BIVALVE SHELLS. 149 



Venus recens, Chemn. Conch, xi. 229. pi. 202. f. 19/9. 



Dillw. Cat. i. 182. no. 55. 



Desk. Lamk. An. s. Vert. ed. 2. vi. 372. no. 92. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 116. 



Wood, Ind. Test. pi. 7- f. 54. 

 Tapes recens, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch, p. 685. pi. 148. f. 62-66? 



Hub. Mare Indicum, ad littus Coromandel (Chemnitz). 



89. Chione hiantina. B.M. 



C. testa oblique subquadrata vel subtrigona, tumida, iulva vel 

 aurantia, vel alba varie picta, transversim et undulatim sulcata, 

 in plerisque sulcis in latere postico latioribus, postice subtrun- 

 cata, angulata ; margine dorsali declivi ; lunula vix perspicua, . 

 livida, linea obsoleta circumscripta; margine cardinali intus 

 violascente. 



Encycl. Meth. pi. 267. f. 2 ? 



Venus hiantina, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 593. no. 32. 



Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 350. no. 32. 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pi. 10. f. 8. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 120; in Wood, Suppl. pi. 16. f. 38. 



Phil. Abbild. und Beschr. p. 27. pi. 8. f. 1. 



Var. Venus Callipyga, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. no. 61 (non Born). 

 Venus, n. s., Desh. Lamk. loc. cit. no. 61 (note). 

 Venus flammiculata, Lamk. loc. cit. no. 77- 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 125 ; in Wood, Suppl. pi. 16. f. 7, 8. 



Desh. in Lamk. loc. cit. no. 77, note. 

 Var. ? Venus cameola, Lamk. An. s. Vert. loc. cit. no, 65. 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pi. 10. f. 5. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 124 ; in Wood, Suppl. pi. 13. f. 38. 

 Tapes flammiculata. Sow. jun. Thes. Conch, p. 686. pi. 148. 

 f. 56-61. 



Hab. Oceanus Australis. 



90. Chione rimularis. B.M. 



C. testa oblique subquadrata, tumida, subcordata, fulvo-cineras- 

 cente obsciu-e radiata, transversim sulcata, sulcis irregularibus 

 distantibus planis, in medio saepius evanescentibus, postice 

 latioribus ; lunula magna vix perspicua, livida, ovata ; margine 

 cardinali albo ; area plana, extremitatem versus eminentiore. 



Venus rimularis, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 604. no. 74. 



Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. p. 367. no. 74. 



Tapes rimularis, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch, p. 687. pi. 148. f. 55. 



Hab. ? 



