VENUS. 183 



Venus Japonica. Gmelin, p. 3279. 



Venus literata. Chemnitz, vi, p. 357- t. 34. f. 364. 



Venus, No. 26. Sckroeter Einl. iii. p. 164. 



Bonanni Kirch. 2. f. 134.? Enc. Meth. t. 267. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and two inches broad ; 



inasquilateral, of a pale reddish, or yellowish colour, with 



transverse, broadly angulated, purplish transverse lines, and 



the umbones and inner margin of the anterior slope tinged 



with violet. 



striata. 57. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, ven- 

 tricose, angulated at the anterior end, with 

 crowded, thick, slightly undulated transverse 

 striae, and the posterior depression ovate. 



Venus striata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 358. t. 34. f. 365 and 



366. Gmelin, p. 3279. 

 Venus, No. 27. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 164. 



Inhabits the coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch aud a quarter long, and rather more than 

 an inch and a half broad, of a greyish white colour, and the 

 inside is white towards the margin, and yellowish under the 

 umbones ; the anterior slope is ovate-oblong, and glabrous, 

 and has an oblong gaping cleft at the cartilage. 



castrensis. 58. Shell roundish-heart-shaped, ven- 

 tricose, thick, glabrous, and the posterior 

 depression marked by a surrounding groove ; 

 margin very entire. 



Venus castrensis. Linncens Syst. Nat. p. 1132. Bom 

 Mus. p. 66. Chemnitz, vi. p. 359- t. 35. f. 367 to 370. 

 Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 128. Gmelin, p. 3273. 

 Venus australis. Chemnitz, x. p. 355. 1. 171. f. 1662. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3282. 

 Lister Conch, t. 262. f. 98. and t. 258. f. 94. Rumphius, 

 t. 43. f. K. Petiver Amb. t. 5. f. 2. Gualter, t. 82. 

 f. H. Argenville, t. 21. f. M. Knorr, i. t. 21. f. 5. 

 and ii. t. 20. f. 2. Favanne, t. 47. f. H. and t. 48. f. 

 I. Martyn Univ. Conch, t. 141. Enc. Meth. t. 273. 

 f. 1. 

 Inhabits the coasts of both the Indies. Linnaus. Amboyna. 

 Rumphius. Molucca Islands. Chemnitz. China. Hum- 

 phreys. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and the breadth but very 



