MOLLUSCA. 75 



74. LIMA, Bruguiere. 



1. Lijia Basilanica. PL XXI. Kg. 6. L. testa oblique ovata, fragili, tumida, utroque latere sub- 

 hiante, radiatim subtiliter costellata, transversim tenuissime striata; cardinis area suboblique lanceolata. 



Hab. Island of Basilan. 



A very delicately ribbed species, the ribs being devoid of any squamate sculpture. 



2. Lijia oeientalis. PL XXI. Fig. 7. L. testa oblique ovata, subangusta, fragili, tumida, utroque 

 latere hiante, radiatim subtiliter costellata, costellis numerosis, rugulosis, auriculis minimis, cardinis area 

 oblique lanceolata, margine ventrali dentato. 



Hab. Philippine Archipelago. 



Somewhat like the preceding species in general aspect, but of narrower form, whilst 

 the ribs are finer, more numerous, and delicately rugose. 



3. CHAM ACE A. 



75. CHAM A, Linrums. 



1. Chama laciniata. PI. XXI. Fig. 20. Ch. testa anguste ovata, albida, rufo variegata, longitu- 

 dinaliter plicata, plicis conspicue irregulariter squamatis, liris brevibus corrugatis oblique decussata. 



Hab. China Sea. 



A rather compressed species, armed with bunches of vaulted scales, and fine transverse 

 wrinkled ridges. 



4. ARCACEA. 



76. NUCULA, Lamar ch. 



1. Nucuxa mieabilis. PL XXI. Fig. 8. Nuc. testa transverse oblonga, subtriangulari, antice 

 brevissima, concavo-truncata, epidermide virescente-lutea. induta, longitudinaliter utrinque costata, costis 

 corrugatis, medio divaricatis. 



Hab. Kieu-sieu, Nangasaki Bay, Japan. 



This remarkable species partakes of the character of a very interesting type, only known 

 hitherto in a fossil state. 



2. Nucula Japonica. PI. XXI. Fig. 9. Nuc. testa elongato-oblonga, antice longiore, subrostrata, 

 postice tumida, rotundata, lsevi, albida, epidermide lntescente-cornea induta. 



Hab. Kieu-sieu, Nangasaki Bay, Japan. 



In this species, which more resembles the ordinary form of the genus, the anterior 

 side is much the longer, produced, as it were, into a beak. 



