THE NAUTILUS. 1 1 '> 



fig. 34) is a bad copy of Pfeitf'er's figure of typical //. j)fc ///;// in 

 the Conchylien Cabinet, pi. 6, f. 31 ; but tlie specimens before him 

 were the N. AY. Mexican form from near Hermosillo, collected by 

 Remond. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



SYNOPSIS OF THE FAMILY TELLINID.E AND OF THE NORTH 

 AMERICAN SPECIES. By WILLIAM HEALEY BALL. Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. vol. xxiii, pp. 285-326, 1900. 



Some interesting notes on distribution and a list of the works re- 

 ferred to by dates in the text, is followed by a synopsis of the genera, 

 subgenera and sections, an annotated list of the species, and descrip- 

 tion of new species, illustrated by three plates. 



From the eastern coast are recorded : Tellina interrupta Wood, T. 

 laevigata L. T. lineata Turt. ( T. brasiliana Lam.), T. radiata L., 

 T. crystnlKna Wood, also on the Pacific coast. T. llntea Con., T. 

 cequistriata Say, T. americana Dull (n. sp.), T. fausta Donov., T. 

 alternata Say, T. angulosa Gmel. ( T. punicea Orb.), separated from 

 pink var. of alternata by the pallial sinus reaching the anterior 

 adductor scar. T. georgiana Ball (n. sp.). T. squamifera Desh., 

 T. Gouldii Hanley, erroneously referred to the Pacific coast by author. 

 T. martinicensis Orb., T. magnet Spengl., T. tenera Say, T. tenella 

 Verr., T. texana Ball (n. sp.), T. versicolor Cozzens, T. sybaritica 

 Ball, T. polita Say, 1 T. pauper ata Orb., T. tampaensis Conr., J\ 

 mera Say, T. promera Ball (n. sp.), T. simplex Orb., T. flagellum 

 Ball (n. sp.), T. similis Sowb. (T. decora Say), T. iris Say, T. 

 exilis Lam., T. candeana Orb.; Strigilla caniaria L., S. rombergii 

 Mijrch, almost identical externally with the preceding, but the 

 pallial sinus does not reach the anterior adductor scar. It seems to 

 be more plentiful than caniaria on the Florida coast, ft.flexuosa 

 Say, and pislformis L.; Tellidora cristata Reel. The left valve is 

 the flatter; in T. burnetti Sowb. from the Pacific coast the reverse is 

 the case. Metis intastriata Say ; Macoma constricta Brug., M. 

 krausei Ball. (n. sp.) M. balthica Linn., circumboreal, M. calcarea 

 Gmel., also on the Pacific coast, M. inflata Stimp., M. ctriua 

 C. B. Ad. M. leptonoidea Ball, also on the Pacific. M. mitchelli 



1 This name being preoccupied, Dr. Dull has adopted the MSS. name of Sayii, 

 proposed by Deshayes, see Trans. Wagner Inst, Vol. iii, pt. 5, p. 1034. 



