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edition, both of which are 7’. lactea, we can scarcely doubt its 
having been the described type of the species in question. 
Nevertheless the Z. globosa may justly retain its specific appel- 
lation, since the Linnean type was so imperfectly defined that 
there existed no possibility of detecting it without actual exami- 
nation of the original example. 
Gellina carnarta, 
The accuracy of the established identification is confirmed 
by an examination of the Linnean cabinet, where no other shell 
than the Tellina carnaria of authors (Donovy. Brit. Shells, vol. 
ii. pl 47) will suit the description of this species: fortunately, 
indeed, no closely allied congener is there present. 
The synonyms are incorrect: Lister has figured Tellina so- 
lidula ; Gualtier’s rude drawing is more like Tellina tenuis ; 
neither of these displays the peculiarities of sculpture demanded 
by the diagnosis. 
Sellina Bimaculata. 
The Tellina bimaculata (Sow. Thes. vol. i. pl. 56, f. 20) of 
authors still reposes in its marked receptacle in the Linnean 
cabinet, and alone is furnished with such characters as are de- 
manded by the definition. The locality attributed to it is in 
all probability erroneous, though scarcely a Fauna of any part of 
Kurope has been published without this species being included 
among the marine productions. It is a native of the Antilles, 
most of the Testacea of which islands have been assigned to 
Europe by the immortal Swede. 
Tellina Balthtea, 
The original type (7. Balthica, Sow. Thesaur. Conch. vol. i. 
pl. 59, f. 121) still remains in its own marked box in the Lin- 
nean cabinet, and accurately answers to the features of its 
description in both the ‘Systema’ and the ‘ Fauna Suecica.’ 
