300 GINGLYMACONCHA. VENERIDZ. 
3. CAPSA DEFLORATA. 
Shells subcordate, shining, concentrically striolated and lon- 
gitudinally striated. Epidermis somewhat whitish or yellowish, 
painted with cinereous letters or spots. Length one inch and 
a quarter ; height one inch. 
Venus deflorata, Lister, Conch. t. eccciv. f. 249; Petiv. Gaz. 
t. xciv. f. 8; Penn. Brit. Zool. iv. 96. t. lvu. f. 54. 
Venus aurea, Chem. Conch. vii. t. xlii. f. 458; Mont. Test. 
Brit. 129; M. & R. Trans. Linn. Soc. viii. 90; Flem. 
Edinb. Encycl. vi. 95 ; Dill. Desc. Cat. 186 ; Turt. Coneh. 
Dict. 247: 
Venus nebulosa, Pult. Cat. Dorset. 54. t. xii. f. 3. 
Inhabits the western coasts of England and Ireland not un- 
commonly ; Torbay; Plymouth Sound; Whitsand Bay; Fal- 
mouth Harbour; Weymouth; Little Hampton: Yaul, Cork, 
Bantry and Dingle Bays in Ireland. 
4. CAPSA PERFORANS. 
Shells subrhomboidal, roughish, anteriorly with concentric 
reticulated striz. Epidermis whitish or yellowish brown. 
Length two inches; height one inch. 
Venus perforans, Mont. Test. Brit. 127. t. ii. f. 6; M. & R. 
Trans. Linn. Soe. vi. 89; Flem. Edinb. Encyel. vii. 95 ; 
Dill. Desc. Cat. 206; Turt. Conch. Dict. 245. 
Inhabits the Devonshire and Cornish seas ; it perforates 
wood in Salcombe Estuary ; in lime-rocks at Bantham and 
other parts of the coasts of Devon and Cornwall; and in red 
sandstone at Dawlish and Teignmouth. 
5. Capsa PuLLASTRA. 
Shells ovately oblong, with extremely delicate decussating 
striee. Epidermis whitish or brown. Length two inches ; height 
one inch and a half. 
Venus Pullastra, Chem. Conch. vii. t. Ixu. f. 439; Wood, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. vi. t. xvii. f. 11, 14; Pult. Cat. Dorset: toa: 
