VENUS. 



Plate XVI. 



Species 62. (Mus. Cuming,-.) 



Venus granulata. Ven. testa pcctiiiuto-ovatd, soUdiiis- 

 culd, alha,ferrncilneotmdd, nigrieante-cinereo versus 

 marginem reticulato-picld, radiatini costatd, costis 

 obtuse planatis, postke cmgulatis, Uris 7/odulosis con- 

 centricis decussatis. 



The granulated Venus. Shell pectinately ovate, 

 rather solid, whitish, rust-tinged, retioulately painted 

 towards the margin with dark ash, radiately libbed, 

 ribs obtusely flattened, posteriorly angled, decus- 

 sated with concentric uodulous ridges. 



Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3277. 

 I'emis entohapla, Jonas. 



Ilab. West Indies. 



A substantially-grained shell, boldly patched hero and 

 there with dark colour. 



Species 63. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus lacunatus. Fen. testa subtrigono-omtd, fidves- 

 cente, rosea tinctd, rufo-fusco obscure radiatd, conceu- 

 trice laminato-liratd, Uris erectis, extus lacanatis, 

 area ligamenti rufo-fusco maculatd. 



The fretted Venus. Shell somewhat triangularly ovate, 

 fulvous, tinged with rose, obscurely rayed with red- 

 brown, concentrically laminately ridged, ridges erect, 

 supported outwardly by fretwork, ligameutary area 

 blotched with red-brown. 



Hub. ? 



Of a delicate fidvoiis-browu colour, tinged with rose, 

 most elaborately fi-etted throughout with puuctm-ed la- 

 mella;. 



Species 64-. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus tokeujia. Ven. testa pectinato-orbicidari, gibbo- 

 siusculd, albldd, rvfo-cuslaneo radiatini trigono-macu- 

 latd, coucentrice liratd et striata, interstitiis regula- 

 riter concavis, striis elevatis, lateribus verrucoso-cor- 

 rugatis. 



The embossed Venus. Shell pectinately orbicular, 

 rather gibbons, white, radiately triaiigidarly blotched 

 with reddish-chestnut, concentrically ridged and 



striated, interstices regularly concave, with the striie 



raised, sides wart-wrinkled. 

 Gould, Otia Conch, p. 84. 



Venus crebrisutca, Sowerby (not of Lamarckj. 



Venus Jukesii, Deshayes. 

 Hub. Mangsi Island ; Gould. 



A prettily-painted globose shell, in which the con- 

 centric ridges are wrinkled into warts towards the sides, 

 and ventral margin. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus plumbea. Ven. testa ovatd, valde inequilateral i, 

 sonlide fulvd, plumbeo-violaceo radiatd et tinctd, ra- 

 diatini costatd, anlicis latiusculis, posticis angustis, 

 obtuse angulatis, omnibus Uris concentricis undique 

 crenatis, lunula et ared ligamenti latiusculis. 



The leaden Venus. Shell ovate, very inequilateral, 

 dull fulvous, rayed and stained with leaden-violet, 

 radiately ribbed, anterior ribs rather broad, posterior 

 narrow, obtusely angled, all crenated throughout 

 with concentric ridges, lunale and ligamentary area 

 rather broad. 



Hub. St. John's, West Indies. 



This shell was labelled in Mr. Cuming's collection as 

 a variety of V. tessellata, but it is of a different form, less 

 oblong, with a larger lunule, and broader, more excavated, 

 ligamentary area. 



Species 66. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Venus tessellata. Ven. testa oblongo-ovatd, fulvd, 

 plumbeo-violaceo radiatd et tinctd, radiatini dense 

 calloso-Uratd, postice costatd, costis plants, obtuse an- 

 gulatis, lunuld et ared ligamenti angustis. 



The tessellated Venus. Shell oblong-ovate, fulvous, 

 rayed and stained with leaden-violet, radiately 

 densely callously ridged, ribbed posteriorly, ribs flat, 

 obtusely angled, lunule and ligamentary area narrow. 



Adams and IIeeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang, p. 79. pi. 22. 

 f. 11. 

 Tapes tessellata, Sowerbv. 



Ilab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



June, 1863. 



