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the anterior slope: nacre white, bluish anteriorly. 1 ^ . . 3. — 

 Ohio. 



A. Sinuosa. Lam. 14. — E t. 203. f. 2. Oval, transversely- 

 striated, contracted at the ventral margin, hinge margin waved and 

 sinuous, being concave at the posterior extremity, with whose edge it 

 forms a sharp angle : beaks moderately prominent, smooth, and 

 spotted with violet : brilliant and irridescent within. 3^. 



A. Exilis. Lea. on U. 2. p. 81. t. 22. f. 68. Wide, very much 

 compressed, very thin, slender, rounded and very short posteriorly, 

 produced and angulated anteriorly: beaks scarcely prominent; 

 ligament long and thin ; cuticle smooth brown, apparently ray less : 

 nacre bluish and irridescent. If • • 6f . 



A. Tenebricosa. Lea. in Am. Ph. Tr. 1837. t. 12. /. 36.— 

 jy Orb. in Mag. de Z. 1835. Subelliptic, transverse, thick, 

 rounded above and below at both extremities, dorsal line little curved, 

 ventral edge incurved in the middle ; posterior side short and nar- 

 rower, ligament long and thick : cuticle dark olive brown, wrinkled, 

 obscurely rayed on the anterior slope ; nacre pearly white, clouded 

 with bluish purple, irridescent, with a broad horn-coloured border : 

 sinus incurved. 1 T %. • 3 t 3 q. R. Parana, S. America. 1 



1 However closely approximating Anodon, the genus Mycetopus, 

 cannot (being subequilateral,) be strictly included under Lamarck's 

 definition of that genus. 



MYCETOPUS. D'Orbigny. 



Thin, extremely elongated transversely, subarcuated, equivalve, 

 subequilateral, gaping at both ends, {chiefly so posteriorly) clothed 

 with an olive green cuticle, bluish internally ; umbones central, 

 biangulated, curving inwards : hinge linear, straight, toothless ; 

 ligament marginal and thin : muscular impressions rather 

 indistinct, compound. 



M. Soleniformis. D' Orb. Mag. de Z. 1835. p. 41. — Reeve. 

 Sy. £.94. Extremely elongated, subcylindraceous, subarcuated, in- 

 flated, thin, rather smooth, greenish brown ; beaks central, 

 anteriorly rounded ; posteriorly biangulated broad ; ventral edge 

 concave ; bluish within. 2 . . 9. — Bolivar. 



M. Siliquosus. D'Orb. in Mag. de Z. 1835.— Anodon S. 

 Spix. Test. Braz. t. 23. f. 2. — A. Longinum. Spix. t. 22. f. 2. 

 A. Pygm^eum. t. 23. /. 34. Elongated, compressed, straight, 

 extremely thin, smooth, pellucid, yellowish green ; beaks thrice as 

 near the posterior as the anterior, anteriorly truncated and rounded, 

 posteriorly long and broad, subrhomboidal ; ventral edge convex : 

 inside bluish white. 1J. .6.— Bolivar. 



