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valvis intus antice albo-flavis, postice violaceis ; sinu palli 
angustissimo, profundissimo, oblique ad umbones ascendente. 
Hab. Port Phillip. Coll. Cuming. 
23. Venerupis rnsiGnis, Desh. (Pl. XVIII. fig. 4.) V. testd 
ovato-transversd, subquadratd, valde inequilaterali, plus mi- 
nusve inflatd et irregulari, flavd, ad margines rufa, longitudi- 
naliter creberrime et tenuissime liratd, liris in latere postico 
profundissime angulatis seu divaricatis et inter se conjunctis ; 
latere antico brevissimo, postico paulo latiore, oblique truncato ; 
margine superiore inferiori parallelo ; umbonibus obliquis, tumt- 
dis, approximatis ; valvis intus in medio croceo-rubris, ad pert- 
pheriam violaceis; sinu pallii angusto, profundo, apice acumi- 
nato, ascendente. 
Hab. New Zealand. Coll. Cuming. 
24. Circe personata, Desh. C. testd suborbiculato-trigond, de- 
pressd, lenticulari, inequilaterali, ad umbones compressd, trans- 
versim tenue striatd, striis in latere postico evanescentibus, albo- 
grised, in medio fusco maculata, ad margines sepius lineolatd ; 
maculis in medio sepius duabus personatis; lunuld aredque 
minimis, angustis, lanceolatis, atro-castaneis ; valvis intus in 
fornice violaceis, in margine albis; impressione musculare 
anticd ovato-oblongd ; fossuld laterali value dextre usque ad 
dentem cardinalem prolongatd ; impressione pallii ad marginem 
descendente. 
Venus scripta, Chemn. ; Cytherea scripta, Lamk. non Linn. 
Hab. Indian Ocean; Philippines. Coll. Cuming. 
25. Circe putcuRa, Desh. C. testd ovato-transversd, subequi- 
laterali, antice obtusd, postice angustiore, tumidd, solidd, irre- 
gulariter transversim striatd, striis inequalibus distantibus, 
pliceformibus, striis longitudinalibus tenuissimis, obsoletis, de- 
cussantibus, albo-grised, maculis duabus, castaneis, radianti- 
bus, in medio separatis; valvis intus albo-griseis, marginibus 
brunneis ; impressione pallii brevissimd, in medio valvarum positd, 
simplice. 
Cytherea elegans, Sow. (non Koch) Thes. Conch. p. 645. pl. 135. 
. 163. 
Hab. Red Sea. Coll. Cuming. 
26. CrRcCE TRANSVERSARIA, Desh. C. testd ovato-transversd, 
subequilaterali, depressd, antice rotundatd, postice subtruncatd, 
JSuscd, sepius ad umbones albo angulatim maculatd, antice 
posticeque divaricatim rugosd, in medio transversim sulcatd, 
suleis rugisque granosis; umbonibus minimis brevibus, oppositis ; 
lunuld elongato-lanceolatd, lined impressd circumscriptd, atratd; 
=e subpland, levigatd, intus albd, in medio violaceo-macu- 
ata. 
Var. 3. Testa minore, sulcis transversis majoribus. 
Hab. Philippimes. Coll. Cuming. 
