46 Zoological Society. 



The four parts already published, each complete in itself, comprise 

 the anatomy of Mammalia, Birds, Reptiles and Fishes, — of the ver- 

 tebrate animals therefore, and may be bound separately as a work 

 perfect in itself. One word in reference to the translation : this we 

 find faithful, and, like the original, terse and to the point ; admirable 

 for reference upon particular subjects, if less agreeable to read in the 

 way we do a novel. Mr. Tulk is himself an excellent anatomist and 

 naturalist, and deserves the thanks of all true friends of natural hi- 

 story for the pains he has taken in giving them a compendious guide 

 to the very elements of all zoological science. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



April 23, 1844. — William Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A continuation of Mr. Sylvanus Hanley's paper on new Tellince was 

 read, containing the following descriptions : — 



Tellina sincera. Tel. testd T. carnariae simillimd, sed majore, 

 latiore, compressd et albidd ; slriis tenuioribus ; Ugamento valde 

 angusto ; natibus paululum ad latus anticum spectantibus ; margine 

 ventrali tantiun subarcuato ; dentibus lateralibus conspicuis, sub- 

 cequidistantibus. Long. 1'20; lat. 1*40 jjoll. 



Hab. } Mus. Cuming, Metcalfe. 



Extremely like T. carnaria, but larger, broader, and more flattened. 

 The oblique striae are minute, and almost entirely disappear in aged 

 specimens. 



Tellina Senegalensis. Tel. testd T. splendidse simillimd, sed 

 striis sulcisque exilioribus magisque confertis ; extremitate etiam 

 posiicd, striis arcuatis obliquis in vtrdque valvuld, ornatd ; super- 

 ficie internd purpured, albo postice biradiatd. Long. 0"80 ; lat. 1 

 poll. 

 Hab. Senegal. 



An extremely common shell, bearing some slight resemblance to 

 carnaria, and has jDrobably been hitherto neglected, from its close 

 approximation to the splendida of Anton. 



Tellina incarnata. Tel. testd obovatd, siibobliqud, incequilatcrali, 

 ventricosd, solidd, incarnatd ant albido-roscd, impolitd ; striis ele- 

 vatis concentricis tenuissimis, strias radiantes elevatas confertis- 

 sime decussantibiis ; margine ventrali arcuafo, postice sursi^im 

 accliviore ; dorsali antice declivi et prope nates paululiim incurvato, 

 postice elevatiore subarcuato et subith declinante; Ugamento infosso; 

 superficie internd Jlavescente, margines versus sub rosed ; dentibus 

 lateralibus maximis. Long. 0"70 ; lat. 0".05 poll. 

 Hab. San Nicholas, Zebu ; sandy mud, low water. 

 This graceful species is allied in sculpture to the decussata of 

 Lamarck, but the shape and colouring easily distinguish it„ In 

 almost every adult specimen the tips of the beaks are chalky white, 

 the umbones yellow, and the ligamental edge rosy. 



Tellina Lyra. Tel. testd ovali, tertui, compressd, nitidiusculd. 



