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with the young oFthe V. decujfata; but the flender and re- 

 ( urvedtcethis a difcriminating charafter, If all others were 

 wanting. It rarely exceeds three-eightlis of an inch in 

 length; and five-eighths in breadth. With refpeft to 

 fhape, it is difficult to fix any as a permanent charafler; 

 it is however moft frequently fub-rhomboidal ; fonetimes 

 nearly as long as it is broad, generally ilrait on the front 

 margin, but in fome inftances deeply finuous or indented; 

 not very unlike Mr. Pennant's figure of the Venus Jinuofa. 



"VVe found this fpecies in abundance on the fliore near 

 Plymouth, burrowed in hard lime-ftone, detached frag- 

 ments of which were perforated in all directions, and 

 fluck full of them. 



IS. 

 ViRGiNEA. Venus Virgine-n. Lin. Syji. p.l 136.— Gwf/. Syfi. p. 3294. 136. 



Pult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 34. 

 Turt. Lin. iv. p. 241. 



Chem. Conch, vii. t. 42. f.443. & t.43. f.457, 

 a. b. c. — Br. Zool. t.55. without number ? 

 Lifter Conch, t. 403. f. 247. 

 Cuneus fafciatus. Da Cofta p. 204. 



V. with a ftrong, fub-oval Hiell, tranfverfely ftriated ; 

 the llris in fome fpecimens, interrupted in a few places by 

 a deeper furrow: colour various, moft commonly of a 

 pale rufous-brown, Ilreaked and Ipotted in a very pretty- 

 manner, with ferruginous, or dull purplifh-brown: fome- 

 times with a few interrupted rays or zigzag lines : and 



rarely 



