?,'? DR. P. P. CARPENTER ON THE SHELLS OF PANAMA. 



M. 152, in having a yellow, not silky, epidermis. The specir^iens 

 vary considerably in thickness. The genus scarcely differs froai 

 Miltha. 



453. Capsa alfior=IpMgenia a., M. 69. 



454. Donax assimilis, M. 74. 



455. Bonase gracilis. Stet. 



456. Donax navicula, M. 77- 



457. Donax rostratus. This single valve proves to be the true 

 D. carinatus, M. 71, and not the shell which I called D. culminatus, 

 M. 72 {^carinatus, var., Hani, in Mus. Cum.), which I subse- 

 quently affihated to the supposed rostratus, Maz. Cat. p. 548, on the 

 authority of Dr. Gould's specimen. We were probably both misled 

 by the "very sharp angle," which (as compared with the other form) 

 I should call rounded, and the "concave" surface, which I should 

 translate into flat. The names have been altered in the Cumingian 

 collection since the Mazatlan shells were identified ; but Mr. Hanley 

 informs me that they are now correct ; that the D. culminatus, M . 

 72, is his own original carinatus; and that the D. carinatus, M. 71 

 (olim Mus. Cum.), which is certainly D. rostratus, P. 457, must 

 stand under Prof. Adams's name. 



458. Tellina aurora. Stet. 



459. Tellina cognata, C. B. KA.=:Psammolia casta, Rve., teste 

 Cuming. The sculpture consists of semidiagonal strise passing over 

 the lines of growth. In other specimens examined from Panama 

 these are sometimes crowded, sometimes distant, occasionally flex- 

 uous, sometimes almost evanescent. 



460. Tellina columbiensis. (Peroncea.) 



461. Tellina concinna=Macoma c. The "slight tinge of pink" 

 I could not discover. 



462. Tellina crystallina=Tellidora c. 



463. Tellina cumingii, M. 55. 



464. Tellina domliei/i=Macoma d., M. 50. 



465. Tellina felix, M. 51. (Angulus.) 



466. Tellina laceridens. (Peronceoderma.) 



467. Tellina prora. (^Peronceoderma.) 



468. Tellina puella. Not unlike r./eZ2',r, and distinct from M. 59. 



469. Tellina rubescens. {Peroneeoderma.) 



470. Tellina siliqua. The two odd valves belong probably to a 

 Macoma, in shape resembling Thracia phaseolina. 



471. Tellina simulans=iT. (PeroncBndermoi) punicea, M. o4. The 

 species was described, for geographical reasons, from a youn"-, pale, 

 and undeveloped valve. On comparing it with the Professor's own 

 West Indian specimens, I could detect no difference. 



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