432 MOLLUSCA FROM THE HOPE ISLANDS, N. QUEENSLAND, 



Anteriorly rounded, posteriorly subrostrate, with a slight fold. 

 Umbo prominent. Under high magnification ^ concentric sculp- 

 ture appears of broken irregular lamellae and grains which do not 

 extend to the posterior side. Length 2*14; height 1-95; depth of 

 single valve 06 mm. 



The large number of individuals, approximately equal in size, 

 indicate that the form described is adult. In which case it is the 

 smallest Australian member of its genus. 



A conspicuous member of the family, not yet reported from 

 Queensland, is Macoma Candida Lamarck,"^ which I have identified 

 from Keppel Bay, Townsville, Cardwell, and Forsyth Island. 



Tellina philippii Philippi. 



Tellina philippii Anton, in Philippi, Abbild. & Besch. Conch, i. 

 p.l26, Tellina, Pl.ii., f. 8, June 1844; id., op. ciL, ii. 1846, p.94, 

 addendum : Tellina rastellum Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 59 

 (Sept. 1844); id., Thes. Conch, i. 1846, p.225, Pl.lxiv., f.2, Pl.lxv., 

 f.242; id., Recent Shells, 1856, p.347, suppl. P1.14, f.l4; id., 

 Bertin, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2) i. 1878, p.240. 



Dating the species from publication, as we must under modern 

 rules, the use of T. 2ihilippii is obligatory. The older writers, 

 who reckoned from the spoken announcement, considered that T. 

 rastelliwi had priority. The shell, here represented by a single 

 perfect specimen from the Hope Island beach, is new to Australia. 



Tellina remies Linne. 



Tellina remies Linne, Syst. Nat. x. 1758, p. 676; id., Hanley, 

 Ips. Linn. Conch. 1855, p. 41; id., Bertin, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2), 

 i. 1878, p.318.; id., Dall, Trans. Wagn. Inst. iii. pt.5, 1900,p.l012. 



Several specimens from the beach at Hope Islands. I had 

 previousl}^ taken it on the Pa'm Islands; but, though of usual 

 occurrence, this large species has not been previously noted from 

 Queensland. The synonymous T. sulcata was reported by its 

 authorf from Shark Bay, W.A., and erroneously from Port 

 Jackson. 



* Bertin, Nouv. Arch. Mus. (2), i. 1S7S, p. 342. 

 + Lamarck, Anim. s. vert. v. 1818, p. 528. 



