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November 26, 1844. 



"VVilliam Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



A specimea of the Phalangista gUriformis was exhibited by the 

 Secretary. 



A communication was read from Joseph James Forrester, Esq., of 

 Oporto, which was accompanied by a donation of nine specimens of 

 Echini from the Portuguese coast, and of the following insects : — 

 Saturnia Pyri, Brachyglossa Atropos, Deilephila Euphorhite, D. EI- 

 penor; and also a group of PolUcipes Cornucopia. 



Conclusion of a paper by Sylvanus Hanley, on the new species ia 

 the genus TelUna : — 



./, .į)<*^TELLiNA viRGULATA. Tel. testd T . Doiiūcime simtlUmd, scd pou- 

 lulum angustiore, striisąue exilioribus ornatd ; extus intusgue al- 

 bidd roseo pereleganter radiatd ; radus latis, haud interruptis ; 

 margine dorsali albido. Long. 0"30 ; lat. O" 70 poli. 

 Hab. ? (Cuming.) 



j"^*^ Tellina Owenii. Tel. testd ovato-oblongd, soUdiusculd, subimpo- 



.^ąĮj litd, compressd, <equilaterali, albidd, concentrice et confertissimk 



'1 striatd ; margine ventrali valde arcuato ; dorsali utrinąue subde- 



clivi, antice subrecto, postice incurvato et lamellis subdentato ; ex- 



tremitate anticd rotundatd; latere postico acuminato, subrostrato ; 



•• costd umbonali conspicud ; natibus acutis ; ligamento infosso ; disco 



- 1^"^ interno, aurantio ; dentibus lateralibus subcegtiidistantibus. Long. 



^ v-.«- 1-25; lat. 2 poli. 



Hab. Africa. Mus. Zool. Soc, Brit. Mus. 



A very rare and beautiful shell, whose contour is that of squalida 

 and sculpture that of Pharaonis. I have named it in honour of its 

 discoverer, Captain Owen. 



Tellina semen. Tel. testd ovatd aut ovali, crassd, inceguilaferali, 

 subventricosd, nitidd, albidd {intus submargaritaced), antice rotun- 

 datd, postice obtusd, concentrice striatd ; striis antice subimbricatis 

 confertissimisąue, postice remotioribus et elevatis ; margine ven- 

 trali convexo ; dorsali utringue magis minusve convezo, postici 

 declivi, antice declivi aut subdeclivi ; latere antico muito longiore ; 

 ligamento minimo, prominulo ; įlexurd subobsoletd ; dentibus late- 

 ralibus conspicuis, postico magis approximato. Long. 025 ; lat. 

 0-50 poU. 

 Hab. Corregidor ; sandy mud, twelve fathoms. (Cuming.) 

 Almost a Donax, but possessing a slight flexuosity which is not 

 to be met v-ith in that genus. 



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