VENERUPIS. 



Spocios G. (Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis digoxa. Ven. icntd parvd, ienui, pallidd, 

 antice ienuitei; post ice late laminatd, laminis postice 

 hiangulatis, ad aiigulos subspiniferls, inter angulos 

 injlectis ; latere aiitico brerissinui, aiiyusto ; latere 

 postico oblique aufjulato, la'o, margine dorso- 

 terminali rectanguhvi. 



The two-sided YEKEP.rris. Shell small, thin, pale, 

 anteriorly thinly, posteriorly widely laminateJ, 

 laminiE posteriorly biangular, rather spinose at 

 the angles, bent inwards between the angles ; 

 anterior side very short, narrow ; posterior side 

 obliquely angular, broad, dorso-terniinal margin 

 rectangular. 



Desh.wes ? 



Eah. ■] 



(Mus. Brit.) 



Species 7. (Mus. Sowerby.) 

 Veneritis attenuata. Veil, testa elongala, ci/lindricd, 

 radiatim minute striata ; intiis luted, prope 

 marginem terminalem purpurea nebidatd ; latere 

 antico brevissimo, umbonibus fere teriainalibus ; 

 latere postico elongato, oblique angulato, ante 

 angulun subcontracto ; post angulum irregularitcr 

 laminato, ad terminum truncato. 

 The attenuated Venerupis. Shell elongated, cy- 

 lindrical, radiately minutely striated ; yellowish 

 within, clouded with purple near the terminal 

 margin; anterior side very short, umboes nearly 

 terminal ; posterior side elongated, obliquely 

 angular, a little contracted in front of the angle ; 

 irregularly laminated behind the angle, truncated 

 at the end. 



SOWERBV. 



Hab. ? 



iuus little cylindrical species. 



Venerupis deuelicta. Ven. testa elongatd, radiatim 

 striata, concintrice laiiiiiiis crenulatd, postice prn- 

 ductioi-ibns exfoliatd; latere postico lata, oblique 

 subqiiadrato ; latere antico acuniiuatim producto : 

 margine ventrali contracto. 



The NE(iLECTED Venerupis. Shell elongated, radiately 

 striated, concentrically exfoHated with crenulated 

 laminjB, more produced posteriorly; posterior side 

 broad, obliquely subquadrate; anterior side acumi- 

 nately produced ; ventral margin contracted. 



Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1853. 



Hah. Philipjiiucs. 



Species 9. (Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis texta. Yen. testa oblongo - suhquadratd, 

 tcnui, injlatd, pallidd, striis rugosis angulatim 

 dicaricatis omnino sculptd ; latere antico breviiisculo, 

 rotunda; medin plKinilutn^ lata; latere postico pro- 

 ducto, obscurissiiiir ,iiigii/,ilo ; margine dorsali vix 

 declivi ; margine rrulndi ridiiisculo. 



The textured Venerupis. Shell oblong-subquadrate, 

 thin, inflated, pale, sculptured all over with rough, 

 angularly divergent stria ; anterior side rather 

 short, rounded ; middle flattened, broad ; posterior 

 side produced, very obscurely auguuii , dorsal 

 margin scarcely sloped ; ventral margin rather 

 straight. 



Deshayes ? MS. Mus. Brit. 



Hab. N.E. Australia. 



Lighter but coarser in texture than Venerupis 



mirabilis. 



Species 10. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis foliacea. Ven. testa ovato-suborbiculari, 



compressiusculd, sulcis duplicatis subdistantibus 



radiatd, laminis distantibus, crenulatis extantibus, 



tenuibus, latis postice angulum formantibus exfo- 



November, 187-1. 



