VENUS. 195 



Venus tigerina Var. #. Rammer er Cab. Rudoht. p. 208. 

 Rumphius, t. 42. f. D. Petiver Amb. t. 18. f. 6'. Gualter, 

 t. 75. f. D. 



Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. New South 

 Wales. Humphreys. 



Shell about two inches long, and the breadth exceeds the length 

 still less thau in V. tigerina, which it much resembles, but 

 has the longitudinal ribs considerably broader ; the colour is 

 white stained with red, aud the inside is covered with a thick 

 ochraceous crust. Meuschen, as well as Kaemmerer consi- 

 dered it to be only a Variety of V. tigerina. 



excisa. 83. Shell sub-orbicular, with crowded, 

 thickish, transverse stride ; cartilage cleft gap- 

 ing, and the posterior depression ovate ; mar- 

 gin entire. 



Venus excisa. Chemnitz, vii. p. 17- t. 38. f. 400 and 401. 



Venus sinuata. Gme/in, p. 3285. 



Venus decolor. So/ander's MSS. 



Venus, No. 33. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 166. 



Lister Conch, t. 294. f. 130. Enc. Method, t. 279- f. 4. 



Inhabits the coasts of Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch and a half in diameter, and is said to re- 

 semble V. exoleta, but differs in being rather less orbicular, 

 more convex, and having the transverse stria? more elevated ; 

 the posterior depression is aiso longer, and less cordiform thau 

 in that species. 



exoleta. 84. Shell sub-orbicular, with unequal 

 transverse striae, and the posterior depression 

 cordiform; margin entire. 



Venus exoleta. Linnaus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1134. Pennant 



ZooL iv. p. Q4. t. 54. f. 49- A. Born Mas. p. 73. t. 5. 



f. 9- Chemnitz, vii. p. 18. t. 38. f.402 and 404. Sclooe- 



ter Einl. iii. p. 142. Gmelin^ p. 3284. Donovan, ii. t. 



42. f. 1. Montagu Test. p. llfi. Maton and Racket, 



in Lin. Trans, vin. p. 87- t. 3. f. 1. Dorset Cat. p. 35. 



t. 8. f. 5. 

 Pectunculus capillaceus. Da Costa Brit. Conch, p. 187- 



t. 12. f. 5. 

 Lister Conch, t. 29!. f. 127- and t. 293. f. 129- Petiver 



Gaz. t. 93. f. 15. Gualter, t. 75. f. F. Adanson Sene. 



gal, 1. 16. f. 4. Favanne, t. 48. f. F. 1. Enc Meth. 



t. 279- f. 5. 



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