158 
BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 
1/. Ervilia NITENS. 
Mya nitens, Mont. T. B. Supp. 165; Laskey , Wern. Trans, i. 375. 
t. 8. f. 4; Turt. Conch. Diet. 103; Wood , Gera. CoracA. 101; 
Dillw. Bee. Shells , i. 47. 
Ervilia nitens, Turt. Brit. Biv. 56. t. 19. f, 4; Flem. B. An. 431; 
Thorpe , Brit. Mar. Conch. 5 ; Becluz , £oc. Cm®. 1845, 
Moll. t. 96, iw Chenu , III. Conch. Ervilia , 3 ; Sow. Conch. 
Man. f. 497 ; Hanley , Bee. Shells, 43 ; Philippi, Wiegm. Arch, 
f. Naturg. 1847, t. 3. f. 9 ; Forbes Sf Hanley, Brit. Moll. i. 344. 
Amphidesma? nitens. Gray, Ann. Phil. 1825. 
Amph. purpuraseens, Lamk. Hist. 2nd ed. vi. 129 ; Hanley, Be - 
cent Shells, i. 43. 
Syndosmya purpuraseens, Becluz , Bev. Zool. 1843, 365. 
Inhab. West Indies. Introduced by Montagu, on the authority 
of Mr. Laskey, as taken near Dunbar. 
18. Ervilia castanea. 
Donax castanea, Mont . T. B. 573. t. 17. f. 2; Linn. Trans, viii. 
77; Turt. Conch. Diet. 42; Dillw. Bee. Shells, i. 152; Ind. 
Test. t. 6, Donax, f. 10. 
Capsa castanea, Turt. Brit. Biv. 128. t. 10. f. 13 ; Flem. Brit. An. 
434 ; Brown, III. Conch. G. B. 96. t. 39. f. 12. 
Mesodesma castanea, Thorpe, Brit. Mar. Conch. 54. 
Ervilia castanea, Becluz, Mag. de Zool. 1845, t. 95, Sf in Chenu , 
III. Conch. Ervilia, p. 3; Forbes Sf Hanley, Brit. Moll. i. 341. 
t. 31.f. 5, 6. 
Iphigenia? castanea, Gray, P. Z. S. 1847, 187. 
Inhab. Red Sea. Single dead valves taken in deep water between 
Scilly and Cornwall ; Hanley. Near Penzance ; MacAndrew. 
19. PsAMMOBIA LaSKEYI. 
Tellina Laskeyi, Mont. T. B. Supp. 28. t. 28. f. 3 ; Turt. Conch. 
Diet. 173; Wood, Gen. Conch. 179. 
Psammobia Laskeyi, Turt. Brit. Biv. 89 ; Flem. Brit. An. 438 ; 
Thorpe, Brit. Mar. Conch. 63 ; Brown, III. C. G. B. 103. t. 39. 
f. 32; Forbes Sf Hanley, Brit. Moll. i. 281. 
Inhab. W. Indies ; Humphreys. Introduced by Montagu, as 
having been dredged by Mr. Laskey in the Firth of Forth. 
a— e. “ Britain.” Mus. Mont. 
20. Tellina bimaculata. 
Tellina bimaculata, Linn. S. N. 1120 ; Da Costa, B. Conch. 213; 
Pultn. Hutch. Hist. Dorset, 70; Donov. B. S. i. t. 19. I 1 ; 
Mont. T. B. 69 ; Linn. Trans, viii. 57 ; Dorset Cat'. 3 1. t. 5. 
f. 7 ; Turt. Conch. Diet . 178 ; Brit. Faun . 151. no. 212 ; Brit . 
