VENUS. 



Plate VIII. 



Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus Sowerbyi. Ven. testa ovatd, veiitricosd, cra.ud, 

 Jlavescenle-albd, rosaceo-fusco inierriipte radialu, coii- 

 centrice irregidarller lamiuatd, lamiiiis fimbriato-cra- 

 nalis, iuterslUiis elaborate radiatim liratis. 



Sowerby's Venus. Shell ovate, ventricose, thick, yel- 

 lowish-white, interruptedly raj-eil with rose-brown, 

 concentricaUy irregularly laminated, lamiiife fimbri- 

 ately crenated, interstices elaborately radiately ridgcil. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 2. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A very solid ventricose shell, in which the concentric 

 laminae are obtusely fimbriately crenated. 



Species 35. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus pectorina. Ven. testa ovato-cordatd, superni 

 suhtrigond, fulvo-ferrngined, molaceo-fiisco plus minus 

 postice maculatd, radiatim multilirutd, lira miuittd 

 intervenieiite, liris tenuibus conceutricis elaborate cla- 

 tliratd. 



The heart-shaped Venus. Shell ovately heart-shaped, 

 sliglitly triangular at the upper part, fulvous-rust, 

 more or less blotched on tlie posterior side with 

 violet-brown, radiately many-ridged, with a minute 

 ridge intervening, elaborately latticed with fine con- 

 centric ridges. 



La.marck, Anim. .sans vert. p. 344. 

 Venus cardioides, Lamarck. 



Hab. Central America. 



Of rather a cockle-like form, tinged with a fulvous-rust 

 colour and elaborately cancellated. 



Species 26. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus cingulata. Ven. testa trigono-ovatd,fulcescente, 

 lineis acute undulatis fuscis plctd, area ligamenti fusco 

 conspicue strigatd, concentrice costatd, costis piimis 

 laminatis et subtiliter crenulatis, ccettris incrassatis, 

 obtu^is. 



The belted Venus. Shell triangularly ovate, fulvous, 

 painted with zigzag brown lines, ligamentary area 

 conspicuously striped with brown, concentrically 

 ribbed, the tirst ribs laminated and finely crenulated, 

 the rest thickened and obtuse. 



Lamauck, Anim. sans vert. p. 345. 

 Venus pidicaria, Broderip. 



Hab. \\ est Columbia ; CumiTig. 



The concentric ribs, which in the early growth of the 

 shell are thin and laminated, and crenulated, become gra- 

 dually more and more thickened and obtuse. 



Species 27. (^lus. Cuming.) 



Venus resticulata. Veu. testd suhquadrato-cordatS, 

 venlricosd, crassd, albidd, circa umbones ferrugineo 

 tiuctd et fusco maculatd, concentrice dense lamiuatd, 

 Imninis iuniido-crenalis et subrecurvis, interstitiis ra- 

 diatim obtuse crenatis. 



The corded Venus. Shell somewhat squarely heart- 

 shaped, ventricose, thick, whitish, rust-tinged and 

 spotted with brown about the umboes, concentrically 

 densely laminated, lamiufe tumidly crenated and a 

 little recurved, interstices radiately obtusely ridged. 



SoWEEBY, Tiies. Conch, part xiv. p. 706. 



Hab. Phili])pine and Society Islands and Madagascar. 



A solid globosely cordate shell, sculptured with stout 

 concentric lamina, having almost the consistency of ribs, 

 crenated and fluted throughout in a rather callous manner. 



April, 1863. 



