JAPANESE MOLLUSKS, VENERACEA. 129 



Venerupis monstrosa Chemn. 



Japan (Dkr., Stearns) ; Bay of Yedo (Lischke) ; Tsu-Shima, 

 Kino-o-Shima (Ad.). 



Venerupis irus Linne. Japan (Dkr., Stearns). 

 Venerupis semipurpurea Dkr.'Index, p. 208. 



Nemoto, Boshiu (Stearns). Hardly distinct from Japanese speci- 

 mens referred to the preceding species. 



Venerupis insignis Desh. Japan (Dkr.). 



Venerupis exotica Lam. Delessert, Recueil, pi. 5, f. 3. 

 Japan (Dkr.). 



Venerupis macrophylla Desh. Japan (Dkr.). 

 Tapes exaratus Phil. Abbild., II, p. 109, pi. 5, f. 6. 

 Kuro-Shima (Ad.). 



Tapes liratus Phil. Abbild., Ill, p. 76. pi. 7, f. 5. 

 Japan (Dkr.). 



Tapes sulcarius Lam. Japan (Dkr.). 

 Tapes undulatus Born. Abbild., Ill, pi. 7, f. 7 (V. rimosa). 

 Bay of Yedo (Lischke) ; Tatiyama (A. Ad.). 



Tapes euglyptus Phil. Abbild., Ill, p. 76, pi. 7, f. 3 j J. M. C., Ill, p. 80, pi. 6, f. 

 8-11. 



' Nagasaki (Lischke) ; Inland Sea (Stearns). 



Tapes schnellianus Dkr. Lischke, J. M. C., Ill, p. 80, pi. 6, f. 1-4; Dkr., Novit. 



Conch., p. 75, pi. 25, f. 7-9. 



Nagasaki, Yedo (Lischke) ; Inland Sea (Stearns). 

 Tapes amabilis Philippi. J. M. C., Ill, p. 82, pi. 6, f. 5-7. 



Tago (Adams) ; Shidaka coast (Stearns). Some specimens are 

 marked with from two to four radial series of purple-brown blotches. 



Tapes vernicosa Grid. Otia Conch., p. 168. 



Kagoshima Bay and off Hakodate Cape, 20 fath., coarse sand 

 (Stimp.) ; Tatiyama (A. Ad.). 



Tapes greeffei Dkr. Index, p. 207, pi. 8, f. 15-17. 

 Kagoshima (Dkr.). 



Tapes semirugata Phil. Abbild., Ill, p. 76, pi. 7, f. 4. 



Near Sakai, Inland Sea (Stearns). 

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