PECTEN.— Plate II. 



dots; right valve rayed with seven broader and 

 rather rude ribs, ribs and interstices ridged, white, 

 stained with white-dotted red towards the umbo. 



Hub. 



Distinguished from P. Dauicns, to which it is nearly 

 allied, by its conspicuous sculpture of ribs and ridges. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Pecten VELBTiNUS. Pect. teMd suhaqidvalvi, covipres- 

 sd, altiore quam longa, aqidlaterali, radiaUm lirato- 

 striatd, auriculis subaqualibm ; valvd siuktrd costis 

 quinque elevatmscnlk rottmdatk siibangustis radiatd, 

 interstitiis Mis, fidvo-riifeseente, albo promkcue stri- 



gatd et punctnlatd ; valvd dextrd costis sex latis, inter- 

 stitiis ariffustis, alba. 



The VELVET Pecten. Shell nearly equivalve, com- 

 pressed, higher than long, equilateral, radiately ridge- 

 like striated, ears nearly equal ; left valve rayed with 

 five raised rounded rather narrow ribs, with the in- 

 terstices broad, fulvous-red, promiscuously streaked 

 and dotted with white ; right valve with six broad 

 ribs and the interstices narrow, white. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 63. pi. 13. f. 31. 



Ilab. Macassar, Island of Celebes ; Hinds. 



A delicately formed species, partaking of the character 

 of P. subplicatiis. 



