678 REPouT— 18G3. 



464. yinrtj(ir)t(iiia maryariliferu, Lea. 



[Liiiii. j 

 494. Anmloida ani/tilata, Lea. 



409. Anodonfa Cnh'fimn'rmi-i, Leftt 

 Ml. Anodonfa XiittalUana, Lea. 

 0.S4. Anodonta Orecioncnsu, Lea. 

 55L Anodonta WahUtmtttensis, Lea. 



Besides these, 'MS species of Unio and Anodonta are assigned to Mexico 

 and Central America in a separate list ; but no distinction is indicated be- 

 tween the Pacific and the Atlantic slope of the mountain-ranj^e. 



119. At the request of the Smithsonian Institution, ilr. Temple Prime, ol 

 New York, well known for his special devotion to this department, has con- 

 sented to prepi re a Manual of the Cyrenidae inhabiting American waters. 

 All the accessibl ' materials from the West Coast are in his hands for exami- 

 nation. The first part of his " Monograph of the Species of ISjiIinrhim of 

 ]S'orth and South America" is printed in the • Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil.' 1861, 

 pjt. 4U2 et seq., and contains quotations of five species, nns. 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 

 with sjTionyniy, from Washington Ter., Oregon, and California. He has 

 kindly (in advance of his intended publications) furnished to Mr. W. G. Piin- 

 iiey the following MS. " Synopsis of the Corbiculidte of the West Coast of 

 North America,'' with liberty to publish in this Report. It is here condensed, 

 with synonyms and references, in the nomenclature of the writer. 



3Ir. Prime's List of West North-American Corbiculidse* [Cyrenida?]. 



1. Corhicidii conve.rn, Desh., V. Z. S. 1854, p. ?>42,= C. vfntricosa, Pr. MS. 31azatlan. 



2. Cf/rena radiafn. Ilanl., P. Z. S. 1844, p. 159. Realejo. 



X Cwena soUdn, Phil., Abbild. 1840, p. 78. pi. 15. f. 9. Nicaraorua : Px'lize. 



4. Cyrma frimiffula, V. de Busch, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 78, pi. 2. f. :<,= C. tdtilis. Old., 



Post. Pr. 18-")2, p. 4()0, pi. K!. f. 5 /«"«,= C. Me.vicana, pars, Maz. Cat., no. 1(35 



(= C. variaiis, cat. prov.). Mazatlan. 

 6. Cyreiin /«-.;/,/*«, Desh., P. Z. S. 18.";4, p. 20 ; II. Conch. 1861, p. .".9, pi. 2. f. 2. 



Calil'oniia. 



6. Cyrena ulivacea, Cpr., Maz. Cat., no. 104,= C. Fontainei, Desh., MS. (nou D'Orb., 



' B. M. Cat. no. 25:?). ^[azatlan. 



7. Cyrena acuta, Pr., 111. Conch. 18«)2, p. .387, pi. 14. f. 1. Centr. America. 



8. Cyrena Mencann, Sby.,Zool. II. 1829, p. ."^Oi [Maz. Cat., no. 105= ]C larinns, 



cat. prov. pars. + C. fragilis, Desh. MS. -\- C. (equilateralis, Desh., I'. Z. S. 

 1854, p. 20. Mazatlan. 



9. 0/rr«« Californica, Pr., Proc. A. N. S. Phil. 1800, p. 270,= C. subquadrata, 



■ Desh.. P.'Z. S. 1854, p. 21 (nom. preoc). Cnliforma. 



10. Cyrena Pnnamensis, Pr., Proc. A. N. S. Phil. 1800, p. 283, = C. iiijiata, Desh., 



P. Z. S. 1854, p. 2.3 (nom. preoc). Panama. 



11. Cyrena Recluzii, Pr.,= C. cnrdiformis, Reel., II. Conch. 1853, p. 251, pi. 7. f. 9 



(nom. preoc). Centr. America. 



12. Cyrena Ctimingii, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 22. Centr. America. 



13. Cyrena tvmida, Pr.,= (?. angiilata, Desh., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 22 (nom. preoc). 



Centr. America. 



14. Cyrena pnlla^tra, Miirch, Mai. Bl. 1800, p. 194. Realejo. 



15. Ci/rena marifima, C. B. Ad., Pan. Sh., no. 451. Panama. 



16. Cyrena mrdida, Hani, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 159. Central America. 



17. SphcBrimn ^nrtw/ZM/^re. Say (Cvc/«« ^), New Flarm.Dissem. 1829, p..356. Mexico. 



18. Upheerium striatininn, Lam. (Cyrlas «.), An. s. Vert. vol. v. p. 600, i818,= C.eden- 



tvla, Say, loc.cit. p. 2,= C. mrnea (Lata.). C. B. Ad., Cat., 1847,=- T. a/hida, 

 I'r., Bost. Proc. 1851, p. 155, -|- C. tennttifiata, Pr., p. 156, + C. uoiminala, 

 Pr.. p. 1.58,+ C inornata,Vr.,-\-C. simpler, Pt.,-\-C. modesta,Vr.,Y>.\'A). Hub. 

 N. 1 ork to Alabama, Connecticut to Illinois ; Hell-gate River, W. T. 



19. Spheeriumdentatum,Ha.\d.{Cyclas d.),Pioc. A. N.S.Vhil 1841, p. 100. Oregon. 



• The name Corhieu'tt, harins been first given to a «})eoie8. and being itself a diminu- 

 tive, is scarcely filled to displace long-used generic appellaiious iu marling the t'amilj- 



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