69 



affix any fynonyms to it. The ufual fize is about an inch 

 and a half broad, and fcarcely the eighth of an inch lefs in 

 length. We have found it not uncommon on fome parts of 

 the coaH o^ South Devon ; lefs frequent on the Cacrmar- 

 theJi/Iiire cosid about Lmigharne, and in great abundance in 

 Coiniwall, particularly at Falmouth, amongfl; the fand 

 dredged from the harbour for the purpofc of manure ; by 

 which means it is common in the arable fields about that 

 place. 



1r* 

 O. 



Telljna bimaculata. Lin. Syjl. p. 1120. 67. Bimaculata. 



Gmel. Syft. p. 3240. 71. 



Chem CoJich. vi.t.l3.f.l27. var. 132. a. b. 



Pult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 30. 



Don. Br. Shelh. i. t. 19. f. 1. & two pur- 

 ple figures. 



Lijler Conch. t.3S5.f.232.— 1.389. f.22S? 



Da Cofta. p. 213. 



Turt. Lin. iv. p. 196. 

 Tellina variegata. Gmd. Syft. p. 3237. 43 ? 



Turt. Lin. iv. p. 192. 



T. with a roundifh, fub-triangular ftiell, faintly flriated 

 tranfverfely ; whitifh, with two deep-red or purple fpots 

 or flreaks at the beak ; in fome fpecimens this mark runs 

 more than half way acrofs the fliell, but never quite; is 

 much ftronger marked within than on the outhde : umbo 

 nearly central ; apex turned a little to one fide ; primary 

 teeth large; lateral ones llrong, remote. Length half an 

 inch ; breadth five-eighths. It is fcmetimes found quite 



plain, 



