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Venus fa'sciata, Da Costa. In sand and gravel at low water 

 mark, Herm ; common. 



Venus verrucosa, Z. Common everywhere, among rocks 

 and small stones at low-water mark; it is eaten by the fisher- 

 men at Guernsey. 



Venus ovata, Penn. Low-water mark at Herm and Bordeaux 

 Harbour {single specimens) ; gi-egarious and very abundant 

 in shell sand, ^-mile off Fort George, in 22 f., with Nucula 

 nucleus. 



Tapes aureus, Gmcl. Only a few specimens occurred at Herm 

 and St. Peters Port Harbour. 



Tapes virgineus, /. Common everywhere, in gravel and sand ; 

 often beautifully marked. 



Var. *Sarniensis. St. Peter's Port Harbour, &c. 



LuciNOPSis undata, Penn. One specimen only, at Cobo. 



Tellina crassa, Gmcl. Dead (but fresh) shells only, at Herm; 



common. 

 Tellina squalida, Pult. Herm, in sand; rather rare. 

 Tellina donacina, Linn. Dead (but fresh) shells only, at Herm; 



not uncommon. 



Psammobia tellinella, Lain. In gravel at extreme low-water 

 mark, Herm; not common. 



Psammobia vespertina, Chem. In gravel and sand on all the 

 coasts; common and often very large. In a bed of gravel 

 a few yards square at extreme low-water mark at Herm there 

 were taken with this species : Venus fasa'ata, V. verrucosa, 

 V. exoleta, Pectunculus glycymeris, Psammobia tellinella, and 

 Cardium Norvegicum. 



Donax politus. Poll. In pure sand at extreme low-water mark 

 of spring tides, Herm; \\\\\\ Mactra glauca, beautifully marked 

 and rather rare. 



* Sarnia is the ancient name of (Juernsey. 



