SMITH : ON THE GENUS ASTARTE. 20I 



pictorial portion of the monograph is equally unsatisfactor)^ 

 The lithography is very coarsely executed, and the coloration 

 deceptive; for instance, the epidermis of A. crenata is called 

 "yellowish," but the figure depicts a brown shell smudged with 

 yellow, not in the least like the specimen it is supposed to 

 represent, an observation that will apply to all the figures taken 

 from shells in the Britisl* Museum collection. In a word the 

 monograph is most incomplete, inaccurate and misleading. 



A chronological list of the various names published as 

 species oi Astarte is appended beneath, in which those which are 

 considered synonymous with others, or as not belonging to the 

 genus, and doubtful species are printed in italics. 



1 77 1. Venus compressa\Ay\n€=^Astarie} ^^.1 



1776. Tellina aha V?i\\di?,=boreaIis (Ch.) Schum. 



1778. Venus sulcata Da Costa=:Astarte sulcata. 



1784. V. borealis Chemnitz=Astarte sulcata, &:c. 



1791. Tellina fusca Poli=Astarte fusca. 



1803. F^;z2/^ 5?//^a/t2: Montagu=castanea Say. 



1803. Mactra triangularis Mont.=Astarte triangularis, 



1807. Venus scotica Maton & Rackett=sulcata Da Costa. 



1808. Venus danmo?iia Montagu " == ,, ,, 



1808. Venus compressa Montagu=Astarte compressa. 



1814. Venus incrassata Brocchi:=fusca Poll. 



1817. Tridonta borealis (Chem. part) Schum. =Astarte b. 



1817. Venus montagui Dillwyn=compressa Mont. 



18 18. Crassina dajnoniensis Lamarck^ sulcata Da Costa. 



1818. Astarte plana J. Sowerby= boreal is (Ch.) Schum.? 



1819. F^//?/i- W(?;//(7r//// Turton^compressa Mont. 

 1819. Nicania banksii Leach=compressa, var. 

 1819. Crassina seviisulcata Leach=boreaiiSj var. 

 1819. Nicania striata Leach=compressa, var. 



