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MOLLUSCA. 
Gaboon ; jn'cetexta (Martens), p. 239, pi. 45. figs. 8-10, Japan [the figure much 
too pale] ; iridella (Martens), p. 266, pi. 49. figs. 4-6, Japan j prismitis, sp. n., 
p. 267, pi. 48. figs. 7-9, Japan ; capsicunij sp. n., p. 259, pi. 49. figs. 7-9, 
Angola. 
T. {Gastrana) japonica (Martens), id. 1. c. p. 275, pi. 51. figs. 8 & 9, 
Japan. 
Lueinopsis divaricata, sp. n., Lischke, Mai. Blatt. xix. p. 108, Bay of Yeddo. 
Semele ruhropicta^ sp. n.. Ball, Am. J. Conch, vii. p. 144, pi. 14. fig. 10, 
Monterey. 
Scrohicularia piperata (Gmelin) '[p/awa (Dacosta)], from Kiel: Meyer & 
Mobius, 1. c. ii. p. 106-108, pi. 17. figs. 1-6. 
S. alba (Wood) [^Sijndos7nya of most modern authors], from Kiel : iid. 1. c. 
pp. 109 & 110, pi. 17.’ figs. 7-11. 
Mactrid^e. 
Mach'a tat'gionii and paxduccicB, spp. nn., Aradas & Benoit, Conch, viv. mar. 
Sicil. 1870, pp. 28-31, pi. 1. figs. 1 & 2, Aci Trezza and Syracuse, Sicily {cf. 
Zool. Bee. viii. p. 167) [the latter scarcely different from stuUox'um (L.)]. 
Haeta gx'axjiy sp. n., H. Adams, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 13, pi. 3. fig. 23, Borneo. 
Veneridas. 
Cyihet'ea (^Gotiiphina) mmx'chi^ sp. n., Angas, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 611, pi. 62. 
fig. 7, locality unknown. 
Sunetta awoi'aj sp. u., Jousseaume, R. Z. (2) xxiii. p. 9, pi. 2. figs. 7-9, 
China ? 
Cryptogi'amma arahana, sp. n., G. & H. Nevill, J. A. S. B. xxxix. (1871), 
pt. 2. p. 10, pi. 1. fig. 16, Arakan, Penang, and Singapore. 
Venus cygnus and multilaxnella (Lam., as Cythei'ea), and V. casina (L.), 
var. 1 (northern), var. 2. coi'sicana, and vav. 3. described and figured, 
chiefly from fresh specimens found near Catania, by Aradas & Benoit, /. c. 
pp. 67-65, pi. 1. fig. 3, pi. 2. figs. 1-3. 
Venus gladstonetisis, sp. n., Angas, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 612, pi. 42. fig. 8, Port 
Curtis, Queensland. 
Mercenaria kennicotti, sp. n., Ball, Am. J. Conch, vii. p. 147, pi. 16. fig. 1, 
Neah Bay, N.W. America. 
Katelysia (lliim.). E. Ronaer fully characterizes tliis division as a sub- 
genus of Venus J and describes as type of it scalarina (Lam.), from New tlol- 
land. Monogr. Venus, pt. 37, pp. 127 & 128. 
LiocymUf g. n., Ball, P. Best. Soc. xiii. (1870), p. 256, type Venus Jluctuosa 
(Gould) j X. hecki, id. 1. c. p. 267, Greenland ; X. scamxnoni, British Columbia, 
and X. viridis, Arctic Ocean, spp. nn., id. Am. J. Conch, vii. pp. 145 & 146, 
pi. 14. figs. 7, 8, & 9 ; probably also Tapes arctica (Reeve). 
Tapes. E. Romer slowly continues his valuable monograph of Venus. 
Only two parts, 36 & 37 (pp. 113-128, pis. 36-40), were published in 1872, 
containing the following species : — 
Tapes sinensis (Reeve), ignobilis (Anton), amabilis (Phil.), pp, 113-115, 
pi. 38. figs. 2-4: 6,;with smooth shell ; T. pinguis (Ohemn.), eeylonensis (Sow.), 
kochi (Phil.), inte^rupta (Koch), paupercula (Chemn.), ambigua (Besh.), 
fumigata (Sow.), /wrea^a, sp. n.. Red Sea, pp. 116-126, pis. 38, 39, 40. 
