178 VENUS. 



Variety A. White, with two obsolete brown longitudinal rays. 

 Venus lusoria Japonica. Chemnitz, vi. p. 337. t. 32. f. 340. 

 Venus Chione Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3272. 

 Venus, No. J 8. Schroder Einl. iii. p. 161. 

 Rumphhts. t. 43. f. G. Petiver Ami. t. 18. f. 20. 



Variety B. White, with scattered brown angular streaks and 

 spots. 



Venus lusoria variegata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 347. t. 33. f. 344. 

 Venus Chione Var. y. Gmelin, p. 3272. 

 Venus, No. 19. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 161. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphins. Japan, and Chi- 

 na. Chemnitz. 



Shell about two inches and a quarter long, and two inches and 

 three quarters broad, and I have followed Chemnitz, Kaem- 

 merer, and Schroeter, in placing it separate from V. Chione, 

 on account of the more truncated appearance of its cartilage 

 slope ; the anterior tooth of the hinge is long and crenulated, 

 and the margin on the inside is violet. 



chione. 45. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, glossy, 

 with the posterior depression oblong and 

 acute ; margin very entire. 



Venus Chione. Linn&us Syst. Nat. p. 1131. Born Mas. 



p. 63. Chemnitz, vi. p. 344. t. 32. f. 343. Schroeter 



Einl. iii. p. 124. Gmelin, p. 3272. Donovan, i. 1. 17. 



Montagu Test. p. 115. Maton and Racket, in Lin. 



Trans, viii. p. 84. Dorset Cat. p. 35. t. 6. f. 7. 

 Pectunculus glaber. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 1S4. 1. 14. 



f. 7. 

 Lister Conch, t. 269. f. 105. Gualter, t. 86. f. A. Knorr, 



vi. t. 4. f. 1. Regenfuss, i. t. S. f. 17. Favanne, t. 47. 



f. E. Enc. Meth.t.Q66. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the Asiatic Ocean. Linnmis. Mediterranean. D'Avi- 

 la. Adriatic. Chemnitz. Coasts of Britain. Lister, fyc. 

 Naples. Ulysses. 

 Shell about two inches and a quarter long, and three inches 

 broad ; of a pale chestnut colour, with darker longitudinal 

 rays, and the inside white ; margin obtuse, and very entire ; 

 the cartilage cleft is broad, and extends about half way down 

 the anterior slope. 



macuiata. 46. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, glos- 

 sy, with the posterior depression obliquely 

 wrinkled, and the margin very entire. 



