VENUS. 199 



tker Arab. t. 18. f. 14. Gaalter, t.72. f. E and F. Ar- 

 genville, t. 21. f. P. Knorr, vi. t. 3. f. 3. Favanne,t. 

 46. f.E. 1. £wf. ikfefA. t. 271. f. 4. 

 Inhabits the Indian Seas, Linrucus. Coasts of Amboyna. 



Rumphius. Pacific Ocean. Solander. 

 Shell about an inch and a quarter long, and an inch and a half 

 broad ; thick, heavy, and slightly angulated at the anterior 

 end ; the colour is whitish, stained with brown on the ante- 

 rior slope, and marked with chestnut streaks about the car- 

 tilage. 



discors. 93. Shell sub-oval, rather compressed, 

 with longitudinal slightly nodulous ribs 

 branched at the anterior end ; margin toothed. 



Venus discors. Gmelin, p. 3292. 



Venus nodulosa. Solander s MSS. Callones Cat. p. 48. 



No. 897. 

 Venus pectinata Var. Chemnitz, vii. p. 3 1 . t. 39- f. 418 and 



419- 

 Venus, No. 144. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 199- t. 8. f. 11. 

 Lister Conch, t. 312. f. 148 Favanne, t. 46. f. E. 2. Enc, 



Meth. t. 271. f. 1. 

 Jnhabits the coasts of the Isle of France. Chemnitz. China. 



Humphreys. 

 Shell about eleven lines long, and fifteen broad, and differs 

 from V. pectinata in being more oval and compressed, and 

 in having the longitudinal ribs more crowded, and less nodu- 

 lous ; the colour is pale yellowish white, prettily variegated 

 with purplish brown, and the anterior slope pale purple, with 

 darker transverse stripes. 



dispar. 94. Shell sub-orbicular, with the posterior 

 side transversely striated, and the anterior 

 obliquely ribbed ; margin entire. 



Venus dispar. Chemnitz, xi. p. 230. t. 202. f. 1981 and 

 1982. 



Venus discors. Solander s MSS. 



Enc. Method, t. 271. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the South Seas. Solander. 

 Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and one inch broad ; 



of a pale purplish colour, mottled with angulated white spots, 



and a few scattered brown dots ; it is divided into two nearly 



equal parts, of which the anterior is obliquely ribbed, and 



the posterior striated transversely. 



