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TAB. XXXVIL a 
FIG. I. gh WRG 
AVICULA CHINENSIS.” | 
A. luteo-citrina, glabra, fasciis duabus fusco-rufis ra- 
diatis. 
Habitat in Mar Sinensi. 
CHINESE AVICULA. 
Dirty-citron colour, smooth, with two brownish-red 
radiating bands. 
This pretty shell is found in the Chinese seas in great 
abundance. The letter a, points out the situation of the 
byssus or beard by which it adheres to rocks, corals, and 
other hard bodies. 
FIG. If. 
AVICULA MORIO. 
A. testa nigra, concentrice striata; epidermite fusca, 
undulato-elevata, in lineas ab umbone radiantes di- 
gesta. 
Habitat in India orientali apud Pulo Condore, insulam. 
BLACK AVICULA. 
Black, striated concentrically; epidermis brown, elevated 
into undulations, which are arranged in lines ratiating from 
the beak. 
This rare shell was obtained from Pulo Condore, an East 
Indian island, and is preserved in the British Museum. 
