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bidd rosea pereleganter radiatd; radiis latis, hand interruptis ; 

 margine dorsali albido. Long. 0'30 ; lat. 0*70 poll. 

 Hab. } (Cuming.) 



Tellina Owenii. Tel. testd ovate- oblong d, solidiusculd, subimpo- 

 litd, compressd, cequilaterali, albidd, concentrice et confer tissime 

 striatd ; margine ventrali valde arcuato ; dorsali utrinque subde- 

 clivi, antice subrecto, postice incurvato et lamellis subdentato ; ex- 

 tremitate anticd rotundatd ; latere postico acuminato, subrostrato ; 

 costd umbonali conspicud ; natibus acutis ; ligamento infosso ; disco 

 interne, aurantio ; dentibus lateralibus subcequidistantibus. Long. 

 1-25; lat. 2 poll. 

 Hab. Africa. Mus. Zool. Soc, Brit. Mus. 



A very rare and beautiful shell, whose contour is that of squalida 

 and sculpture that of Pharaonis. I have named it in honour of its 

 discoverer. Captain Owen. 



Tellina semen. Tel. testd ovatd aut ovali, crassd, incequilaterali, 

 subventricosd, nitidd, albidd {intus submargaritaced) , antice rotun- 

 datd, postice obtusd, concentrice striatd ; striis antice subimbricatis 

 confertissimisque, postice remotioribus et elevatis ; margine ven- 

 trali convexo ; dorsali virinque magis minusve convexo, postic^ 

 declivi, antice declivi aut subdeclivi ; latere antico multo longiore ; 

 ligamento minimo, prominulo ; flexurd subobsoletd ; dentibus late- 

 ralibus conspicuis, postico magis approximate. Long. 0'25 ; lat. 

 0-50 poll. 

 Hab. Corregidor ; sandy mud, twelve fathoms. (Cuming.) 

 Almost a Donax, but possessing a slight flexuosity which is not 

 to be met with in that genus. 



Tellina nobilis. Tel. testd ovali, solidiusculd, convexd, inaqui- 

 laterali, nitidissimd, Icevigatd, intus extusque rosed ; margine ven- 

 trali convexiusculo, medio plerumque subrecto ; dorsali, antice vix 

 declivi et convexiusculo, postice subdeclivi et subrecto aut convex- 

 iusculo ; latere antico longiore, ad extremitatem obtuse rotundato ; 

 postico obtuse angulato ; natibus obtusis ; flexurd costdque umbo- 

 nali subobsoletis ; ligamento prominulo ; dentibus cardinalibus par- 

 vis, lateralibus nullis. Long. 1 ; lat. 1*50 poll. 

 Hab. Orion, province of Bataan, isle of Luzon ; fine black sand, at 

 low water. Mus. Cuming, Hanley. 



The extreme link between Tellina and Psammobia, and not readily 

 confounded with any of its division, owing to the general absence of 

 colour in those Tellens which are destitute of lateral teeth. 



Tellina puella. Tel. testd obovatd, incequilaterali, tenui, ventri- 

 cosd, Icevi, nitidiusculd, extus intusque albido-rosed ; margine ven- 

 trali antice arcuato, postice sursum acclinante ; dorsali, antice con- 

 vexo, paululumque declivi, postice convexiusculo et valde declivi; 

 latere antico longiore, rotundato ; postico brevi, angustato, angu- 

 lato ; costd umbonali subobsoletd ; flexurd ventrali, satis conspicud ; 

 natibus obtusis ; ligamento prominulo ; dentibus parvis ; lateralibus 

 remotis, subcequidistantibus. Long. 05 ; lat. 0*6 poll. 



