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PEOF. E. VON MAETENS ON THE SHELLS 



353. Venus (Anaitis) calophylla, Jonas, Archiv f. Natur- 

 geschichte, 1836, pi. 8. fig. 2 ; Sowerby, Thes. Ven. fig. 176 ; Reeve, 

 I. c. xiv. pi. xxiii. fig. 114. 



Laloon Bay, Elphinstone Island. China Sea. 



354. Venus (Antigona) eeticulata, L., Lister, Hist. Conch. 

 pi. 335. fig. 172, " cardine croceo ;" Chemnitz, vi. figs. 382, 383 ; 

 Sow. Thes. figs. 11-13 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. x. fig. 34. 



Venus corbis, Lam. 



Recognizable by the orange-coloured hinge-teeth. 

 Mergui ; Owen Island. Red Sea, Moluccas, Philippines, Viti 

 Islands. 



355. Venus (Antigona) ceispata, Desh., Reeve, I. c. xiv. 

 pi. ix. fig. 31. 



Venus canceliata, Chemnitz, vi. figs. 304, 305. 

 Venus Listeri, var., Sowerby, Thes. fig. 7- 

 King Island. Mauritius, Zanzibar. 



356. Venus (Timoclea) aeakanensts, Nevill, Jburn. As. Soc. 

 Bengal, 1871, vol. xl. p. 10, pi. 1. fig. 16. 



Sullivan Island, 6 fathoms. AraJcan. 



357. Venus (Timoclea) imbeicata, Sow. Thes. pi. 156. figs. 

 81, 82 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. pi. xxiv. fig. 118. 



King Island ; Elphinstone Island. China Sea. 



358. Venus (Timoclea) scabea, Hanley, Catal. Rec. Bivalv. 

 pi. 16. fig. 24 ; Sow. Thes. figs. 101, 102 ; Reeve, I. c. xiv. fig. 97. 



Elphinstone Island, sand-flat ; Sullivan Island, 7-10 fathoms. 

 Philippines, Australia (Reeve). 



These three species are all nearly allied to one another, and are 

 of small size, and with knotty ribs : in V. imbricata the radial 

 ribs are rather few and of a rusty yellow colour, with large smooth 

 interstices ; in V. scabra the ribs are more crowded, unequal, 

 and crossed by narrow, thin, rather distant concentric lamina); 

 in V. arakanensis densely granulated concentric ribs prevail in 

 tlic midst of the shell, and only on both extremities are radial 

 ribs distinctly expressed. 



Also V. cochinchincnsis, Sow. Thes. figs. 79, 80, is very 

 nearly allied to this species. 



.'{59. Vknus (Ceytptogramma) squamosa, L., Rumph. Am- 

 boinnche Raritcit-Kamer, pi. xliv. fig. M. 

 Elphinstone Island. Singapore. 



