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nigro-fuscescente, nitente vestita ; valvis intus albis vel roseis ; sinn pal- 

 liari brevi. 



Long. 37 ; hit, 35 ; diam. 14 mill. 



Hah. — Cochin, Indise. Collect. Hanley, Slmrtleff et Prime. 



Larger than the Velorita Cyprinoides. Mr. Hanley, who 

 kindly identified the specimens in my cabinet, says of the 



Fig. 66. 



Velorita Cochinensi?. 



Velorita Cochinensis: "A few individuals of this strongly 

 marked species were sent from the Malabar coast. In external 

 aspect the shell somewhat resembles the Velorita Cyprinoides. 

 The primary teeth are somewhat peculiar, and have a tendency 

 to shelve outwards ; the hinder and central ones are not strictly 

 bifid, but exhibit a kind of shallow sublateral grooving; the 

 front one in the right valve is very short, and simply pyramidal. 

 The beaks are probably acute when young ; the surface below 

 the epidermis is reddish-purple." 



