682 



was collected by Mr. Strange at Brisbane, east coast of New Hol- 

 land. Mr. Cuming and Mr. Hanley have specimens. The white 

 variety is in Mr. Cuming's collection, also from New Holland. 



11. Tapes mmosa (pi. cxlvi. f. 29), Philippi (Yenus), Ab- 

 bild. t. 7. f. 7. 



T. testa ovali, oblonga, tenui, lsevi, prope marginem undulatim 

 sulcata, fulva, purpureo et fulvo lincatim reticulata et prope 

 marginem radiata; latere antico brevi, subacuminato ; margine 

 dorsali literata, gradatim declivi j lunula lanceolata ; umbonibus 

 parvis. 



Shaped like T. textilis, but thinner and rather less ventricose ; 

 near the margin there are distinct sulci, not quite parallel with it. 

 The markings are rather more purple, and towards the edge in- 

 clined to radiate. 



The specimen in Mr. Cuming's collection is from China. 



12. Tapes polita (pl.cxlv. f. 15, 16), Sowerby , jun. 



T. testa ovali, ventricosa, laevigata, prope marginem ventralem 

 leviter vix sulcata; fulva, rubescente, rufo-grisescente bteratim 

 obscure maculata ; latere postico subtruncato ; latere antico sub- 

 acuminato, breviusculo ; margine dorsab literato, gradatim de- 

 clivi, an tice lunulato ; umbonibus castaneo-unimaculatis ; margine 

 ventrali subrotundato, antice ascendente. 



A pretty, polished, rather small, oval, ventricose shell, similar 

 in form to T. sulcosa, of a reddish fawn-colour, obscurely marked 

 with a dull reddish-grey ; near the ventral margin are two or three 

 very slight riblets, and the umboes have a little mark of reddish- 

 brown at the apex. Inside orange under the umboes and marked 

 with grey near the margin. 



A single specimen of this interesting shell is in Mr. Cuming's 

 collection ; it was found by Mr. Strange, in mud, at a depth of six 

 fathoms, near Sydney. 



13. Tapes Malabarica (pi. cxlv. f. 6, 7, 8), Chemn. (Venus), 

 Conch, vol. vi. t. 81. f. 324, 325. T. rliombifera, Bruguiere. 



T. testa subtrigona, subrequilaterali, fulva, griseo maculata et 

 radiata, concentrice subundulatim costellis rotundatis lirata ; mar- 

 gine dorsali literato, declivi, postice subcomplanato, antice ex- 

 cavato ; margine ventrali rotundato, postice emarginato, utrinque 

 elevato ; umbonibus elevatis. 



