192 bivalve shells. 



5. Venerupis oblonga. 



V. testa oblon3!;o-eliiptica, inajquilaterali, pallescente ; radiatim 

 costellata ; linea dorsali postica, rectiuscula ; lamellis concen- 

 tricis plui-ibus, erectis, laevigatis, postice eminentioribus; lunula 

 ovato-cordata, stria profunda circumscripta; cardine lato, dente 

 antico valvulae sinistrge compresso, valde prominente; sinu 

 pallii profundo, triangulari, apice acuminato. 

 Petricola oblonga, Sow. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 46. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 53. 



D'Orh. Voy. en Amer. Moll. p. 549. no. 566, 



Muller, Syn. Moll. p. 227- no. 2. 



Hab. Peru. 



6. Venerupis crenata. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-transversa, utrinque obtusa, inaequilaterali, alba, 

 rubro-violascente postice maculata, longitudinaliter dense 

 tenuicostata, transversim lamellosa, lamellis ad apices brevibus, 

 ad margines latioribus crenulatis ; dentibus cardinalibus inae- 

 qualibus ; valvis postice intus violascentibus. 



Venerupis crenata, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 508. 



Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 164. 



Deless. Rec. de Coq. pl. 5. f. 2. 



Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 55; in Wood, Suppl. pl. 12. f. 58. 

 PuUastra crenata, Catlow, Conch. Nom. p. 41. no. 4. 

 Cypricardia serrata, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 1. f. 5. 



Hab. Mare Novaj Hollandiae. 



7. Venerupis carditoides. B.M. 



V. testa ovato-oblonga, insequilaterali, albo-grisea, extremitatibus 

 obtusa, antice angustiore, postice longiore, subtruncata, longi- 

 tudinaliter costata, transversim lamellosa ; lamellis distantibus 

 postice latioribus. 

 Venerupis carditoides, Lamk. An. s. Vert. v. 508. no. 7- 

 Desh. in Lamk. ed. 2. vi. 164. no. 7- 

 Deless. Rec. de Coq. pl. 5. f. 3. 

 Hanley, Descr. Cat. p. 55. 

 Menke, Moll. Nov. Holl. p. 45. no. 257. 

 Pullastra carditoides, Catlow, Conch. Nom. p. 41. no. 3. 



Hab. Mare Novse Hollandise. 



8. Venerupis foliacea, Desh. B.M. 

 V. testa ovato-subquadrata, vakle inaequilaterali, compressiuscula. 



