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V. Floridella. Lam. 69. — Del. t. 10. f. 2. Ovate, rather 

 depressed, with transverse grooves, whitish with pale cloudy broad 

 spreading purplish violet rays : anterior extremity obliquely trun- 

 cated and its depression elongated. 1J-. — Europe? —Larger than 

 Florida, but posdbly a variety. 



V. Pulchella. Lam. 71. — Del. t. 10. f. 9. Small, oval, 

 shining, pale purplish rose, anteriorly darker, with minute mark- 

 ings forming a few rays : near the umbones smooth, becoming 

 transversely grooved towards the margin : within purplish pink. 

 1. — Mediterranean. — Probably a variety of Florida. 



V. Sinuosa. Lam. 72. Somewhat heart-shaped, transversely 

 grooved, pale fulvous with two indistinct sub-articulated rays, 

 and sinuous at the margin ; posterior depression oval, nearly heart- 

 shaped, brown at its base, and as well as the anterior slope lettered. 

 1^. — Ne?v Holland? — South Seas. 



V. Tristis. Lam. 73. — Del. t. 10. f 10. Somewhat heart- 

 shaped, transversely grooved, reddish fulvous (sometimes with brown 

 interrupted rays), within with the disc pale orange, and the margin 

 bluish violet. — Variety. (Elegantina. Ijam. 23. — Del.t. 11. 

 f. 3.) Pale fulvous and somewhat rayed, the anterior slope and 

 posterior depression violet, the former lineated ; within with some 

 violet spots at the hinge besides the orange stain, lj. — New 

 Holland. 1 



V. Vulvina. Lam. 75. Somewhat heart-shaped, transversely 

 grooved, pale fulvous and somewhat rayed ; anterior slope convex, 

 both depressions livid ; within white. \f. 



V. Vermiculosa. Lam. 76. Somewhat heart-shaped, trans- 

 versely striated, pale fulvous, sub-reticulated by rufous or brown 

 letter-like markings ; white within, with a bluish tinge under the 

 nymphee. 1|-. — New Holland. {The exterior reminds us of 



V. AUREA.) 



V. Flammiculata. Lam. 77. — V. Callypiga. Lam. 61.— V. 

 Rimularis. Lam. 74. — V. Japonica. W. t. 7.f 55. Subcordate, 

 oval, convex or tumid, transversely grooved, variable in colouring, 

 being white or reddish with (74) obscure rays, pale fulvous with (77) 

 white radiating flammules, or (61 — E. t. 267../. 5?) fulvous and 

 white with rufous lines and spots, and starred with white at the 



2 We have figured the Aurisiaca of Gray, a shell so closely 

 resembling Delessert's Tristis, that we have not ventured to copy 

 the latter. V. Aurisiaca. Gray, Ann. Phil. '25. — W. S. Venus 

 12. Triangularly ovate, polished, striated subcentrically, pale brown 

 with three obscure zones ; anteriorly elongated : lunule and lozenge 

 lanceolate, variegated with purple : orange within : f . . |. 



