VENUS. 185 



smooth, with somewhat reticulated angulated 

 veins, and the posterior depression nearly 

 obsolete ; margin very entire. 



Venus ornata. Solander's MSS. Callone's Cat. p. 47. No. 

 883. 



Venus castrensis Var. Chemnitz, vi. p. 3(i6. t. 35. f. 380 

 and 381. 



Lister Conch, t. 259- f. 95. Enc. Meth. t. 273. f 2. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Humphreys. Mauritius. 



Chemnitz. 

 This shell is generally smnller than V. castrensis, and is rather 



broader in proportion to the length ; the colour is white, 



and marked with tine angulated purple veins, which form a 



net-work, composed of irregular meshes. 



phryne. 62. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, smooth, 

 transversely striated at both ends ; posterior 

 depression inversely cordiform, and marked 

 with violet veins. 



Venus Phryne. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. p. 1132. Gmelin, p. 



3274. Solander's MSS. 

 Rumphius, t. 42. f. O. Petiver Amb. t. 18. f. 4. 



Inhabits the Southern Ocean. Linnceus. Persian Gulf. So- 

 lander. 



Linnaeus without any reference has giving nothing more than 

 the above short character, and the reference to Rumphius, 

 is taken from the MSS. of the late Dr. Solander, who has 

 given the following description : " V subcordata antice sub- 

 rostrata obsolete reticulata, medio laevigata, porcis transversis 

 crassis sub-imbricatis ; marginibus crenatis ; vulva retusa, la- 

 biis prominulis." He adds, that the colour is either brown 

 or yellowish, that the beak in different shells is more or less 

 produced, and that the length in Rumphius's figure is made 

 too short. I cannot find any other author who has noticed 

 this species, or given any reference to Rumphius's figure, ex- 

 cept Linnaeus, who has erroneously quoted it for V.flexuosa. 



meroe. 63. Shell ovate-heart-shaped, with narrow 

 transverse grooves ; anterior depression ex- 

 cavated, and the posterior lanceolate; mar- 

 gin crenulated. 

 Venus meroe. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1132. Bom Mus. 



