VENUS. Aff 
Foreign localities—Norway (Lovén), northern and south- 
ern Spain and Portugal (M‘Andvew), Mediterranean and 
Aigean (Naves, and others). 
* Venus casina, Linné. 
Pectunculus membranaceus, Da Costa; Venus lactea, Donovan. 
Habitat.—Fine specimens off the western shoulder of Bat- 
tery Point, Cumbrae, in nullipore and sand, in about 8 to 10 
fathoms; young shells and single valves on the Tan Spit, 
and off Silvercraigs in Loch Fyne. Mr. Norman has taken 
it in Lamlash Bay. It is probably very local. 
As Mr. Jeffreys states that scarcely anything is known of 
the animal, I append my notes on it :—Body—pale yellow, 
thickly speckled with still paler yellowish white. Tubes— 
colour as above, and generally speckled and blotched at the 
orifices with reddish brown ; conjoined until near the orifices, 
where they separate. The edges of both orifices are encircled 
with cirri, which are generally speckled with brown ; but in 
those individuals in which the orifices are not (or but slightly) 
so speckled, the cirri are also devoid (or nearly so) of that 
colour. The cirri of the incurrent tube appeared to be thicker 
and less numerous than those of the upper or excurrent tube ; 
this latter frequently ejected water with some force. 
British distribution.—Locally distributed throughout our 
seas, but not byany meanscommon. It is recorded from the 
Northumberland coast by Alder; Dogger Bank, Leckenby 
and Marshall ; also from Devonshire; Channel Islands; Welsh 
coast; Isle of Man; Ireland; and various localities on west 
and north of Scotland. 
Foreign localities.—Norway (Lovén), Spain, Portugal, 
Madeira, and Canary Islands (M/‘Andrew), Mediterranean 
(Naves, and others). 
Venus verrucosa, Linné. 
Pectunculus strigosus, Da Costa; Venus erycina, Pennant. 
Habitat.—I have only taken single and much worn valves 
of this species; but Mr. Robertson obtained a single live 
specimen from a fisherman, who took it on his lines, the 
supposed locality being off Garroch Head, Bute. 
British distribution.—Chiefly in the south. Itis reported 
from the Cornish and Devonshire coasts, Channel Islands, 
Welsh coast, and south of Ireland. Mr. Jeffreys has also 
taken it at Oban. 
Foreign localities—A range which includes the West 
