THE NAUTILUS. 119 



fig. 34) is a bad copy of Pfeiffer's figure of typical H. pfeifferi in 

 the Conchylien Cabinet, pi. 6, f. 31 ; but the specimens before him 

 were the N. W. Mexican form from near Hermosillo, collected by 

 Remond. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Synopsis of the Family Tellinid.e and of the North 

 American Species. By William Healey Dall. Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. vol. xxiii, pp. 285-326, 1900. 



Some interesting notes on distribution and a list of the works re- 

 ferred to by dates in the text, is followed by a synopsis of the genera, 

 subgenera and sections, an annotated list of the species, and descrip- 

 tion of new species, illustrated by three plates. 



From the eastern coast are recorded : Tellina interrupta Wood, T. 

 laevigata L. T. lineata Turt. ( T. brasiliana Lam.), T. radiata L., 

 T. crystallina Wood, also on the Pacific coast. T. lintea Con., T. 

 cequistriata Say, T. americana Dall (n. sp.), T. favsta Donov., T. 

 alternata Say, T. angulosa Gmel. (7'. punicea Orb.), separated from 

 pink var. of alternata by the pallial sinus reaching the anterior 

 adductor scar. T. georgiana Dall (n. sp.). T. squamifera Desh., 

 T. Gouldii Hanley, erroneously referred to the Pacific coast by author- 

 T. martinicensis Orb., T. magna Spengl., T. tenera Say, T. teuelfa 

 Verr., T. texana Dall (n. sp.), T. versicolor Cozzens, T. sybaritica 

 Dall, T. polita Say, 1 T. pauperata Orb., T. tampaensis Conr., 7\ 

 mera Say, T. promera Dall (n. sp.), T. simplex Orb., T. flagellum 

 Dall (n. sp.), T. similis Sowb. ( T. decora Say), T. iris Say, T. 

 exilis Lam., T. candeana Orb.; Strigilla carnaria. L., S. romberyii 

 Morch, almost identical externally with the preceding, but the 

 pallial sinus does not reach the anterior adductor scar. It seems to 

 be more plentiful than carnaria on the Florida coast. S. flexuosa 

 Say, and pisiformis L.; Tellidora cristata Reel. The left valve is 

 the flatter; in T. burnetii Sowb. from the Pacific coast the reverse is 

 the case. Metis intastriata Say ; Macoma constricta Brug., M. 

 krausei Dall. (n. sp.) M. balthica Linn., circumboreal, M. calcarea 

 Gmel., also on the Pacific coast, M. inflata Stimp., M. cerina 

 C. B. Ad. M. leptonoidea Dall, also on the Pacific. M. mitchelli 



1 X 1 1 i s name being preoccupied, Dr. Dall has adopted the MSS. name of Saj/ii, 

 proposed by Deshayes, see Trans. Wagner Inst., Vol. iii, pt. 5, p. 1034. 



