VENU S. 



Plate XIX. 



Species 85. (Fig. a, b, c, M\is. Cuming.) 



Venus .slbimbricata. Ven.tesldpectinato-ovatdyCrassa, 

 alia, rufo-fusco copiose radiatim macidatd et punctata, 

 coHceiitrice cosiatd, costis latis, obtnie tiimidis, radiatim 

 liralis, liris regidaribus, inltrdmii dupUcibus, bmuld et 

 area ligameuti late excavatis. 



The imbricated Venus. Shell peetiuately ovate, thick, 

 white, copiously radiately blotched and dotted with 

 red-brown, concentrically ribbed, ribs broad, ob- 

 tusely swollen, radiately ridged, ridges regular, some- 

 times duplicate, lunide and ligaraentary area broadly 

 excavated. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 31. 



Hab. Puerto Portrero, Central America (in fine sand at a 

 depth of thirteen tathoms) ; Cuming. 



A solid richly-coloured species, with somewhat of the 

 general external aspect of a Fectuuctdus. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus subrugosa. J^en. testd subtrigono-ovatd, fulces 

 cerite-albd, griseo et olivaceo-nigricante conspicue qua- 

 dri-radiatd, Icevigatd, versus umbones plus minus cor- 

 rugato-costatd, interslitiis crispato-sulcatis et puuc- 

 tatis. 



The wrinkled Venus. Shell somewhat triangularly 

 ovate, fulvous-white, conspicuously four-rayed with 

 grey and olive-black, smooth, more or less wrinkle- 

 ribbed towards the umboes, the interstices being 

 crisply grooved and punctured. 



So WERE Y, Genera of Shells, Venus, f. 2. 



Hab. West Columbia ; Cuming. 



Almost invariably characterized by four conspicuous 

 dark ravs. 



Species 87. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus callosa. Ten. testa pectinato-ouatd, postice sub- 

 trigoHO-productd purpureo-griseo et ferrugineo tinctd 

 et variegatd, radiatim duplicato-Uratd, conceutrice ir- 

 regidariter rude plicato-striatd. 



The callous Venus. Shell pectinately ovate, posteriorly 

 somewhat triangularly produced, stained and varie- 

 gated with purple-grey and rust, radiately dupli- 



cately ridged, concentrically irregularly rudely pli- 



cately striated. 

 Conrad, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. vol. vii. p. 252. 

 Hab. Sandwich Islands and California. 



Richly stained within with violet on the posterior side. 

 The lunule and ligamentarv area are almost obsolete. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus cancellata. Ven. testa pectinato-ovatd, fidvd, 

 brutmeo macidatd et aspersd, conceutrice lamiiiata, 

 laminis brevibus, distantibus, versus marginem irregu- 

 laribus, radiatiui liratd, liris duplicibits, area liga- 

 menti late excavatd, brunneo strigatd. 



The cancellated Venus. Shell pectinately ovate, ful- 

 vous, blotched and sprinkled with brown, concen- 

 trically laminated, lamina short, distant, irregular 

 towards the margin, radiately ridged, ridges dupli- 

 cate, ligaraentary area broadly excavated, striped 

 with brown. 



LINN.EUS, Syst. Nat. p. 1130. 



Venus dijsera Liunei, Chemnitz. 



Hab. Honduras. 



So much confusion attends the synonymy of the Lin- 



nsean V. di/sera that the species, as already stated, is 



expunged from the catalogue. 



Species 89. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus Paphia. Ven. testd trigono-ovatd, crassd, carneo- 

 albd, violaceo, fuscescente undique widato-maculatd, 

 coucentrice costatd, costis latissiniis callosis, postice 

 erecte laminatis, ared ligameuti lalissime excavatd. 



The Paphia Venus. Shell triangularly ovate, thick, 

 flesh-white, wave-marked tlu'oughout with violet- 

 brown, concentrically ribbed, ribs very broad and 

 callous, posteriorly erectly lamiuated, ligamentarv 

 area very broadly excavated. 



Linn^us, Syst. Nat. p. 1139. 



Hab. West Indies. 



The type of an exceedingly interesting group, of which 

 some conspicuous examples occin- in Plate XXllI. 



June, 1863. 



