767 



V. testa elongata, postice quadrata, antice brevi, acuta, omnino 

 pallida, laminis concentricis kevibus ercctis, postice latis sub- 

 reflexis cincta ; margine ventrali intus kevi. 



Remarkable for the elongate, cylindrical form, and for the broad, 

 erect, distant laminae. 



Island of Samar, on rocks at low water. Cuming. 



16. Venerupis Ntjttallii (pi. clxiv. f. 10), Conrad (Saxi- 

 domus), Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phil. 1837. 



V. testa oblonga, tumida, crassa, magna, utrinque hiante, fulva, 

 concentrice subundulatim costellata, postice costellis laminsefor- 

 mibus. 



Large, thick, irregularly formed, gaping on both sides, with 

 the irregular concentric ridges becoming laminiform at the back, 

 but more obsolete in the middle. 



California. 



17. Venerupis interstriata (pi. clxv. f. 26), Sowerby, jun. 



V. testa rhomboidea, alba, postice pallido et minute rubro-lineata, 

 angulo postico elevato; margine dorsali truncato, costellis con- 

 centricis tenuibus, subdistantibus; striis intermediis minutissi- 

 mis. 



This species is of an oblong squarish form, with concentric, 

 very thin, and rather distant ribs, and very finely-striated inter- 

 stices ; behind the posterior angle the shell is covered with beau- 

 tifully reticulated reddish lines. Mr. Hanley possesses the only 

 specimen at present known. 



18. Venerupis interjecta (pi. clxiv. f. 14), Deshayes, Brit. 

 Mus. Cat. Conch. 1853. 



V. testa oblonga subquadrata pallida postice roseo angulatim 

 lineata ; antice brevi, postice angulata ; laminis concentricis acutis, 

 subdistantibus ; interstriatis. 



Of an oblong squarish form, with concentric lamina, and fine 

 strias in the interstices. If M. Deshayes had seen Mr. Hanley's 

 specimen here figured, he would not have omitted to notice the 

 delicate pink pencillings on the posterior side of the shell. 



New Holland. 



19. Venerupis obesa (pi. clxiv. f. 15), Deshayes, Pro. Zool. 

 Soc. 1853 (ined.). 



V. testa tumida brevi, subquadrata, pallida, postice, intus et ad 

 umbones violacea, radiatim striata, concentrice prope marginem 

 vix laminata. 



