VENUS. 189 



vi. p. 372. t. 36. f. 388 to 389- Schroeter Einl iii. p. 

 152. Gmelin, p. 3276. 

 Venus reticulata. Bom Mus. p. 6Q. 

 Gualter, t. 76. f. G. Knorr, vi. 1. 10. f. 1. Favanne, t. 

 46. f. B. 1. Enc. Meth. t. 278. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Linruzus. Coasts of China. 



Humphreys. 

 Shell two or three inches long, and the breadth but a very little 

 exceeds the length ; the colour is brownish white, faintly 

 spotted, and becoming slightly ferruginous towards the an- 

 terior end ; the inside is white, except on the anterior side of 

 the cavity, which has a yellowish and purple tinge. 



crenulata. 69. Shell ovate-heart-shaped, with 

 transverse membranaceous striae, and the in- 

 terstices crenulated ; posterior depression 

 cordiform, and the margin crenulated. 



Venus crenulata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 370. t. 36. f. S85. 



Venus crenata. Gmelin, p. 3279- 



Venus Campechensis. Gmelin, p. 3287- 



Venus arguta. Solander's MSS. 



Venus, No. 28. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 164. and No. 59. 



p. 175. 

 Lister Conch, t. 283. f. 11. Favanne, t. 46. f. B. 6. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. Bay of Campechy. 

 Lister. 



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

 broad ; greyish white, with pale brown interrupted rays and 

 spots ; anterior depression ovate, obsolete, and plaited at the 

 lips ; posterior depression dark brown, wrinkled, and sur- 

 rounded by a narrow line. 



radiata. 70. Shell triangular-heart-shaped, with 

 decussated striae ; posterior depression cordi- 

 form, and the margin crenulated; umbones 

 violet. 



Venus radiata. Chemnitz, vi. p. 371. t. 36. f. 386. 

 Venus crenata, Var. /3. Gmelin, p. 3280. 

 Venus, No. 29. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 165. 



Inhabits 



This shell is not half so large as V. crenulata, and it appears 

 from Chemnitz's description, that it may be at once distin- 

 guished by the extension throughout its whole length of the 

 longitudinal striae, which in that species are confined to the 



