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shire, afforded Mr. Robert Taylor this perfect specimen, 
which he was so obliging as to communicate for general 
information. Mr. Taylor has also found it in coarse 
Limestone at Taunton. 
AST ARTE elegans. 
TAB. CXXXVII. —Fig. 3. 
Spec. Char. Transversely oblong, convex, de- 
pressed, with many small transverse costse ; 
lunette cordate ; margin crenulated within. 
JMluck resembles the last, but the front is not so straight 
and the back not so much arched; the teeth in the hinge 
are also more distant. 
By favour of Mr. Strangewayes, from Babling-hill, 
Yeovil ; it so matches the upper specimen that the oppo- 
site shells fit at the hinges ; it differs, however, in 
shape a little, having a more graceful turn on the side 
from the lunette, more of Hogarth’s line of beauty, the 
other being straighter : it is also generally rather longer 
for its breadth : it is a cast in Carbonate of Lime. 
ASTARTE cuneata. 
TAB. CXXXVII.— Fig. 2. 
Spec. Char. Subcordate, acuminated, gibbose, 
with small transverse costae ; lunette cordate ; 
margin entire within. 
The back of this is broad and flattened ; anterior side acu- 
minated; the general form is a triangle, of which the poste- 
rior side is the shortest. I have not seen the margin perfect. 
From Chilmark, near Tisbury, Wiltshire, a quarry, 
supposed to correspond with that of Chicksgrove ; Mr. 
Jackson, some time before his death, brought me speci- 
mens, and Miss Benett has since favoured me with 
variety. Some specimens are neater and more regular 
in their striae than others, being deeper and wider. The 
shell is replaced by Carbonate of Lime, which is some- 
times crystallized; the stone in which they are imbedded 
is an earthy Limestone containing a small portion of green 
sand. 
