VENUS. 



Plate VI. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus lacerata. Ten. tesld mibqnadmto-ovatd, valde 

 ineequilateraU, veutricosa, laded, violaceo-fiisco obscure 

 interrupte radiatd, liris parvis obtusis concenlricis et 

 radiantihiis midiqtie fimhriato-deciissatd. 



The torn Venus. Shell somewhat squarely ovate, very 

 inequilateral, ventricose, cream-white, obscurely in- 

 terruptedly rayed with violet-brown, iimbriately de- 

 cussated throughout with concentric and radiating 

 small obtuse ridges. 



Hanley, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. IGl. 



Hab. Island of Zebu, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Closely allied to V. puerpera, lighter and more delicate 

 in colom- and sculpture, elaborately decussated. 



Species 19. (Fig- a, b, Mus. Cmning.) 



Venus aspekrima. Veii. testd ovatd, depressiusculd, su- 

 penie sublriyond, calcareo-albd, violaceo-fiisco uderdum 

 radiatim maculatd, radiatim acute muUiliratd, lira 

 minutd in interstilih, liris radianlibus liris teuitibus 

 concenlricis elaborate clathratis. 



The hough Vends. Shell ovate, rather depressetl, some- 

 what triangular at the upper part, chalk-wliite, some- 

 times radiately blotched with violet-brown, radiately 



shai-ply many-ridged, with a minute ridge in the in- 

 terstices, radiating ridges elaborately latticed with 

 fine concentric ridges. 



Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1835 p. 41. 



Hab. Guacamayo, Central America (in sandy mud, at a 

 depth of thirteen fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 A form of V. peclorina, in which the shell is of lighter 



substance, broader and more depressed, with the sculpture 



more elaborately and definitely latticed. 



Species 20. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus laqueata. Veu. testa subyloboso-ovatd, veittri- 

 cosd, fulvo-spadiced, violaceo-fusco pallide radiatd, 

 concentrice valde laminatd, lamiiiis erectis, iindique 

 arcuate laqueatis, interstittis subliUter radiatim liratis, 

 liris planis, duplicis. 



The fluted Venus. Shell somewhat globosely ovate, 

 ventricose, fidvous-drab, faintly rayed with violet- 

 brown, concentrically strongly laminated, laminse 

 erect, areuately fluted throughout, interstices finely 

 radiately ridged, ridges flat, duplicate. 



Sowerby, Thes. Couch, part xiv. p. 706. pi. 153. f. 15. 



Hab. Swan Kiver, Australia ; Jukes. 



A solid ventricose shell, crowded throughout with ar- 

 euately fluted concentric lamiuee. 



April, 1863. 



