
  presented 
  by 
  Professor 
  L. 
  E. 
  

   Griffin 
  to 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Nat. 
  Hist.), 
  where 
  the 
  types 
  of 
  the 
  seven 
  

   new 
  species 
  are 
  also 
  preserved. 
  

  

  