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Show 428 MR. E. A. SMTTH ON SHELLS FROM ADEN. [June 16, 220. MACTRA DECORA, Deshayes. Hab. 1 (Deshayes and Reeve) ; New South Wales (Weinkauff) ; Assab and Berbera (Caramagna) ; Mergui (Martens). With this species I have no hesitation in uniting M. jickelii of Weinkauff from Massowa on the coast of Abyssinia. 221. MACTRA FAUROTI, Jousseaume. M. fauroti, Jousseaume, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 1888, vol. i. p. 200. Hab. Aden (Jousseaume). The shell figured by Weinkauff (Conch.-Cab. Mactra, pi. 19. figs. 5, 6, 7) as M. pulchra. Gray, evidently belongs to the present species. 222. MACTRA (MEROPE) JEGYPTIACA, Chemnitz. Hab. Red Sea (Chemnitz) ; Ceylon (Reeve). 223. CARDIUM RUGOSUM, Lamarck. Hab. Madagascar, Red Sea, East Africa, Ceylon, North Australia, Philippines, &c. 224. CARDIUM RUBICUNOUM, Reeve. Hab. Zanzibar. 225. CARDIUM SETOSUM, Redfield. Hab. China, Philippines. 226. CARDIUM AUSTRALIS, Sowerby. Hab. South Africa, Mauritius, China, Australia; Assab? (Caramagna). 227. SOLEN TRUNCATUS, Wood. Hab. Ceylon: Aden (Jousseaume). Both in the ' Conchologia Iconica' and in the ' Conchylien- Cabinet,' Sowerby is given as the author of this species. This is incorrect, as part 32 of Sowerby's * Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells,' which contained the account of Solen, did not appear until 1829, whereas this species had already (1825) been figured by Wood under the name of Solen truncatus. Sowerby's ' Genera ' was not published in 1820-25 as appears on the titlepage, for reviews of Numbers 29, 30, and 31 appeared in the 'Zoological Journal,' 1828, vol. iii. p. 284, and in Loudon's ' Magazine of Natural History,' vol. i. (1828) p. 56, vol. ii. (1829) p. 50. I am not aware when the work was completed, but I dare say it could be ascertained by searching for reviews of it. Unfortunately, the original covers of the Numbers were only dated in a few instances; for example, Number xxxiii. is dated 1st March, 1831, Number xxxv. 30th April, 1831. In the text relating to Purpura, published in Part 42, reference is made to Gray's genus Pollia, described in the ' Zoology of Beechey's |