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inferne maculis majoribus albo-fiavescentibus trigonis delineatis ; 
umbonibus minimis ; lunuld lanceolata, levigatda, fuscescente li- 
turaté ; ared posticali elongato-angustd, maculis transversali- 
bus notata ; valvis tenuibus, intus pallide croceis; pallit sinu 
horizontali, profundo, elliptico. 
Hab. Philippines. Coll. Cuming. 
42. Tapes punicea, Desh. T. testd ovato-transversd, inequi- 
laterali, convexiusculd, antice breviore, obtusa, attamen attenu- 
atd, latere postico latiore, obscure subtruncato, fulvo vel fusco 
punctata, irregulariter saturatiore radiatd, maculis albis mini- 
mis irregulariter irroratd, longitudinaliter tenue sulcatd, sulcis 
inequalibus, posticis latioribus, aliquando duplicatis, sulcis 
éransversis decussatis, in medio simplicibus ; lunuld vie perspi- 
cud, elongato-lanceolatd, per longitudinem striata ; valvis intus 
vivide roseo-purpureis; margine cardinali postice violaceo macu- 
lato; sinu pallit lato, parum profundo. 
Tapes variegata, ex parte, Sowerby, jun., Thes. Conch. p- 696. 
pl. dole. 1435. 
Hab. Philippines. Coll. Cuming. 
43. TAPES vioLASCENS, Desh. T. testd ovato-angustd, trans- 
versa, valde inequilaterali, subrhombed, depressd, marginibus su- 
periore et inferiore parallelis, latere antico brevi, oblique declivi, 
postico oblique truncato, extus longitudinaliter striata, striis 
transversalibus antice et postice decussatd ; striis longitudina- 
libus posticalibus latioribus, granoso-asperatis, medianis sim- 
plicibus ; lunuld elongato-lanceolatd, pland, viv distinctd, le- 
vigatd ; cardine angusto, postice violaceo, dentibus tribus sub- 
equalibus ; valvis extus pallide violaceo-griseis, albo triradiatis, 
intus rufo-violaceis ; sinu pallit lato. 
Hab. ? Coll. Cuming. 
44. Tapes Japonica, Desh. T. testd ovato-transversd, angustd, 
turgiduld, inequilaterali, antice angustd, obtusd, postice sub- 
truncatd, longitudinaliter tenue striatd, striis inequalibus, posti- 
cis et anticis latioribus, striis transversis decussatis et granu- 
losis; lunuld vix perspicud, ovato-lanceolatd ; ared minimd, pland, 
levigatd ; valvis albo-griseis, maculis magnis, rregularibus, rufis 
in latere postico marmoratis, intus pallide flavidis ; sinu pall 
brevi, obtuso, basi dilatato. 
Hab. Sea of Japan. Coll. Cuming. 
45. Tapes FABAGELLA, Desh. 1. testd elongato-transversd, ine- 
quilaterali, compressiusculd, intus extusque candidd, tenui, fra- 
gilt, antice breviore, obtusd, postice latiore, oblique truncatd, 
margine superiore recto, inferiore arcuato, ewilissime striatd, 
striis transversis regularibus, in latere postico multo rarioribus, 
lamellosis ; umbonibus parvis levigatis ; lunuld ovato-lanceolatd 
via perspicud ; sinu pallii magno, profundo, basi lato, trigono. 
Hab, New Zealand. Coll. Cuming. 
