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Adans. Seneg. t. 17. f. \2.—E.t.283.f. 5.— Tellina Can- 

 cellata. TV. t. 4. f 60. Ovate oblong, transversely grooved, 

 whitish with short brown distant flamelike markings, (sometimes 

 accompanied by white triangular spots,) and more or less marked 

 with faint yellowish brown lineoles ; beaks very small and almost 

 smooth ; lunule elongated and indistinct. 1^. — Africa. 1 



V. Decussata.* Lin. 1135.— I). p. 205.— Lam. 46. — W. t.8. 

 f. 107.—Turt.B.p. 158. t. 8. f. 10.— V. Fusca. Gmel.3281.— 

 V. Obscura. Gmel. 3289.— List. t. 423. f. 27\.— Ch.f. 455, 6. 

 '—Don. 2. t. 67. Ovate, subangulated and broader at the anterior 

 end, whitish or pale rust -colour, with usually purplish brown or 

 rufous spots rays or zigzag markings : decussated by striae of 

 which the longitudinal ones are the more prominent : the decus- 

 sation strongest at the extremities often forming small tubercles at 

 the anterior one ; lunule indistinct. 1 \ . ■. 2\. — Europe and South 

 Seas. 2 



V. Pullastra.* Mont. p. 124. — Lam. 47.— W. t. 8. /. 109. 

 —V. Senegalensis. Gm. 3282.— D. p. 206. and 8. t. 2. f. 7. 

 —Dorset Cat. t. 1. /. S.—Turt. B. p. 159. Oblong, reticulated 

 byfine striae, of which the concentric ones are the more apparent 

 and become somewhat lamellar at the anterior end, white with 

 narrow angular reddish brown markings especially at the anterior 

 extremity which is somewhat angulated : lunule more apparent 

 than in the last. 1^ . . If. — France, fyc. 



V. Retifera. Lam. 50. Ovate oblong, transversely grooved, 

 whitish with rather angulated fulvous lines so united as to form 

 net-work rays : anterior slope and the oblong lunule brown : white 

 within. 1^. — Europe? 



V. Anomala. Lam. 51. Ovate oblong, subangulated ante- 

 riorly, very inequilateral, the posterior side being very short and with- 

 out a depression the anterior slope elongated and gaping : pale, 

 slightly reddish towards the beaks, with transverse striae which 

 become somewhat ridgelike on the anterior extremity : hinge with 



1 V. Glandina. — Lam. 48.— Del. t. 10. f 7, is according to 

 Deshayes a Mediterranean variety of Geographica. — I add however 

 the Lamarckian description. — Transversely oblong, with fine de- 

 cussated striae, glossy, mottled with white and rufous so as to form 

 indistinct rays ; within with the umbones and the anterior side 

 somewhat spotted. 1. — New Holland. 



2 Of this species Deshayes coiisiders as a Variety — V. Trun- 

 cata. Ijam. 49. Ovate, the anterior side the broader and some- 

 what truncated, tawny white mottled with bluish brown, and 

 slightly decussated, the longitudinal grooves being the more ap- 

 parent : yellow within. 1 \. — Shorter and wider than Decussata. 



