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XXIV. Defcriptlons of Actinia crajficornis and fame Brilijh Shells, 

 By John Adams, Efq. F.L.S+ 



Read June 7, 1796. 



IN addition to the former paper on minute fhells, which the Lin- 

 nean Society did me the honour of receiving, I beg leave to lay 

 before them the refult of fome obfervations made fince the writing 

 of thofe remarks. 



Actinia 



crajficornis. A. rubra, cirris conico-elongatis. Syfi. Nat. Gmeh'tu 



3132. Dicquem, Ph. Ti: vol, lxiii. /. 16. f. 10. and 



t. 17. f. 11. Bajler opufc.fubf. 

 A. fenilis. Syjl. Nat. ed. 12. /. 1088. 



Mil ford Haven. 



Obf. All the fpecimens I have feen have been of a 

 pale colour, marked with fpots of a deep red 

 colour. 



Tellina 



maculata. T. tefta fubovata crafliufcula, decuflatim ftriata, ma- 

 culis irregularibus — Species nova. 



Tenbigh. 



Obf. It is remarkable in this fpecies, that although 

 the figure of the fpots in different fpecimens is 



4 quite 



