VENUS. 



Plate X. 



Species 32. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Curaming.) 



Venus Chemnitzii. Fen. testa ovatd, fidvesceute-albd, 

 rufo-fasco acute undatd et radiatim fasciatd, concen- 

 tric} dense layiiinatd, lamiiiis tenuibus, Jimbriato-la- 

 queatis, inlerstitiis radiatim liratis, liris subdislantibus. 



Chemnitz's Venus. Shell ovate, yellowish-white, sharply 

 waved and radiately banded with red-brown, con- 

 centrically densely laminated, laminae thin, fimbriately 

 fluted, interstices radiately ridged, ridges rather 

 distant. 



Hanley, Pro. Zool. Son. 1844, p. 160. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines ; Cuming. 



In this species the concentric lameUas are extremely 

 thin and delicately fimbriately fluted. The colour is dis- 

 posed in sharply zigzag waves. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus crenulata. Ven. testa trigono-ovatd, subveittricosd, 

 albidd, rufo-fusco profuse maculald et undatd, conceu- 

 trice lambiato-lirald, liris confertis, elecatiusculis, 

 creuulatis, ad latus aiiticum subrecurvis, ad posticum 

 tenuibus, erectis, laqueatis, interstitiis radiatim cris- 

 puto-striatis. 



The crenulated Venus. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 rather ventricose, whitish, profusely spotted and 

 waved with red-brown, concentrically laminately 



ridged, ridges close-set, rather elevated, crenulnteil, a 

 little recurved on the anterior side, on the posterior 

 thni, erect, fluted, interstices radiately crispately 

 striated. 



Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. vi. p. 370. pi. 36. f. 385. 

 Venus crenata, Gmelin. 



Hah, West Indies. 



A very elaborately sculptured sliell, of a triangularly 

 ovate form, profusely wave-painted with red-brown. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus reticulata. Fen. testa quadrato-ovatd, sitbob- 

 loni/d, alba velfuscescente, rufo-fasco lineari-undald et 

 maculatd, undique dense crenato-reliculutd, latere pos- 

 tico snperue subalato. 



The reticulated Venus. Shell squarely ovate, rather 

 oblong, white or brownish, spotted and linearly 

 waved with red-brown, everywhere closely erenateiy 

 reticulated, posterior side slightly winged at the 

 upper part. 



Linn.«us, Mus. Ulr. p. 503. 

 Venus corbis, Lamarck. 



Hub. Philippine Islands, etc. 



A constant peculiarity of tliis well-known sjiecies con- 

 sists in the hinge teeth being of a bright orange-red 

 colour. 



April, 1863. 



