VENUS. Panama Shells. 269 



Habitat. St. Elena; Cuming! Sowerby: also Miiller: also 

 Reeve in Index of Cardium : also Orbigny. 



S. America ; Hanley. 



Taboga; C. B. A.! 

 5 specimens were found. 



Family VENERID^E. 



435. Venus amatliusia ? 



/Synonymy. 

 Venus amathusia Phil. Abbild. I. pi. 2. f. 4. Apr. 1844. 



Station. Unknown. 



Habitat. Unknown ; Philippi. 



Mazatlan ; Lt. Green ! Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. ! 

 We obtained two specimens. 



436. Venus discors? 



Synonymy. 



Venus discors Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 42. March 1835. 



Orb. Voy. Amer. Merid. Moll. p. 563. 1846. 



Station. In sandy mud at from 6 to 9 fathoms; Cuming! 

 Sowerby. 



Our specimens were found in coarse sand among stones be- 

 tween one-quarter and one-half tide level. 



Habitat. St. Elena and Guaeomayo ; Cuming ! Sowerby : 

 also Orbigny. 



Guaymas ; Lt. Green ! Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. 1 

 We collected 146 specimens on the reef. 



437. Venus gnidia* 



Synonymy. 

 Venus ynidia Brod. et Sowb. in Zool. Journ. IV. 364. 1829. 



