VENUS 



Plate XXVI. 



Species 135. (Miis. Cuniiii!^.) 



Venus STltiATlss]M.\. T'en. tesfd siihobloiigo-ovata, antlci 

 siifjoeiilricosd, pos/ice siibaciDiiin'ttd, fidvescmtc-alhd, 

 rufescenle-fiisco mncidald, liris radiantlbus striinqite 

 InmelUfurmibiis cotici-ntrich undifiue nit'uli clatliratd. 



The ML"cn-sTRiATED Venus. Sliell rather oblong-ovate, 

 anteriorly somewhat ventrioose, posteriorly somewhat 

 acuminated, fulvous-white, mottled with red-brown, 

 neatly latticed throun-hout with radiating ridges and 

 concentric lamellilbrm strias. 



SowERBV, Thes. Conch, vol.ii.p. 718.pl. 157. f. 103-105. 

 Chione slriaiissima, Deshayes. 



Hab. New Holland. 



A beautifully-sculptured shell, belonging to the F. ma- 

 rica section of the genus. 



Species 136. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus LaYARDI. J'eit. iestd suboblungo-ovatd, postice 

 flexuoso-acwnbi at d , fulcuscenie piirpureo-fusco tinctd 

 concentric} costatd, coslis cn/tosis, ad marginem pos- 

 ticiim hifnriam obtmi sjiwiinitis, costarnm interstitik 

 radialim cri'iiiihitis, viarginibits dcnticulutis. 



La yard's Venus. Shell rather oblong-ovate, posteriorlv 

 flexuously acuminated, fulvous, tinged with purple- 

 brown, concentrically riljbed, ribs callous, obtusely 

 doubly scaled on the posterior margin, interstices be- 

 tween the ribs radiately crenulated, margins denticu- 

 late,!. 



Hab. Ceylon; E. L. Layanl. 



An interesting flexuosely-winged species, of the same 

 crenulated type as the Australian V. mitis and the Tasnia- 

 nian V. Tasinanica, 



Species 137. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.); 



Venus ovata. Fm. tntd omld vel oblongo-ovatd, pos- 

 tice dwlim-tnmcatd, fahescente aut grised,fusco spar- 

 sim niacidatd, radialim coatald, costis confertis, uiidique 

 demii plicato-crenalis, humid vix nulla. 



The ovate Venus. Shell ovate or oblong-ovate, pos- 

 teriorly slopingly truncated, fulvous or grey, spa- 

 ringly blotched with brown, radiately ribbed, ribs 



close-set, densely plieately crenatcd tliroughout, 



scarcely any lunule. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. vol. iv. p. 206. pi. 59. f. 3. 



Venus spadicea, Eenieri. 



J'eiius pectinula, Lamarck. 



Feaus radiata, Scacchi. 



Cglherea ovata, Thompson. 



Chione ovata, Deshayes. 

 Hab. European Seas. 



This pretty species of our own shores has a wide range 

 throughout the European Seas passing into the Atlantic. 

 The little specimen given at Fig. 137 a is Iroin one of the 

 Cape de Verd Islands. 



Species 138. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Venus PYGMiEA. Fen. testa cordalo-ublongd, compres- 

 sinscidd, valde inaquilaterali, atbidd, fasco vel pur- 

 pnreo-roseo maeidatd, inlerdum vivide radiata, liris 

 radiantibus lamellis concentricis Jiinbriatis undique con- 

 fertim claikratd. 



The pygmy Venus. Shell cordately oblong, rather 

 compressed, very inequilateral, white, spotted with 

 brown or purple-rose, sometimes brightly rayed, 

 closely latticed tliroughout with radiating ridges and 

 concentric frilled lamell.T. 



Lamarck, Anira. sans vert. vol. vi. p. 337. 

 Chione pygmtea, Deshayes. 



Hnb. West Indies. 



A beautiCully-scnlptured latticed species, in which the 

 concentric Inmelte are furbelowed. 



Figure 139. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This proves to be a specimen of F. exilis, already de- 

 scribed aud figured in Plate XXIV. 



Species 141). (Mus. Cuniiug.) 



Venus CEKINa. Feti. tesld subiquadrato-cordatd, solidias- 

 culd, fiihescente-albd, ad hiuulam et ad aream liga- 

 menti fusco sparsim liiieatd, concentricii dense striata. 



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