TRIBE CONCHACEA. 125 
V. Fuorrpetta. Lam. 69.—Del. t. 10. f. 2. Ovate, rather 
depressed, with transverse grooves, whitish with pale cloudy broad 
spreading purplish violet rays : anterior extremity obliquely trun- 
cated and its depression elongated. 1¢.—Hurope?—Larger than 
Florida, but possibly a variety. 
V. Puncnetya. Lam. 71.—Del. t. 10. f. 9. Small, oval, 
shining, pale purplish rose, anteriorly darker, with minute mark- 
ings forming a few rays: near the umbones smooth, becoming 
transversely grooved towards the margin: within purplish pink. 
1.—Mediterranean.— Probably a variety of Florida. 
V. Sinvosa. Zam. 72. Somewhat’ heart-shaped, transversely 
grooved, pale fulvous with two indistinct sub-articulated rays, 
and sinuous at the margin ; posterior depression oval, nearly heart- 
shaped, brown at its base, and as well as the anterior slope lettered. 
13.—New Holland?—South Seas. 
V. Tristis. Lam. 73.—Del. t. 10. f. 10. Somewhat heart- 
shaped, transversely grooved, reddish fulyous (sometimes with brown 
interrupted rays), within with the dise pale orange, and the margin 
bluish violet.— Variety. (Exvecantina. Lam. 23.—Del.t. 11. 
f. 3.) Pale fulvous and somewhat rayed, the anterior slope and 
posterior depression violet, the former lineated ; within with some 
violet spots at the hinge besides the orange stain. 13.—New 
Holland. 
V. Vutvina. Lam. 75. Somewhat heart-shaped, transversely 
grooved, pale fulvous and somewhat rayed; anterior slope convex, 
both depressions livid ; within white. 13. 
V. Vermicutosa. Lam. 76. Somewhat heart-shaped, trans- 
versely striated, pale fulvous, sub-reticulated by rufous or brown 
letter-like markings ; white within, with a bluish tinge under the 
nymphe. 113.—New Holland. (The exterior reminds us of 
V. AUREA.) 
V. Fuamnicunata. Lam. 77.—V. Catiypiea. Lam.61.—V. 
Rimvtaris. Lam. 74.—V. Japonica. W. t. 7. f. 55. Subcordate, 
oval, convex or tumid, transversely grooved, variable in colouring, 
being white or reddish with (74) obscure rays, pale fulvous with (77) 
white radiating flammules, or (61— EH. t. 267. f. 5?) fulvous and 
white with rufous lines and spots, and starred with white at the 

2 We have figured the Aurisiaca of Gray, a shell so closely 
resembling Delessert’s Tristis, that we have not ventured to copy 
the latter. V. Auristaca. Gray, Ann. Phil. 25.—W. S. Venus 
12. Triangularly ovate, polished, striated subcentrically, pale brown 
with three obscure zones; anteriorly elongated : lunule and lozenge 
lanceolate, variegated with purple : orange within: #.. 3. 
