g96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vouxxii. 



+ SPATHA RUBENS Lamarck. 



* Anodonta rubens Lamarck, An. sans. Vert., VI, 1819, p. 85. — *Blainville, Man., 



1825, p. 538.— 'Cailliaud, Voy. a Meroe, IV, p. 262; Atlas, II, 1826, pi. i.x, 

 fig. 12. — "AuDOUiN, Saviguy's Exp. cle I'Egypte, CoquiUes, 1827, pi. vii.' — 

 *Desha\es, Enc. Meth., II, 1827, p. 147, pi. cci, figs. 1, Ih. 



* Iridina rubens Eang, Noav. Ann. Mus., 1885, p. 314.— "Lea, Syn., 1836, p. .56.— 



*Hanley, Biv. Shells, 1843, p. 225.— "Catlow and Reeve, Conch. Nom., 

 1845, p. 68.—'' Morelet, Moll. Terr, et Fluv., 1868, p. 98. 



* Platiris {Spatha) rubens Lea, Syn., 1838, p. 33; 1852, p. 55; 1870, p. 89. 



* Spatha rubens Clessin, Conch. Cab. Ano., 1853, p. 185, pi. vii, fig. 1; 1876, pi. lxi, 



fig. 1.—* H. and A. Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll., II, 1857, p. 507, pi. cxix ; III, figs. 3, 



3a.—* Chenu, Man., 1859, II, p. 148, fig. 729.—* P.ETEI., Conch. Sam,, III, 1890, 



p. 188. 

 ""Anodon rubens Sowerby, Conch. Icon., XVII, 1867, pi. ii, fig. 5. 

 Anodonta clappertoni KtENiG, Duchane and Clapperton's Travels, 1826, p. 

 Anodonta splendens De Cristofori, Crist, and Jan. Cat., 1832 ( ?), p. 

 "" Iridina solida Anton, Verz. der Conch., 1839, p. 16. 

 ""Anodonta solida Kuster, Conch. Cab. Ano., 1853, p. 50, pi. xii, fig. 1. 

 *Spatka wissmani von Martens, S. B. Nat. Fr., 1883, p. 73; Couch. Mitth., Ill, 



1885 (?),p. 139, pi. xxvii. 



* Spalha rotundata von Martens, Besch., 1897, p. 242, fig. d:^ 



t SPATHA RUBENS var. CAILLIAUDI von Martens. 



* Anodonta rubens AUDOUiN in Savigny, Icon. Moll. Eg., 1827, pl.vii, fig, 1. 



* Spatha cailliaudi voN Martens, Mai. BL, XIII, 1866, p. 9. — * Jickeli, L. and 



S. W. Moll., 1874, p. 259, pi. viii, fig. 1.—* Kobelt, Icon., new ed., II, 1886, p. 



27, pi. XLVi, fig. 267.—* Westerlund, Faun. Pal., U, Pt. 7, 1890, p. 314,— 



*PyETEL, Conch. Sam., Ill, 1890, p. 188. 

 *Spatha bellamyi Jousseaume, Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., XI, 1886, p. 491, pi. xiii, 



figs. 2, 2a. 

 *Spatha renei Jousseaume, Bull, Soc, Zool. Fr., XI, 1886, p. 492, pi. xiii, 

 figs. 3, 3a. 



Mle; Mger; Senegal; other points in West Africa. 



t SPATHA LEPSII Jickeli. 



* Spatha lepsii Jickeli, Faun. L. and S. W. Moll, 1874, p. 265, pi, ix, fig. 4. — 



* PiETEL, Conch, Sam., Ill, 1890, p. 188. 



Upper Egypt : Senegal. 



t SPATHA CHAIZIANA Rang. 



^Anodonta chaiziana'R AisiG, Mem. Aceph Senegal, (Nouv. Ann. Mus.), 1835, p. 13, 

 pi. xxviii.^ — 'Morelet, Moll.Terr. and Fluv., 1868, p. 97. 



' Savigny's plates were issued without explanation in 1813. In 1827 Audouin pub- 

 lished an explanation of them. Von Martens believes this is not the Spatlia rubens 

 of the Encyc. M^th. (Mai. BL, 1866). This species is widespread, abundant, and 

 variable, and the material I have examined leads me to believe that it may include 

 either the short, rounded form of the Encyc. M6th. or specimens that are more 

 elongated and even somewhat rhomboid. 



2 1 can not see any essential difference between this and forms of what I believe 

 are-S. rubens. I believe that the S. cailliandi is only one of these forms. 



^I have only seen the reprint of this paper, which begins with page 1. 



