VENUS. Panama Shells. 269 



Habitat. — St. Elfena ; Oiiming I Sow^rby : also Miiller : ald6 

 Keeve in Indei of Cardium : also Orbigny, 



S. America ; Hariley. 



Taboga ; 0. b! A. I 

 6 specimens were found. 



Family— VENERID^. 



436. Tenus amathusia? 



Synonymy. 

 Venus amathusia Pbil.' Abbild. I. pi. 2. f. 4. Apr. 1844. 



lotion. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Unknown ; Philippi. 



Mazatlan ; Lt. Green I Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. I 

 We obtained two specimens. 



436. Veittii^ di^Jbor^s? 



Synvnymy, 



Venus discors Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc Lond. p. 42. March 1835, 



— Orb. Voy; Ainer. Mierid. Moll. p. 66^. 1846! 



Station. — ^In sandy mud at from 6 to 9 fathoms ; Cuming I 

 Sowerby. 



Our specimens were found in coarse sand aniong stones be- 

 tween one-quarter and one-half tide level. 



Habitat. — St. Elena and Guacomayo ; Cuming I Sowerby : 

 also Orbigny. 



Guaymas ; Lt. Green 1 Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. I 

 We collected 146 specimens on the reef. 



43 1 Venus g^nidia. 



Syhoriymy. 

 Venus gnidia Brod. etSowb. in Zool. Journ. IV. 864. 1829. 



JULY, 18SS. 68 A"". Lto. Nat. Hibt. 



