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prominence of the laminae, but not sufficiently so to justify se- 

 paration. Both the varieties figured are in Mr. Cuming's collec- 

 tion. Mr. Adams's V. elegans is more elongated. 

 Eastern Seas. 



82. Venus elegans (pi. clviii. f. 138), Adams, Moll. Sama- 

 rang, p. 79. pi. 24. f. 13. 



V. testa V. (leclivi simili, sed magis quadrata ; laminis concen- 

 tricis alternatim elevatis. 



Of a more quadrate and elongated form than V. declivis, with 

 the ribs alternately more produced, the end slightly truncated. 

 We copy the figure. The shell is from some of the East Indian 

 Islands. 



83. Venus exalbida (pi. clxi. f. 193), Chemnitz, Conch, 

 f. 1974; Lamarck, Venus, no. 29. 



V. testa sordide alba, ovali-subquadrata, magna, striis elevatis 

 inaequalibus numerosis ad latera sublaminatis cincta ; latere pos- 

 tico oblongo, subangulato, subtruncato; margine dorsali subar- 

 cuato, laminato, planulatim depresso ; latere antico subrotundato, 

 brevi, superne declivi; lunula elongata, striata; margine interno 

 lsevi. 



A large, rather flat, oblong shell, with raised concentric striae, 

 of very unequal growth and development. 

 Strait of Magellan. 



84. Venus lenticularis (pi. clxi. f. 194), Soioerhy, Pro. 

 Zool. Soc. 1835, p. 42. 



"V. testa lenticulari-subtrapeziformi, crassa, opaca, pallida, 

 lsevi, lineis concentricis antice posticeque distinctis, medio ob- 

 soletis, prope umbonem elevatiusculis ; margine dorsali subrotun- 

 dato, postice subangulato ; impressione cordiformi elongata, parva, 

 impressa, intus albida ; margine ventrali lsevi." 



Shaped like an Artemis, and nearly smooth, but with the teeth 

 and muscular impressions more like the generality of species of 

 Venus ; dorsal margin depressed ; lunule long, rather hollow ; 

 ventral margin smooth within. 



Valparaiso Bay ; in coarse sand at low water. Cuming. 



85. Venus quadrangularis (pi. clxi. f. 196), Adams, Voy. 

 Samarang, Moll. p. 79. pi. 24. f. 7. 



" V. testa quadrato-ovata, subcompressa, crassiuscula, concen- 

 trice tenuiter et irregulariter striata, pallide straminea, nitida; 



