MAZATLAN BIVALVES 



Tablet 751 contains 4 valves, extremely young. 752, 6 sp. 

 usual state. 753, 2 do. concentric furrows developed. 754, 

 6 do. radiating ribs strongly developed. 755, 4 sp. finely 

 grown, ribs slightly developed. 756, 3 do. concentric lines 

 marked. 757, 3 do. almost smooth. 758, 2 do. waxen aspect, 

 like Placunanomia claviculata. 



Tablet 759 contains 3 sp. bright yellow. 760, 2 do. greenish, 

 ? from Confervse. 761, 2 do. with tinge of pink. 



Tablet 762 contains 3 sp. salmon tint, radiated. 763, 1 do. 

 with concentric waves. 764, 1 do. with greenish. 765, 1 do. 

 grown over with Vermilise, which indent it throughout. 766, 

 1 do. square form, with VerrnilisD attached : (a beautiful little 

 species, often found on this and other delicate shells.) 767, 4 

 lustrous valves, shewing changes in the central angle of scars. 



Tablet 768 contains 2 sp. distorted growth, inflated 769, 3 

 do. corrugated surface. 770, 3 do. transverse growth. 771, 2 

 do. indented. 772, 3 do. right side cut off at various angles. 

 773, 4 do. left side do. 774, 3 do. vertex, distant from margin. 

 775, 2 do. hole small. 776, 1 do. with remarkable rows of egg 

 cases. 



Tablet 777 contains 3 sp. with variously formed plugs attach- 

 ed. 778, a sp. with young attached : both valves are removed, 

 shewing its own plug, and another small one near without 

 corresponding shell. 779, another sp. with young attached ; 

 the upper valve only is removed, shewing the lower in situ. 

 780, 9 pairs and valves shewing interior. 



220. ?- 



Tablet 781 contains a minute valve, (found since the first part 

 of this Catalogue was printed,) of which it is hard to tell even 

 the generic place. The outside has the general appearance of 

 Sphaenia fragilis ; extremely thin, transparent, covered with a 

 copious epidermis with rather distant concentric layers ; very 

 inequilateral, with an obscure angle from the very projecting 

 umbos to the posterior end. Hinge with two long lamellar 

 teeth, one going posteriorly from the umbo, the other parallel 

 to it, nearer the anterior end. Ligament apparently external, 

 very thin. Long. '05, lat. '027, alt. '007. 



Hob. Mazatlan ; one fresh valve off Ostrea iridescens ; 

 ISpool CoL 



March 1856. 



