158 WORMS. TESTACEA. 42. Vends. 



thick obtuse raised striae, slightly truncate ante- 

 riorly. 



Donovan's- Brit. SMfs v. tab. 149. 



Shell about an inch and a half wide, white, with very thick ob- 

 tufe ridges,. a little truncate on one side: beak curved. 



265. V. tigerina. Orbicular* thin, flat, white* striatc 

 longitudinally and crossed with numerous fine traus- 

 verse one*. 



Montague p. iig_ t. \.f. i. Lister t. 337. /. 174. 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch long, near an inch broad, with fume- 

 times a purple tinge on the edges, reticulate, glossy-white withiu 

 with a plain margin : bta-h pointed, a little curved. 



266. V. sinuosa. Thin, convex, with a very-deep sinuosi- 

 ty on the* margin in front 5 , the edges of which are 

 obtuse. 



Pennant Bf it. Zool. iv. tab. 55 r /. 51. A. 



Shell 3 quarters of an inch broad, about half an inch long* 



287. V.ovata. Subo.val, somewhat compressed* opaque, 

 brown, strongly striate longitudinally -with finer trans- 

 verse ones, 



Br. ZooL t. 56. f. 56. Walk. min. sh.f.. 12. Cardium. 



Shell 4. lines long, half an inch broad, reticulate, white or flesh- 

 colour \Vithio with the margin slightly crenate : beak nearly cen- 

 tra!,, a little curved. 



268. Y. minima* Suborbicular, glossy, with broad con- 

 centric striae, flesh-colour with a red streak each 

 side in the middle near the margin. 



M&Adtgue Brit Shells p. i at. tab. $./. 3. 



Shell a quarter of an inch long, rather more broad, rather cnm- 

 pressed, generally with 2 shortened white lines like the letter V, 

 the point of which is at the beak, and at the ends of which is a red 

 streak pointing towards the margin, within glossy-white with the 

 margin plain : beak prominent, a little curved. 



269. V. subcordata. Somewhat heart-shaped, strong, 

 white, with strong longitudinal ribs crossed by remote 

 tfansverse ones, much sloping on the anterior side 

 from the beak. 



Montague Brit, SheJls.p. i2t. tab. $./. t. 



Shell a. quarter of an inch wide, reticulate, with the interstices a 

 long fquare, within glossy-white slightly crcnate- on the margin: 

 beak nearer one end, much carved. 



270. V.granulata. Suborbicular, thick, whitish with 

 chocolate and livid marks, strongly ribbed longi- 

 tudinally and striate transversely, crenate ou the 

 margin. 



JDonovan. t. 83. Che m. Conch. 6. *. 30. /. 3,1 3. 



Shell 8 lines long, an inch broad, strongly reticulate* variegated 

 with purple and livid fpots and lines, dark purple within : beak 

 curved, with a heart-shaped depression beneath it. 



271. V. deflorata. Suboval, thin, semipellucid, with 

 undulate longitudinal striae crossed by a few wrin- 

 kles, whitish faintly radiate with purple. 



Br. Zool. t. sj.J. 54. Chem, Conch. 6. t. g./. 79. 



Shell an inch long, one and 3 quarters broad, white with a yel- 

 lowish or purple tinge, purplish within; beali nearly central' and 



straight*. 



