2 04 SMITH : ON THE GENUS ASTARTE. 



1874. Asfarfe si/l>^rigona Sowevhy=boreSi\\s, ya.r. 

 1876. Astarte acuticostata Jeffreys and Friele. 

 1881. Astarte magellanica Smith. 

 1881. Astarte nana Jeffreys. 

 1881. Astarte macandrewi Smith. 



Some of the above species do not in reality belong 

 to the genus Astarte. The Venus compressa of Linne is altogether 

 beyond recognition, and may either belong to this genus as 

 suggested by some authors, or it may be a species of Veneridce. 

 The name Crassina siibcordata was applied to the Venus sxibcor- 

 data of Montagu, by Gray (Annals of Philosophy, 1825, vol. ix., 

 p. 136), which shell however undoubtedly belongs to the Veneridce. 

 Astarte mactracea Linsley (American Jour. Sci. Arts, 1845, vol. 

 xlviii, p. 275, Avoodcut), is a Crassatella, to which genus Astarte 

 lunulata of Conrad is also referable. 



Astarte flahella Conrad (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1846, 

 vol. iii., p. 24, pi. i., f 3), from Florida, judging from the 

 description and figure appears to be a small species of Cardita. 

 Astarte pfeifferi of Philippi (Zeitschrift fur Malakol., 1848, vol. v., 

 p. 133), from Cuba, is a small form of Crassatella^ and A. difficilis 

 Jay, A. lavis Jay. and A. japofiica Jay, are mere names unac- 

 companied by any descriptions or figures, the two first appearing 

 in the catalogue of the collection of shells of that author (ed. iv., 

 p. 35), and the third in Sowerby's "Thesaurus Conchyliorum." 

 The Gouldia modesta of H. Adams, from Tunis, erroneously 

 considered an Astarte by Jeffreys (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1870, 

 vol. vi., p. 71), is a small form of Crassatella. 



I.— ASTARTE ELLIPTICA Brown. 



1771. Venus compressa Lin. ? 



1822. Crassina sulcata Nilsson (non Da Costa). Kongl. 

 Vetenskaps Acad. Handlingar, p. 187. 



J.C, iii., July, 18S1 



