VENUS.— Plate XXYI. 



siriis hie illic confluentihu, in interstitiis decussatim 

 crtmulatd, ad latera tenue radiaiim plicatd, umhunibus 

 siibrostratis. 



The waxen Venus. Shell somewhat squarely heart- 

 shaped, rather solid, fulvous-white, sparingly lineated 

 with brown at the luuule and ligamentary area, con- 

 centrically densely striated, stria here and there con- 

 tlueut, decussately crenulated in the interstices, finely 

 radiately plicated at the sides, umboes rather beaked. 



C. B. Adams, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Huh. ? 



This little species will be found, on examination with 

 the lens, to be full of character. 



Species 141. (Mus. Cnmiug.) 



Venus globulus. Ven. testa globoso-cordatd, postice 

 subtrimcatd, solidiiiscitld, fulveacetite-albd, midiqiw 

 dense calloso-Uratd, liris subirregtdaribus, hie illic 

 subreflexis, lunula awpld, subiudislmctd. 



The globule Venus. Shell globosely heart-shaped, a 

 little truncated on the posterior side, rather solid, 

 fulvous-white, densely callously ridged throughout, 

 ridges rather irregular, here and there a little reflected, 

 luuule large, rather indistinct. 



Hab. ? 



A solid globose shell, elaborately concentrically ridged 

 from the umboes throughout, with very much of the 

 general appearance of a Lueina. 



