PLATE XXIV. 



Tellina crassa, admodum leviter striata, intus violacea. List. II. 

 Conch, tab. '315. Jig. 216.-376. — 218. 219. 

 DoNAx DENTicuLATA. Piirplc. Pcmi. Bv. Zool. No. 46. 



This is a very elegant and remarkable species : the annexed Plate 

 exhibits five of its most singular varieties. The young shells are 

 sometimes quite white, or white faintly marked with brown, red or 

 violet ; the old shells are of a deep violet without, and variously 

 marked with the same on the outside. Veiy common on the western 

 coasts of England, and also on those of Ireland and Scotland, 



