120 TESTACEOUS MOLLUSCA. 
interior white, rough with impressed dots. 33.— Peru and 
South Seas. 
V. Hrantina. Lam. 32.—Del. t. 10. f. 8. Ovate, inflated, 
angulated anteriorly, very pale rufous with sometimes two or three 
indistinct rays, closely but irregularly grooved concentrically : 
no lunule, the anterior depression gaping. 22.— South Seas. 
V. Crasstsutca. Lam. 33. Ovate oblong, somewhat angulated 
at the anterior end, uniform yellowish white, with broad transverse 
somewhat scalariform sulci. 213.—New Holland. 
V. Corrucata. Gmel. 3280.—Lam. 34. Ovate, whitish, with 
waved transverse unequal wrinkles, decussated by fine longitudinal 
strie ; lunule oblong.—Variety 1. The sides spotted with, and 
the posterior depression violet; yellow within.—New Holland. 
—Variety 2. V. Ossoueta. D.p. 205.—Ch. f. 444.—W. t. 8. 
f. 105. The anterior side violet : white within.— Mediterranean. 
V. RuomsBirera. Ff. ¢t. 282. f.4.—V. Mavaparica. Lam. 35. 
—An.Chem. f. 324, 5 ?—An. D. p.174?’—W.t. 7. f. 36? Oblong, 
sub-cordate, inequilateral, thick, rather ventricose, rounded at both 
ends, ligamental edge much sloping, ventral anteriorly sinuated ; 
pale fulvous or flesh colour, with large angular darker zigzags (when 
young white, with the zigzags purplish ash-coloured) which equally 
cover the surface, and sometimes exhibit four indistinct rays, with 
crowded narrow transverse ribs: lunule oblong-lanceolate, concave ; 
lozenge elongated, both smooth: within with an orange stain beneath 
the umbones, elsewhere white, margin smooth; central tooth bifid, 
in one valve, the two anterior ones so in the other. 14..22—Mo- 
luccas.— Both lunule and lozenge are brilliant purple in young 
specimens. 
V. Rorunpata. Lin. 1135.—D. p. 204.—W. t. 8. f. 103.— 
V. Parizionacea. Lam. 36.—Ch. f. 441.—£. t. 281. f. 3.— 
Putuastra P. Sow. G.—Reeve. t. 72. f. 3. Elongated oval, 
transversely grooved, glossy, pale reddish fulvous, with four radiating 
rows of chesnut spots; depressions lanceolate and lettered : margin 
rounded and spotted with violet. 1$..33.— Ceylon. 
V. Aspersa. Lam. 37.—V. Litrerata. Var. D.p. 201.— 
Ch. f. 439.—E. t. 282. f.1. Oblong ovate, broad sub-angulated 
and obtuse at the anterior end, narrower and rounded anteriorly ; 
glossy, bright reddish fulvous, with four radiating rows of dark 
splotches, besides scattered spots and markings, and furrowed by 
transverse irregular grooves, which become obsolete towards the 
beaks and are stronger and more distant at the anterior extremity : 
depressions lanceolate and lettered. —Variety.—White somewhat 
spotted, and without rays. 1}. .23.—Zanzibar, Indian Ocean. 
1 Lamarck admits as a variety with fewer spots the shell-figured 
Ch. f. 438. and E. t.282. f. 4. Deshayes proposes the separation 
