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PSBUDODoa-. 153<br />

Long. 59, lat. 140, diam. 32 mm.<br />

Hah. Salwen River, Burma; Tenasserim Eiver {Ind. Mus.<br />

Coll).<br />

288. Pseudodon (Pseudodon) nicobaricus {March).<br />

Pseudodon (Pseudodon) nicobaricus (Morch); Simpson, Wasliington,<br />

D.O., Smitks. Inst., Nat. Mus. Proc. xxii, 1900, p. 838.<br />

Alasmodontn (subg. ?) nicobarica, 0. Fabricius; Morch, J. Conchyliol.,<br />

Paris, XX, IBT-?^, 327.<br />

Original description :—Testa irregulariter ovalis, convexiuscula ;<br />

stT'iij ancrementi irregulares ; dimidium testse marginem versus<br />

olivaceum, fasciis obscurioribus, radiis numerosioribus, obsoletis,<br />

obscure viridibiis. Intus argeutea, postice iridescens. Umbones<br />

plani, erosi, antice siti; marge dorsalis parum arcuatus, (margo)<br />

anticus rotundatus, angustior, (margo) ventralis antice et postice<br />

sat arcuatus, medio leviter inilexus, (margo) post, angustus leviter<br />

reflexus. Dentes cardinis fere omnino evanescentes, dens lat.<br />

post, linearis obsoletissimus.<br />

Anodonta zollingeri, Mousson (Java, p. 28, t. 18, fig. 1), affinis,<br />

sed species Pabricii differt: niargine ventrali arcuato, postice<br />

subito ascendente, nee non margine dorsalis declivi, baud arcuato.<br />

Hah. Nicobar Islands (0. Fabricius).<br />

The species was described from a single specimen without figure<br />

or dimensions being given, it does not seem to have come to light<br />

again at any time.<br />

Section BINEURUS.<br />

Bineurus, Simpson, Washington, D.C., Smiths. Inst., Nat. Mus.<br />

Proc. xxii, 1900, p. 839.<br />

TrPE, Monocondyloea mouhoti, Lea, from Cambodia and Siam.<br />

Mange. Cambodia; Siam ; Perak ; Burma.<br />

Original description :—Shell elongate rhomboid, thin, rounded in<br />

front, widely and feebly biangulate behind, having two or more<br />

raised radiating lines on the posterior slope, which is somewhat<br />

obliquely wrinkled ; beaks low; surface finely, irregularly, concentrically<br />

grooved ; epidermis olive; teeth smooth, compressed;<br />

nacre bluish.<br />

Animal unknown.<br />

289. Pseudodon (Bineuvus) ava {Theobald).<br />

Pseudodon {Bineurus) ava (Theobald); Simpson, Washington,<br />

D.C., Smiths. Inst., Nat. Mus. Proc. xxii, 1900, p. 839.<br />

Monocondyl(ea ava, Tlieobald, J. A. S. B. xlii, 1873, pt. 2, p. 209,<br />

pi. 17, fig. 15.<br />

Original description :—Testa oblonga, solidiuscula, antice rotundata,<br />

postice curvatim truncata. Margine ventrali recto ; ligamentali<br />

convexo. Umbonibus decorticatis. Epidermide picea in<br />

junioribus luteo-flavescente lineis tenuibus obscure radiatim

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