340 Mr. E. Duprey on Jersey Littoral Shells. 



Venus casina, L. In shelly gravel. The iovmreflexa in muddy sand. 



verrucosa, L. 



ovata, Penn. 



Tapes aureus, Gmelin. The marbled variety, which is generally 

 grey outside, turns reddish brown in boiling water, while the 

 variety which is white with a dark blotch at the posterior end 

 remains ixnaltered. 



virgineus, L. In clean shelly gravel specimens are found of a 



bright pink colour ; but in muddy sand, amongst stones, they are 

 dirty white or nearly black, becoming ochreous after a few weeks. 



Tapes pullastra, Mont. 



decussatus, L. 



Tellina crassa, Gmelin. 



, var. alhida. 



. balthica, L. White, yeUow, pink, grey, and other colours. 



tenuis, Da Costa. Dead shells. 



squalida, Pult. Yalves only. 



donacina, L. 



Psammobia telUnella, Lam. 



costidata, Turt. I have seen a single valve picked up at La 



Kocque. 



ferroensis, Chemn. Dead, but fresh and well preserved. 



vesperthm, Chemn. 



Do7iax politus, Poll. Gregarious in fine shelly gravel. 



Mactra solida, L. Common in gravel at low water, but small. 



, var. elUptica, Brown. 



sxdAruncata, Da Costa. 



stultorum, L. 



glauca, Born. In sandy gravel at La Eocque. Its hiding- 

 place is indicated by a hole larger than that of the Solen its 

 neighbour. 



Lutraria elliptica, Lam. Living with the following, but less common. 

 A specimen 3 inches broad, which I kept in a deep but narrow 

 glass vessel of sea-water, extended its tubes 5 inches out of the 

 sheU. 



ohlonga, Chemn. Many roundish holes may be seen in the 



muddy and gravelly sand ; but those of the Lidraria are revealed 

 by a jet of water when approached. I have never found them 

 two years following in the same place, nor more than 5 or 6 

 inches beneath the surface. 



Scrobicularia alba, W. Wood. Dead shells only ; separate valves 

 are common at low water. 



Solecurtus candidus, Renier. Dead only. 



Solen cnsis, L. 



siliqua, L. In gravel. 



vagina, L. In muddy sand. 



Pandora incequivalvis, L. Common in St. Aubin's Bay. 



Thracia papyracea, Poli. Dead shells. 



Mya truncata, L. 



1 Binghami, Turt. Amongst the " roots '' of Laminaria. 



Pholas cdndida, L. One valve only. 



