BIHANG TILL K. SV. VET.-AKAD. HANDL. BAND 13. AFD. IV. N:0 ii. 29 



gulate processus it has inwardlj- in the centrum; is pellucid, conical, 

 slightly contracted at the vertex.» 



»6. Cor Veneris, Cartissa Rumphii. Buccardium conipressum, 

 valvis carinatis, carina dentata, umbonibus contiguis. Gualt. t, 84, 

 f. B. C. good; AnoEXv. t. 26, f. /.» 



At otlier times, speaking of some more remarkable speeies, 

 LiNN-EUS treats his hearers with a latin »descr.» in full. Such 

 is that of the Area Nose. "which nearlv aorees with the oue in 

 the M. L. V., as this may have been written down at first, 

 with »umbones» for »nates»: 



»6. Area Noje. Area oblonga antice liians, r-onipressed beneath, 

 soniewhat like a boat. Is seen in Gualt. t. 87, f. fJ. I.. Argknv. 

 t. 26, f. G. Ratlier rare. Descr. Testa slriis elevatis longitudinalibus 

 distincta »(sic! distinctis?)», rugosa, antice subcompressa et fere biloba; 

 umbones remotissimi, interjecto spatio angulo recto striato. Margo an- 

 tice hians, apertura barbata, barba nigra. Color ex albo rufoque ne- 

 bulosns.» 



In like mauner the »descr.» of Ostreiim mallens is exactly 



that of the M. L. U., 121, ouly this has been slightly revised 



before printing: 



»11. Mallens, the hammer, of ten costs 40 to 50 ducats. Gualt. 

 t. 96, f. D, good, Argenv. 1. 22, f. A. Ostreum testa cruciformi. 

 Descript. Testa rudis, inamoena, rugosa, flexuosa, opaca, linearis, ad 

 basin utrinque exserens ramos solitarios, augustiores, oppositos, parallc- 

 los, rectos, paullo breviores ; cavitas minima (curious that so big a 

 shell has so small a logement for the animal) ad basin recedens, 

 ovata, subargentea, colore conchaj margaritifera'. Rami (intus (piam 

 extus) glabriores, non vero argentati ; cardo vix manifeste prominens 

 angulo acuto utrinque sulco exsculptus.» 



Of the \'eniis Dione a description is given not in the 

 least comparable to the »descri]itio absoluta» of the S. X. ed. 

 10, biit almost word for word agreeing with tliat of the ]\T. L. 

 U., 55, tlie few loss strict and more cirenitous expressions 

 suggesting a rather primitive and somewluit unsottled ter- 

 min olo o- v : 



xl. Cuunus Veneris. Rumph. t. 46, f. 4. Gualt. t, 76, f. /', 

 not good. Akgenv. t. 24 f. /, good. Oleak. t. 29 f. 4. List. Hist. 

 t. 307, f. 146. Petivei! Gaz. t. 31, f. 9. Cuunus anlice spinoso 

 pubescens. It were no wonder, hud the poets seen this speeies, they 

 have said Venus was boru from the frotli of the sea or from a sea- 

 shell. At the close of the last ccntury it was kept at a verv high 

 price, often more than 30 (huats. now it is to be liought at one 

 ducat, with all the spines entirc. Testa dimidiato eordala rugis traiis- 

 versis, distinctis. Inmcllis intotrris rrecto-recurvis, auiunlibu^. ;ni(ice 



