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360. Tapes textrix, Chemnitz, Conch.-Cab. vii. fig. 442. 

 Venus textile, Gmelin, Sow. Thes. Ven. fig. 26 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. 



xiv. Tapes, pi. ii. fie:. 3. 

 Nearly smooth, shining. 



Sullivan Island, 4 fathoms, large specimen. Malabar, Ceylon, 

 Malacca, Moluccas. 



361. Tapes ukdulattts, Bom, Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. iii. fig. 8 ; 

 Roemer, loc. cit. pi. 5. fig. 2. 



Venus rimosa, Philippi, Abbild. pi. /• fig. 7« 



Surface of the shell marked with narrow deep lines some- 

 what oblique to the lines of growth. General outlines like 

 T. textrix. 



Sullivan Island, 7 fathoms. Philippines, Hongkong, Japan. 



362. Tapes amabilis, Philippi, Abbild. Venus, pi. 7. fig. 2 ; 

 Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. v. fig. 21 ; Roemer, Monogr. Venus, pi. 7. fig. 1. 



Deep concentric furrows. 



Sullivan Island, 2-7 fathoms. China Sea. 



363. Tapes exarattts, Philippi, Abbild. pi. 5. fig. 6 ; Roemer, 

 loc. cit. pi. 8. fig. 2. 



Very near the preceding ; the furrows more crowded. 

 Sullivan Island, 4 fathoms. Red Sea ?, Canton. 



364. Tapes literatus, L., var. nocttjrnus, Chemnitz, Conch. - 

 Cab. vii. figs. 434, 435 ; Sow. Thes. fig. 45 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. i. 

 fig. 2c • Roemer, loc. cit. pi. 12. figs, lb, Id, le. 



Elphinstone Island. Moluccas. 



365. Tapes quadriradiatus, Desh., Reeve, loc. cit. pi. ii. 

 fig. 6 ; Roemer, loc. cit. pi. 18. fig. 2. 



King Island ; Laloon Bay, Elphinstone Island. Salang, 

 Singapore, Moluccas. 



366. Tapes variegattjs, Sow. Thes. figs. 133, 136, 137, 138 ; 

 Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. xii. fig. 64 ; Roemer, loc. cit. pi. 26. fig. 2. 



Very near to the European T. decussatus, L. ; but generally 

 smaller, of a more reddish hue, and inside bright red. 

 Owen Island. Salang. 



367. Tapes malabartctjs, Chemnitz, vi. figs. 324, 325 ; Sow. 

 Thes. figs. 6-8 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. vi. fig. 27 ; Roemer, loc. cit. 

 pi. 10. fig. 3. 



Venus gallus, Spengler, Gmelin. 



