192 VENUS. 



Venus tigerina. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. p. 1135 and 1154. 



Born Mus. p. 70. Chemnitz, vii. p. 6. t. 37. f. 390 



and 391. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 136. Gmelin, p. 3283. 



Montagu Test. p. 119. t. 4. f. 1. Maton and Racket, 



in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 86. t. 2. f. 5. Dorset Cat. p. 35. 



t. 1. f. 14. 

 Bonanni Rec. 2. f. 69. and Kirch, f. 70. Lister Conch. 



t. 337. f. 174. Rumphius, t. 43. f. H. Petiver Amb. 



t. 18. f. 9. Gualter, t. 77. f. A. Argenville, t. 21. f. 



E. Adanson Senegal, t. 16. f. 3. Knorr, iv. t. 2. f. 1. 



and vi. t. 37. f. 2. Regenfuss, ii. t. 3. f. 24. Favanne, 



t. 47. f. D. 1. Ewe. Method, t. 277. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Jamaica. Lister. Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 Barbadoes. Petiver. St. Domingo. D'Avila. Nicobar 

 Islands. Chemnitz. Britain. Montagu, 2$c. 

 Shell generally about an inch and three-quarters long, and two 

 inches broad, but is sometimes twice as large ; the outside 

 is white, and the inside pale yellow, more or less tinged with 

 red round the margin, and about the hinge ; the anterior de- 

 pression is long and narrow, and the posterior minute, exca- 

 vated, and somewhat cordiform. Mr. Montagu, under the 

 name of V. orbiculata, has described a shell five-eighths of 

 an inch in diameter, which, he says, " has probably been 

 confounded with V. tigerina, but differs somewhat in its 

 contour, is not so flat, more orbicular, and more coarsely 

 decussated, and the lateral tooth is much more remote." It 

 seems now to be a general opinion, that the Linnaean des- 

 cription of V. incrustata, was taken from a specimen of V. 

 tigerina, which had been artificially polished. 



chinensis. 77. Shell sub-orbicular, compressed, 

 with white and violet concentric bands, and 

 longitudinal striae ; margin crenated within. 



Venus Chinensis. Chemnitz, x. p. 356. t. 171. f. 1663. 

 Venus Sinensis. Gmelin, p. 3285. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Chemnitz. 



Shell an inch and a half long, and the length and breadth are 

 equal ; in Chemnitz's figure there is an appearance of trans- 

 verse, as well as longitudinal striae, and rather differently from 

 the description ; it is painted with alternate bands of pale 

 brownish yellow and lead colour. 



prostrata. 78. Shell sub-orbicular, compressed, 

 with transverse striae which become membra- 



