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interior white, rough with impressed dots. 3f . — Peru and 

 South Seas. 



V. Hiantina. Lam. 32.— Del. t. 10. /. 8. Ovate, inflated, 

 angulated anteriorly, very pale rufous with sometimes two or three 

 indistinct rays, closely but irregularly grooved concentrically : 

 no lunule, the anterior depression gaping. 2J- . — South Seas. 



V. Crassisulca. Lam. 33. Ovate oblong, somewhat angulated 

 at the anterior end, uniform yellowish white, with broad transverse 

 somewhat scalariform sulci. 2}. — New Holland. 



V. Corrugata. Gmel. 3280. — Lam. 34. Ovate, whitish, with 

 waved transverse unequal wrinkles, decussated by fine longitudinal 

 striae; lunule oblong. — Variety 1. The sides spotted with, and 

 the posterior depression violet ; yellow within. — New Holland. 

 — Variety 2. V. Obsoleta. D.p. 205.— Ch.f. 444. — W. t. 8. 

 f. 105. The anterior side violet : white within. — Mediterranean. 



V. Rhombifera. E.t. 282. f. A. — V. Malabarica. Lam. 3d. 

 —An.Chem.f. 324, 5 ?— An. D.p. 174 l—W.t. 7.f 361 Oblong, 

 sub-cordate, inequilateral, thick, rather ventricose, rounded at both 

 ends, ligamental edge much sloping, ventral anteriorly sinuated ; 

 pale fulvous or flesh colour, with large angular darker zigzags (when 

 young white, with the zigzags purplish ash-coloured) which equally 

 cover the surface, and sometimes exhibit four indistinct rays, with 

 crowded narrow transverse ribs : lunule oblong-lanceolate, concave ; 

 lozenge elongated, both smooth : within with an orange stain beneath 

 the umbones, elsewhere white, margin smooth; central tooth bifid, 

 in one valve, the two anterior ones so in the other. l|-..2f. — Mo- 

 luccas.' — Both lunule and lozenge are brilliant purple in young 

 specimens. 



V. Rottjndata. Lin. 1 135.— D. p. 204. — W. t. 8. f. 103.— 

 V. Papilionacea. Lam. 36.— Ch. f. 441.— E. t. 281./. 3.— 

 Pullastra P. Sow. G. —Reeve, t. 72. f. 3. Elongated oval, 

 transversely grooved, glossy, pale reddish fulvous, with four radiating 

 rows of chesnut spots ; depressions lanceolate and lettered : margin 

 rounded and spotted with violet. If. . 3J. — Ceylon. 



V. Aspersa. Lam. 37. — V. Litterata. Var. D.p. 201. — 

 Ch.f. 439.— E. t. 282. f. 1. Oblong ovate, broad sub-angulated 

 and obtuse at the anterior end, narrower and rounded anteriorly ; 

 glossy, bright reddish fulvous, with four radiating rows of dark 

 splotches, besides scattered spots and markings, and furrowed by 

 transverse irregular grooves, which become obsolete towards the 

 beaks and are stronger and more distant at the anterior extremity : 

 depressions lanceolate and lettered. — Variety. — White somewhat 

 spotted, and without rays. \\. . 2\. — Zanzibar ', Indian Ocean. 1 



1 Lamarck admits as a variety with fewer spots the shell-figured 

 Ch.f. 438. and E. t. 282. f. 4. Deshayes proposes the separation 



