188 VENUS. 



Inhabits the East Indian Ocean. Linnaws. Pacific Ocean, 

 Solander. Coasts of China. Humphreys. 



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

 half broad, and Chemnitz in a Vignette has figured a speci- 

 men, which measures two inches and eleven lines, by three 

 inches and seven lines ; the colour is whitish or yellowish , 

 both the depressions are somewhat spear-shaped, but the 

 posterior one is much , the broadest ; the hinge is nearly 

 central, and has two primary, and two lateral teeth. 



reticulata. 67. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, 

 with decussated elevated striae ; posterior de- 

 pression ovate, wrinkled, and surrounded by 

 a groove ; margin crenulated. 



Venus reticulata. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1133. Chem- 

 nitz, vi. p. 367. t. 36. f. 3S2 to 384. Schroeter EinL 

 iii. p. 134. Gmelin, p. 3275. 

 Lister Conch, t. 335. f. 172. Klein Ost. t. 10. f. 52. 

 Gualter, t. 83. f. F. Knorr, vi. t. 10. f. 3. Favanne, 

 t. 46. f. C. 1. Enc. Meth. t. 278. f. 1. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar and Ceylon. Chemnitz. 



New South Wales. Solander. China. Humphreys. 

 Shell generally about two inches and a half long, and the breadth 

 is a little more, but Chemnitz possessed a specimen which 

 measured three inches and a half, by nearly four inches ; the 

 colour is brownish white, more or less clouded, or marked 

 ■with darker rays and 6pots, and the inside is white, with the 

 teeth of the hinge yellowish. Linnaeus has described the 

 margin to be entire, and the present shell, though almost all 

 authors have considered it to be the V. reticulata, does not 

 answer well either to the description or references. Born 

 from his description, appears to have mistaken V. puerpera 

 for this species, and Meuschen has supposed that the shell 

 described by Linnaeus was a Cardium. See Mus. Gevers, 

 p. 444. No. 1638. 



puerpera. 68. Shell somewhat heart-shaped, with 

 decussated striae, of which the longitudinal 

 are membranaceous and reflected ; posterior 

 depression ovate, surrounded by a groove, 

 and keeled in the middle ; margin crenu- 

 lated. 

 Venus puerpera. Linruzus Mantissa, p. 545. Chemnitz, 



