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Sound, but no recent collectors, with the exception of myself, seem to 

 have observed it. 



As Carpenter remarks, our shells '• exactly accord with British 

 specimens." 



TELLIMYA, Brown. 



52. Tellimya tumida, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 186:^, p. (U;^ (August, 1804); and F^nic. Aciul. Xat. Sci. Phila., 



I860, p. .58. 



Common in sand between tide marks all round the coast of Van- 

 couver Island and northward to Queen Charlotte Islands. 



The specimen recorded by Whiteaves from Virago Sound as Turtonia 

 minuta, O. Fab., belongs to the present species. I believe that a species 

 of Turtonia is found in the Alaska province, hut our shell does not 

 belong to that genus. 



ORYPTODON, Turton. 

 53. Cryptodon sericatus. Carpenter. 



Rept. Brit. Assoc, 186;i p. 64.3 (August, 1864); and Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 



1865, p. 57. 



Extremely common in sand below low water mark wherever we 

 have dredged — Esquimalt, Victoria, Sooke, Departure Bay, Comox, 

 west coast of Vancouver Island, and the Queen Charlotte Islands. 



54. Cryptodon flexuosus, Montagu, sp. 

 Tellina flexuosa, Mont., Test. Brit., suppl. p. 72 (1808). 



A very rare species in this province, though common in the British 

 seas. 



It was tirst found on the west American coast by Dr. J. G. Cooper 

 who dredged it in 120 fathoms near the Catalina Islands. 



Dr. Dawson dredged three perfect specimens in 111 fathoms at 

 Dixon entrance, Queen Charlotte Islands, and obtained it also in shallow 

 water at False Bay, Straits of Georgia (four specimens), and Quatsino 

 Sound (two specimens). I have myself dredged dead valves in Departure 

 Bay. 



Jeifreys gives its range in the British seas as three to eighty-seven 

 fathoms. 



LUCINA, Bruguiere. 



55. LuciNA TENUiscuLPTA, Carpenter. 



Kept. Brit. Assoc, 1863, p. 642 (August, 1864): and Proc Acad. Xat. Sci. Piiila., 



1865, p. 57. 



A very common species, having the same station as Cryptodon seri- 

 catm, and occurring in the same localities. It varies a good deal iu 



