On Moths from East Africa. 375 



Only a single half-grown right valve. It is very much 

 shorter than the specimen figured, being quite as high as 

 long. The form becomes proportionally longer with age, as 

 tiie growth posteriorly is more rapid than ventrally. 



Tellina pnrvula, Smith. 



Tellina parvula, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1895, vol. xvi. p. 10, 

 pi. ii. fio-. 3. 



Hah. Off Colombo, in 675 fathoms. 



The single specimen is rather larger than the type, being 

 18| millim. in length and 13 in height. 



Scrohicularia ceylonica. 



Testa inaequilateralis, alba, nitida, lineis increraenti striata, lunulata : 

 valvte tenues, mediocriter profundoe, antics late curvatae, posfcice 

 breviores, subacuminatse, anguste hiantes ; margo dorsi anticus 

 leviter concavus, parum descendens, posticus valde obliquus ; 

 margo ventris pone medium subincurvatus ; lunula angusta, 

 lanceolata ; ligamentura externum 5 millim. longura, internum 

 parvum, angustum, obliquum ; dens cardinalis unicus in utraque 

 valva plus minus bilidus ; dcntes laterales nulli ; pagina interna 

 radiatim substriata ; sinus pallii latus, profundissimus. 



Lojigit. 21 millim., alt. 17, diam. U. 



Hob. Off Colombo, in 675 fathoms. 



The internal ligament is quite separated from the external 

 one. 



Dohinia salehrosa, Romer. 



Uosim'a salehronu, Rtimer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18G0, p. 122 ; Novitates 

 Conch, p. 50. 



Hah. Malacca (Bdmer) ; west of Cochin, lat. N. 9° 34' 57", 

 long. E. 75° 36' 30'', in 406 fathoms. 



A single specimen, a little smaller than the type, but 

 similar in other respects, is all that was obtained. 



LVI. — On a Collection of Moths from East Africa formed 

 hy Dr. W. J. Aiisorge^ Medical Officer to the Uganda 

 Administration. By W. F. KiRBY, Assistant in Zoolo- 

 gical Department, British Museum (Natural History). 



[Plate XIX.] 



DueinCt Dr. Ansorge's travels in some little-visited parts of 

 East Africa in 1893-1895 he formed a collection of moths, 

 among which were several new or rare species. In the present 



