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PROP. E. VON MARTENS ON THE SHELLS 



Mergui ; King Island ; Sullivan Island, 6 fathoms. Malabar, 

 Ceylon, Bintang, Hongkong. 



Yar. stntjosus, Lam. (Venus), Sow. fig. 10 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. 

 Tapes, pi. v. fig. 18 ; Roemer, pi. 11. fig. 1. 



The hinder part of the shell abbreviated and somewhat 

 distorted. Eather large, 77 millim. in length, 53 high, 43 in 

 diameter. 



King Island Bay. Salang. 



368. Tapes (Hemitapes) striattts, Chemnitz, vi. figs. 365, 366 ; 

 Sow. TJies. Yen. figs. 207 & 213 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. Tapes, pi. ix. 

 fig. 45. 



Elphinstone Island. Nicobars, Singapore, Philippines, China 

 Sea. 



369. Tapes (Hemitapes) lateristjlcus, Lam. Nat. Hist. Anim. 

 9. Vert. ed. 2, vi. p. 361 ; Sow. Thes. figs. 67-76. 



Tapes marmoratus {Lam. ?), Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. vi. fig. 26. 



Venus intuspunctata, Anton Philippi, Abbild. pi. 5. fig. 7- 



In younger specimens both the anterior and the posterior ex- 

 tremities of the shell are marked with deeply-cut lines; the middle 

 part, on the contrary, is nearly smooth ; in larger shells, of a 

 length of about 13| centim. and upwards, the hinder extremity is 

 smooth and the deep lines are limited to the anterior end. 



King Island and Elphinstone Island. Bombay, Ceylon, Mergui, 

 Salang, Philippines. 



370. Tapes (Hemitapes) ceylonensis, Sow. Thes. figs. 24, 25 ; 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. xiv. pi. vii. fig. 30. 



Smooth, shining, very convex. 



King Island ; Elphinstone Island. Red Sea, Ceylon, Salang. 



371. Cypricardia yeltcata, Reeve, I. c. i. pi. ii. fig. 7. 



King Island, littoral ; Crow Islet, between Padaw and Hayes 

 Islands ; Elphinstone Island Bay ; Sullivan Island. Philippines. 



372. Litjiophaoella coralliophaoa, Chemnitz, x. figs. 1673, 

 1674 ; Reeve, I. c. i. Cypricardia, pi. ii. fig. 12. 



King Island. Red Sea, Mauritius, Polynesia. 



Telltnid^:. 



373. SeHELE ( Amtii i DE01CA.) HfNKNSis, Gray, Reeve, h o. viii. 

 ArnphidcHma, pi. v. fig. 28. 



