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CATALOGUE OF 
ft Asialic. 
2. Anomia amabsus. 
Flat, white, smooth ; internally pearly, with a very thin disk. 
Upper scar moderate ; lower scars two, rather large (nearly as 
large as the upper one), confluent into a broad, oblong scar. 
Anomia amabteus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 113. 
Hab. Philippines, Island Buraas (Jackass Island) ; on stones, 
sand, ten fathoms. Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
3. Anomia CYT.ffiUM. 
Shell suborbicular, smooth ; internally reddish. Upper muscular 
scars very large, subcordate; lower two, suborbicular, smaller, nearly 
equal-sized ; the upper in the notch of the upper one ; the lower 
hinder close to lower hinder edge of the upper one ; sinus in lower 
valve large. 
Anomia cyteeum. Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 115. 
Hab. China, Eiver Zangtze Keang ; Fortune. Mr. Cuming’s 
collection. Two specimens. 
4. Anomia dryas. 
Suborbicular, flat, white ; upper valve internally and radiately 
lined. Upper scar large, oblong ; lower scars two, small, circular, 
nearly confluent, placed side by side nearly on the same line. 
Anomia Dryas, Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 115. 
Hab. Singapore. On dead shells, ten fathoms, in course sand 
and gravel. One small specimen. Mr. Cuming’s collection. 
5. Anomia ACHiEus. 
Shell purplish, smooth ; umbo rather acute ; upper valve gene- 
rally convex ; inside pui-plish white. Upper muscular scar large, 
lower edge slightly arched ; lower scars two, small, nearly equal- 
sized ; the hinder rather lower than the other. 
Anomia achaeus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, 115. 
a, b, c, d, e,f. Dorsal valves only. Indian Ocean, Kurachee, 
mouth of the Indus. Presented by Major Baker. 
Major Baker sent to the Museum a very large series of the dor- 
sal valves of this species, collected at Kurachee. They are ex- 
