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  Dr. 
  J. 
  C. 
  MelviU 
  and 
  lU. 
  E. 
  Standen 
  on 
  

  

  Fani. 
  Mactridae. 
  

  

  Darina 
  solenoides 
  (King). 
  

  

  j^rycina 
  solenoides, 
  King, 
  Zool. 
  Journ. 
  v. 
  p. 
  335 
  (1832), 
  

  

  Darina 
  solenoides, 
  Gray, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Kat. 
  Hist. 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  xi. 
  p. 
  42 
  

  

  (1853). 
  _ 
  

   Darina 
  kingi, 
  Fischer, 
  Man. 
  de 
  Conch, 
  p. 
  1119 
  (1687). 
  

   Lutraria 
  tenuis, 
  Phil. 
  Wiegmann's 
  Archiv 
  fiir 
  Naturg. 
  1845, 
  p. 
  70. 
  

   Darina 
  solenoides, 
  E. 
  A. 
  Smith, 
  Proc. 
  Malac. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  vi. 
  p. 
  337 
  

  

  (1905). 
  

  

  Koy 
  Cove. 
  At 
  low 
  water, 
  in 
  and 
  upon 
  muddy 
  banks. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  extends 
  around 
  the 
  Straits 
  o£ 
  Magellan, 
  but 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear 
  otherwise 
  than 
  sparingly. 
  It 
  is 
  reported 
  by 
  

   J\Ir. 
  Edgar 
  Smith 
  from 
  Tierra 
  del 
  Fuego, 
  on 
  San 
  Sebastian 
  

   Beach 
  [Crawshay) 
  . 
  Kear-Adrairal 
  Philip 
  Parker 
  King, 
  R.N., 
  

   F.R.S., 
  the 
  discoverer, 
  collected 
  it 
  first 
  at 
  Port 
  Famine, 
  

   Straits 
  of 
  Magellan. 
  

  

  The 
  Lutraria 
  solenoides, 
  Lamarck, 
  is, 
  according 
  to 
  Gwyn- 
  

   Jeffreys, 
  the 
  British 
  L. 
  ohlonga. 
  Lamarck, 
  indeed, 
  quotes 
  

   this 
  name 
  in 
  his 
  synonymy, 
  giving 
  " 
  Oc^an 
  d^Europe 
  " 
  as 
  

   the 
  locality. 
  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  Smith 
  for 
  this 
  

   information. 
  

  

  Suborder 
  Tellinacea. 
  

   Fam. 
  TellinidsB. 
  

  

  Tellina 
  squalida, 
  Pult. 
  

  

  Tellina 
  squalida, 
  Pulteney, 
  in 
  llutchins. 
  Dorset, 
  p. 
  29 
  (1774). 
  

  

  Tellina 
  incarnata, 
  Forbes 
  & 
  Hanlev, 
  i. 
  p. 
  298, 
  pi. 
  xx. 
  fig. 
  6 
  ; 
  Sowerby, 
  

  

  Illustr. 
  Index 
  Brit. 
  Moll. 
  pi. 
  iii. 
  'tig. 
  14 
  (1859). 
  

   Tellina 
  squalida, 
  J 
  e&:eys, 
  Brit. 
  Conch, 
  ii. 
  p. 
  384 
  (1863). 
  

  

  Crooked 
  Island, 
  at 
  low 
  water. 
  

  

  We 
  cannot 
  separate 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  European 
  and 
  British 
  

   species. 
  It 
  is 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  before 
  us 
  by 
  a 
  

   single 
  rigiit 
  valve 
  — 
  this 
  being, 
  however, 
  in 
  fairly 
  good 
  

   condition, 
  shining, 
  yellowish 
  flesh-colour, 
  slightly 
  rayed 
  

   anteriorly. 
  

  

  Suborder 
  M 
  Y 
  A 
  C 
  E 
  A^ 
  

  

  Fam. 
  Myidse. 
  

  

  Mya 
  antarctica^ 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (PI. 
  VII. 
  figs. 
  6, 
  6 
  a.) 
  

  

  M. 
  testa 
  mediocri, 
  rudi, 
  calcarea, 
  sordide 
  alba, 
  iifequivalvi, 
  hiulca, 
  

   umbonibus 
  incurvis, 
  parvis, 
  contiguis, 
  superficie 
  concentrice 
  rudi- 
  

   Btriata, 
  antice 
  subrotundata, 
  margine 
  ventrali 
  fere 
  recto, 
  postice 
  

   truncata, 
  epidermide 
  evauide 
  olivaceo-brunuea, 
  pagiua 
  intus 
  

  

  