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ZOOIiOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Poli; is regarded as a variety of T. pulchella (Lam.). T. serrata (Renier) agrees 
rather with fig. 257 than 256 of Sowerhy’s Thesaurus. T.pnnicea (Born) and 
Striyilla carnaria (L.) are not Mediterranean. Weinkauff^i. pp. 73-90. 
Tellina rosea (Spengler), Schrenck, pi. 22. fig. 1, Hakodate ] T. venulosa 
(Schrenck), figs. 2-6, Bay de Castries and Hakodate ; 2\ hruyuieri (Hanley), 
figs. 6, 7, Hakodate ; T. nasuta (Conrad), Sachalin and Yesso ; T. lata 
(Gmel.), Gulf of Tartary; T. lutea {ij(my) = alternidentata (Brod. et Sow.), 
Sachalin ; T. edentula (Brod. et Sow.), Sachalin ; T. soUdxda (Piilt.), Hako- 
date. Schrenck, L c. pp. 655-567. 
Macoma fusca (Say) figured by Packard, Mem. Bost. Soc. Hist. Nat. i. 
pi. 7. fig. 2, Labrador. 
Macoma indentata, sp. n.. Carpenter, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 1866, 
p. 208, San Pedro, California. 
Q^dalina, This name is substituted by Carpenter for (Edalia of the same 
author, Brit. Assoc, ilep. 1864 (Record, vol. iii. p. 288), the last name being 
preoccupied. The subgenus called by the author Coopcrella is characterized 
as folloAvs ; — Cartilagine fossa semiinterna, ligamento exterao contigua sita ; 
dentibus cardinalibus laminatis, hand bifidis sen uno bifido. Cooperella scin- 
till(efonniSf sp. n., San Diego, San Pedro, California. Carpenter, Proc. Calif. 
Acad. Nat. Sc. 1866, p. 208. 
Donax trimculus (L.) and venusta (Poli). Very young specimens of 
both are not truncated on the hinder side, but rounded, whilst young speci- 
mens of D. semidriata [-z<s] (Poli) have the same shape as adult ones. The 
identity of D. axiatimis (Forbes & Hanley, not Lamarck) with venustus (Poli) 
is defended. Weinkauff) i. pp. 61-66. D. polita [-ws], Poli, Gmelin’s errors 
concerning this species pointed out, ibid. p. 67 ; D, denticidata [-ms] (L.) is 
not Mediterranean, ibid. p. 68. 
Donax atlantica [-ms], sp. n., Hidalgo of Lamarck and Jeffreys, not 
Da Costa = MMM^^Vms of Sowerby and M‘ Andrew, not Lamarck = vcmms^« of 
Reeve, not Poli, oceanic coast of Spain. Gonzalez Hidalgo, Jourii. Couch, xv. 
p. 139. 
Donax {Latona) (p'anosxis (Zelebor), Frauenfeld, Reise Novar. Moll. pi. 2. 
%.27. . 
Galatea truncata, sp. n., Dunker, Mai. Bliitt. xiv. p. 236, pi. 3. figs. 1-3, 
Guinea. 
Fischeria curta, sp. n., Dunker, 1. c. p. 207, pi. 3. figs. 4-6, West Africa. 
Scrohicidaria. The two forms (Da Costa), in the North Sea, and 
perata (Gmel.), in the Mediterranean, cannot be kept as distinct species ; 8c. 
fahula (Brusina) and trujona (Sandri) are founded on young specimens of the 
same species. Weiukauft) i. pp. 67-69. 
Syndosmya segmentum (Costa). A Mediterranean shell, the varieties of 
which (one from the oceanic coasts of France) are described by P. Fischer, 
Journ. Conch, xv. pp. 295-297, pi. 9. fig. 2. 
Syndosxnya. The Mediterraiierai species are: — S. alba (Wood), with four 
varieties, mduding profimdtssima (Forbes) ; S. angxdosa (Hemer) —prismatica 
(Mont, and all other authors); S.nitida (Mull.) = /M^ci'M 2 C<:/m (Thomps.) ; S. 
tenuis (Mont.) ; S. ovata (Phil.) = hieldana (Brusina). Weinkaull', i. 
pp. 61-66. 
Semele californica (Adams), Straits of Tartary. Schrenck, 1. c. p. 669, pi. 22. 
fig. 10. 
