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T. squalida Pult. — Scarce, on all the sandy bays between Tenby 

 and the Laugharne river. 



Psammobia tellinella Lam. — Tenby, Freshwater West, and 

 Pendine. Not common. 



P. ferroensis Chem. — This is usually an uncommon shell on this 

 coast, but during the severe weather and high spring tides of February, 

 1895, tne y were washed ashore on Tenby sands (all the animals frozen) 

 in hundreds. From these I obtained a nice series. Pure ivory white, 

 chalk white, flecked with black, yellow, and purple and black (all these 

 were rayless) besides fine specimens of the ordinary marking. 



Donax vittatus Da C. — Numerous in all sandy bays between 

 Tenby and Laugharne, and on Newgall sands, St. Bride's Bay. 



Mactra SOlida L. — Common in all sandy bays. 

 Var. truncata Mont. — A few with the type. 

 Var. elliptica Brown. — Common on Tenby sands. 



M. subtruncata Da C. — Saundersfoot, Tenby, Lydstep, and 

 other sandy bays. Not common. 



M. stultorum L. — Very numerous in all sandy bays along the 

 coast. During the hard weather of February, 1895, they were in heaps, 

 a foot or more deep, for miles, between Saundersfoot and the Laug- 

 harne river. 



Var. cinerea Mont. — Numerous, with the type. 



Lutraria elliptica Lam. — Numerous between Tenby and Laug- 

 harne, living and dead. Odd valves in millions. 



Scrobicularia alba Wood. — Numerous and fine, near Saunders- 

 foot, and on the Pendine and Laugharne sands. 



S. piperata Bell. — Most abundant. Laugharne and Amroth. I 

 have specimens 2\ in. by if in. from the mud-banks in the latter 

 locality. 



Ceratisolen legumen L. — In millions on the Pendine and 

 Laugharne sands. Common in all the sandy bays between Tenby 

 and Pendine. 



Solen ensis L. — Numerous between Tenby and Laugharne. 



S. siliqua L. — Abundant in all the sandy bays between Monkstone 

 and the Laugharne river. This species is eaten by the poorer classes. 

 I watched men catching them. They were most successful and filled 

 several buckets. The men walked backwards and the fish, disturbed 

 by their footsteps, spurted out jets of water, which, when the men 

 perceived, they thrust small darts into the air holes and seldom missed 

 their prey. Several L. elliptica were speared, but had to be dug out 

 as their shape gave them a firm hold of the sand. The Solens were 

 drawn up without any difficulty. 



Var. arcuata Jeffr. — Common, with the type. 



