742 



Fig. 

 204. C. consanguinea, 119, 

 C. B. Adams. 



204. — umbonella, 37, Lamk. 



205. — rutila, 116, Swb.jim. 

 206, 207. — Philippinarum, 52, 



Hanley. 

 208, 209. — disriipta, 117, 8b. jn. 



210. — innocens, 118, Sb.jn. 



211. — iridescens, 120, Sb.jn. 



Fig. 



CIRCE. 



53, 54. C. (lispar, 5, Ckemn. 



55-58. — minima, 16, Mont. 



TAPES. 



158. T. sulcosa, I, Phil. 



159. — Dombeyi, 63, Lamk. 



160. — Meroseforrais, IB, S.J. 

 161, 162. — expallesceiis, n,PMl. 



163. — fluctuosa, 74, Gould. 



SUPPLEMENTARY DESCRIPTIONS OF SPECIES AND 

 VARIETIES OF VENERIDJ^. 



Genus MEROE, from pv^ge 611^ pi. cxxvi. 



Sp. 5. M. EXCAVATA (f. 13, 14; var. pi. clxiii. f. 16). Va- 

 riety and synonym omitted. — CytJieraa vaginalis^ Menke, Phil. 

 Abbild. t. 8. f. 2. 



Sp. 7. M. SoLANDEi (f. 10 ; var. pi. clxiii. f. 18, 19). Va- 

 rieties and synonyms omitted. — Cythercea Jdans, Wood's Supple- 

 ment, pi. 2. f. II. 



Sp. 8. M. MENSTEUA.LIS (pi. clxiii. f. 17), Menlce, Phil. Ab- 

 bnd. Cytli. t. 3. f. 3. 



"M. testa suborbiculata, convexiuscula, anterius compressa, 

 longitudinaliter leviter striata, obsolete decussata, livido-fusca, 

 lineis angularibus cruentis lividis transversim seriatis picta ; mar- 

 gine intus crenato ; ano lineari, subulato ; valva profunda im- 

 pressa, patente." 



Large, flat, orbicular, slightly striated, and altogether very dif- 

 ferent from any other species. 



Genus CYTHERJEA, from page 646, pi. cxxxvi. 



Sp. 37. C. UMBONELLA (pi. cxxx. f. 63-66; var. pi. clxiii. 

 f. 204). A pretty variety from Mr. Campbell's collection. 



