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Show 918 MR. G. F. ANGAS ON AUSTRALIAN MOLLUSCA. [NOV. 28, 39. GARI (AMPHICHJENA) MENKEANA. Psammobia menkeana, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 6. f. 43. A pretty little species, somewhat resembling the British P. tellinella, Lam., of a yellowish or purplish white, faintly rayed with pale rose-colour. Length 11 lines. Dredged near the "Sow and Pigs" reef and in Middle Harbour. 40. HlATULA EPIDERMIA. Soletellina epidermia, Desh.; Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 1. f. 3. A somewhat rounded species, livid purple or orange near the umbones, and covered with an olive epidermis. Length 2\ inches. This species ranges commonly from Port Jackson to Swan River. 41. HlATULA BIRADIATA. Solen biradiatus, Wood, Gen. Conch, pl. 33. f. 1. Flatter and more elongated than the preceding species, zoned with livid purple, with two white rays posteriorly and an olive-green epidermis. Length 1 inch 9 lines. Middle Harbour. This is a common species in the South-Australian gulfs. 42. HlATULA FLORIDA. Psammobia florida, Gould, Expedition, Shells, Proc. Boston Nat. Hist. Soc. 1846. Soletellina donacio'ides, Reeve, Conch. Icon. pl. 3. f. 11, 1857. A transversely oblong thin species, livid purple, paler anteriorly, with two faint posterior rays, and covered with a dark transparent horny epidermis. Length 15 lines. Dredged in Illawarra Lake in brackish water. 43. TELLINA (TELLINELLA) DELTOIDALIS. Tellina deltoidalis, Lam. Anim. sans Vert. vi. p. 206. T. lactea, Quoy. A flattened, rounded, white shell, beaked posteriorly. Dredged in Illawarra Lake and Botany Bay. Length 1£ inch. This species varies greatly in size and aspect, and has a wide range over the southern portion of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. All the specimens obtained in the Illawarra Lake are tinged with flesh-colour. 44. *TELLINA (ARCOPAGIA) ELLIPTICA. Tellina elliptica, Sow. in Conch. Icon. Tellina, pl. 39. f. 223. A small, white, ovate, and somewhat flattened species, with the posterior side the shorter. Dredged in Port Jackson. Length 5 lines. 45. *TELLINA (? MACOMA) SUBELLIPTICA. Tellina subelliptica, Sow. in Conch. Icon. Tellina, pl. 39. f. 220 a, b. |