190 94 



Dislribu lion: — Karachi (Melvill & Standen). Pilsbry records thai Fa. 

 Stearns took "a short form" of this species at Japan (Inland Sea). 



T. capsoides, Lam., T. oslracea, Hani., and T. perplexa, Hani., according to 

 V. Martens, are very closely allied to the present species. 



Tellina (Arcopagia) elegantissima, Sm. 



Tellina (Arcopagia) elegantissima, Edü. Smith, Report on the Lamellibranchiata of the Challenger Exped., 

 1885, p. 105, pi. 4, fig. 3. 



Koh Lan, 30 fathoms, mud (^'i). Gulf of Rayong, 7—10 fathoms, sand and 

 mud (2). S. of Koh Mak, 5—6 fathoms (2). Between Koh Kut and Koh Kahdat, 

 10 fathoms, shells (-/s). Same locality, 6 fathoms, mud mixed with sand (^^/a). W. of 

 Koh Kut, 15 fathoms, mud (Va). Koh Kahdat, 1 — 5 fathoms, sand (1). 



Long. 10 — 18 mm. (long. 18 mm., alt. 15 mm., crass. 9 mm.). 



Distribution: — Torres Strait. 



Tellina {Arcopagia) habrotima, Melvill,' from Angrias Bank, Arabian Sea is 

 very closely related to the present species. 



Tellina (Arcopagia) carnicolor, Hani. 



Tellina carnicolor, Hanley, Sowehby, Thesaur. Conchyl., I, 1846, p. 2()3, No. 75, pi. 50, fig. 15. 



— — - Reeve, Conchol. icon., XVll, Tellina, Sp. 126. 



— (Arcopagia) carnicolor, Hanley, Römeh in MAiiTiM u. Chemnitz, Conchyl. Cabin., X Bd., 4 Abth., 



p. 85. 

 Arcopagia carnicolor, Hanley, V. Bertin, Revision d. Telliiiidcs, p. 322, No. 16. 

 Tellina incarnata, Hanley, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Xll, 1844, p. 68. 



— Strangei, Deshayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, XXII, 1854, p. 362, No. 206 (fide Edg. A. Smith).- 



— corbis, Sowerby, Reeve, Conchol. icon., XVll, Tellina, Sp. 127 (fide Eug. A. Smith). 



N. of Koh Kam, 5 fathoms, gravel (1). Koh Mesan, 15 fathoms, stones ('/a). 

 Between Koh Mesan and Cape Liant, 5—9 fathoms ('/a). W. of Koh Kut, 15 fathoms, 

 mud (21/2). 



Long. 4—13 mm. (long. 13 mm., alt. 10 mm., crass. 5 mm.). 



Distribution: — Andamans, Maldive Archip. — Philippines, New Caledonia, 

 New Zealand (T. Strangei). 



The above measurements indicate that the specimens from the Gulf of Siam 

 (which are not full-grown) are more oblong-ovate in form than is shown by the 

 figures which have hitherto been published. 



Tellina (Arcopagia) inflata, Chemn. 



Tellina inflata, Chemnitz, Conchyl. Cabin., VI. 1782, p. 91, pi. 9, tig. 76. 



— - — Si'ENGLER, Skrivter af Naturh. Selsk., IV, 2 H., 1798, p. 9!), No. 27 (non varr.). 



' Memoirs of the Liter. & Philos. Soc. Manchester, vol. 42, 1898, No. 4, p. 34. 



- The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, ed. by ,1. St. Gardiner, 

 11, p. 627, 1903. Melvill and Sykes have already stated (in Proc. of the Malacolog. Soc. London HI, 

 1897, p. 47) that: "T. carnicolor Hani, appears to be identical witli ï. eorfcis Sby. and T. Strangei Desh." 



