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ADDENDA. 



VENUS. ' r 



Name. Authors. Habitat, and Remarks 



V. lactea, D. M» A valve of this rare shell 



was found lately on the 

 shore near Tyningham, 

 the seat of Lord Ha- 

 dinton, answering in 

 every point to the figure 

 of that shell as given by 

 Mr Donovan, in his Bri- 

 tish Shells. By some 

 conchologisti, it was 

 supposed to be the shell 

 figured by Pennant in his 

 British Zoology, vol. 4. 

 t. 54. fig. 48. A. But 

 this I cannot allow, as 

 many striking differen- 

 ces may be seen, by a 

 comparative view ; and 

 I am rather led to sup- 

 pose the figure of Pen- 

 nant is a worn specimen 

 of the Venus Gassina of 

 the Linnean Transac- 

 tions, having lately 

 been favoured by Mr P. 



