VENERUPIS.— Plate III. 



concentrice crenulatim et striata, costis depressis, 

 serratis, margine dorsali rectiusculo ; margine ter- 

 minali truncato ; margine ventrali convexo, intus 

 crenulato. 

 TifE Van Diemen's Land Venerupis. Shell oblong- 

 subquadrate, ventricose, thick, radiately ribbed, 

 violet within, concentrically crenulated and striated, 

 ribs depressed, serrated, dorsal margin rather 

 straight ; terminal margin truncated ; ventral 

 margin convex ; crenulated within. 



QuoT. Voy. Astr., pi. 84, figs. 25, 26. 



Ilab. Van Diemen's Land. 

 Very Tapes-like in form and remarkably solid. 



Species IS. (Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis Cumingii. Ven. testd ovatd, subcceraled, 

 purpurea nebulatd, incBqitivalvi, suhdepressd, 

 radiatim costatd; concentrice laminis cretiatis, 

 laqueatis exfoliatd ; valvd dextrd valvam sinistram 

 superanti, margine foliaced. 



Cuming's Venerupis. Shell ovate, bluish, clouded 

 with purple, inequivalve, subdepressed, radiately 

 ribbed; concentrically exfoliated with crenated, 

 fluted laminae ; right valve overlapping the left, 

 with leafy margin. 



Deshates. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1853. 



Hah. ? 



Described from the Cumingian Cabinet. 



Species 19. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Venerupis oblonga. Ven. testa ovalo-oUongd, pallidc 

 fulvd, sulcis duplicatis radiatd, concentrice lami- 

 natd; latere antico brevi, lunuld distinctA ; latere 

 postico subquadrato, margine postico rcctangulari . 



The oblong Venerupis. Shell ovate-oblong, pale ful- 

 vous, rayed with double grooves ; concentrically 

 laminated ; anterior side short, luuule distinct ; 

 posterior side subquadrate, posterior margin rec- 

 tangular. 



SowEKBY. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1834. 



Hah. Pascomayo, Peru. 



Species 20. (Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis siliqua. Ven. testd oblonga, cylindricd, 

 fulvd, concentrice laninatd ; laminis antice tenui- 

 bus, postic'e angulatis, validiorihus ; latere antico 

 brevi; latere postico elongato, ad terminum trun- 

 cato. 



The pod Venerupis. Shell oblong, cylindrical, ful- 

 vous, concentrically laminated ; laminae anteriorly 

 thin, posteriorly angular, stronger ; anterior side 

 short; posterior side elongated, truncated at the 

 end. 



Desiiaves. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1853. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



Species 21. (Mus. Brit.) 



Venerupis monstrosa. Ven. testa ovatd, incequivalvi, 

 conipressd, pallidd, antice medioque decussatim 

 striatd, postice irregulariter concentrice laminatd ; 

 valvee dextrw laminis valde exfoliatis et incrassatis, 

 valvam sinistram superanti. 



The monstrous Venerupis. Shell ovate, insequiv.-ilve, 

 compressed, pale, anteriorly and in the middle 

 decussately striated, posteriorly irregularly con- 

 centrically laminated ; lamins of the right valve 

 much exfoliated and thickened, overlapping the 

 left valve. 



Chemnitz (Venus). Conch. VII. figs. 445, 446. 



Hah. Isl. Nicobar, Philippines. 



