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Venus rugosa, Desh, Encycl. Meth. Vers, iii. 1114. no. 5; in 

 Lamk. eJ. 2. vi. 339. no. 8. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 111. 



Wood, Ind. Test. pl. /. f. 13. 



Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. /28. pl. 160. f. 185, 186. 

 Venus no. 3, Schrot. Einl. iii. 154. 

 Venus casina, Schrot. Einl. iii. pl. 8. f. 6 (non Linn.). 

 Venus, Encycl. Meth. pl. 2/3. f. 4. 

 Venus rigida, Dillw. Cat. i. 164. no. 13. 

 Dosina rugosa, Gray, Cat. Cyth. Anal. viii. 308. 

 Var. minor. Venus eincta, Chemn. Conch. vi. 372. pl. 36. f. 387. 



Gtnel. p. 3286. no. 81. 



Hab. Insulse AntiUarum ; Brasilia. 



11. Venus oblonga. ~ B.M. 



V. testa ovato-transversa, oblonga, insequilaterali, utroque latere 

 obtusa, tumida, subcordiformi, squalide alba, maculis irregu- 

 laribus rufis in umbonibus aliquantisper picta, transversim 

 lamelloso-lirata, lamellis crassis, obtusis, postice acutioribus, 

 antice striis longitudinalibus crenulatis, interstitiis leevigatis -, 

 umbonibus tumidis, obliquis ; lunula ovato-cordiformi, plana, 

 striata, stria profunda circumscripta, valvis intus albis, margi- 

 nibus tenuissime crenulatis ; sinu pallii parvo, angusto, trian- 

 gulari. 



Venus oblonga, Hanley, in Wood, Ind. Suppl. pl. 16. f. 1. 



Sow.jun. Thes. Coach. p. 732. pl. 161. f. 197, 198. 

 Venus zelandica, Gray, Cat. Anal. viii. 308 ; in Yates, New Zea- 



land, p. 309 (non Quoy). 



Hab. Nova Zelandia. 



12. Venus foveolata. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-transversa, inaequilaterali, lateraliter subcompressa, 

 postice angustiore, candidissima, lamellis tenuibus transversis 

 cincta, antice eminentioribus, ad umbones distantioribus et 

 interstitiis striatis; umbonibus minimis, subcordatis; lunula 

 magna, ovato-cordata, impressa, in medio carinato-convexa ; 

 valvis intus candidissimis, dente laterali antico magis perspicuo ; 

 sinu pallii bre\d, angulato, late aperto. 



Venus foveolata, Sow.jun. Thes. Conch. p. 730. pl. 154. f. 46. 



Hab. China; mare Martinicense. Mus. Cuming. 



13. Venus cingulata. 



V. testa cordata, valva convexa, annulis transversis crenulatis 



