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103. Venus laevigata (pi. clix. f. 156, 157, 158), Sowerby, 



jun. 



V. testa V. fumigates simili, seel magis oblonga, haud postice 

 sulcata. 



Very different in general form from V. fumigata, being of a 

 much more oblong oval, and also in not having the grooves on the 

 posterior angle. In many respects however it closely resembles 

 that species. 



Australia. Strange. 



104. Venus polita (pi. clviii. f. 139, 140), Quoy, Voyage 

 of Astrolabe, Moll. pi. 84. f. 13, 14. 



V. testa ovali, loevigata, concentrice leviter costellata, pallide 

 viridescente, prope marginem griseo-radiata, intus flavida, ad mar- 

 ginem alba, cardine utrinque purpureo-immaculato. 



This species, the figure of which we copy, resembles V.fumigata, 

 but differs in having slightly-raised concentric ridges. 



Locality ? 



105. Venus Kochii (pi. clviii. f. 147-151), PMUjppi, t. 1. 

 f. 5. V. paupercula, Chemn., f. 1977? 



V. testa laevi, crassa, variegata, subovali, antice rotundata, ple- 

 na, postice subangulata, producta, rostrata ; area dorsali et lunula 

 declivibus, lividis, ltevigatis, oblongis ; margine ventrali postice 

 contracto. 



A smooth, thick, oval, variegated shell, rather rounded, and full 

 in front, and produced behind into an angular beak, the ventral 

 margin being slightly contracted near the angle. 



Mozambique. Zanzibar. 



106. Venus Afiucana (pi. clix. f. 159-164), MilMfeldt, 

 Philippi, Abbild. t. 1. f. 6. 



V. " testa compressa, ovato-oblonga, ina3quilatera, postice sub- 

 rostrata, laivissima, alba, radiis latis lineisque fuscis picta ; lunula 

 parva, lanceolata, area exquisite sulcata." 



Very smooth, flat, elongated oval, the hinder side much the 

 longer, with short sulci on a slight angle. The colouring of the 

 species is beautifully varied. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



107. Venus undulosa (pi. clviii. f. 142-146), Lamarck, 

 Anim. sans vert. no. 85. Venus variabilis, Sowerby, Pro. Zool. 



