364 Zoological Society. 



iundatd ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali antice vix dsclivi 

 et convexiusculo, postice subdecUvi ; latere postico brevi, snbatte- 

 nuato ; flexurd obsoletd; dente later ali approximato, antico. Long. 

 0-38; lat. 0-83 poll. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Allied to coccinea, but more elongated and glossy. 



Tellina lux. Tel. testd subovali, tenui, pellucidd, compressd, 

 nitidd, aurantid, sublcevigatd, incequilaterali ; margine ventrali con- 

 vexiusculo ; dorsali utrinque subdecUvi, antice convexiusculo, pos- 

 tice brevi et incurvato ; latere postico breviore obtusissime biangu- 

 lato ; extremitate anticd obtuse rotundatd ; jiexurd nulld ; dente 

 laterali antico, approximato, distincto. Long. 0'55 > lat. 0'80 

 poll. 

 Hab. Philippines. Mus. Hanley. 



Two specimens of this rare shell, which possesses the general ap- 

 pearance of T. psammotella, were selected by me from a large number 

 of T. Philippinarum. 



Teluna hilaris. Tel. testd oblong o-cuneiformi, tenui, compres- 

 siusculd, incequilaterali, nitidd, Iccvi, rosed, albo biradiatd ; radiis 

 latis, submediis ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali antice 

 declivi, postice subrecto et valde declivi ; extremitate lateris antici 

 longioris rotundatd ; extremitate posticd brevi, cuneiformi ; flex- 

 urd obsoletd; dente laterali unico, parvo, subapproximato. Long. 

 0-37 ; lat. 0-62 poll. 

 Hab. — — ? Mus. Cuming. 



Possessing the general contour of T. tenera, but more elongated 

 and wedge-shaped. The colouring is rich and peculiar, being deep 

 rose-colour, adorned with two broad white rays, one leaning forwards 

 and the other with a posterior inclination. I suspect it comes to us 

 from the Philippine Islands. 



Tellina juvenilis. Tel. testd ovato-subtrigond, tenui, pellucidd, 

 nitidd, compressiusculd, rubro-aurantid, Iceoigatd, inecquilaterali ; 

 margine ventrali convexo aut convexiusculo ; dorsali antice sub- 

 recto declivi, postice convexo et valde declivi ; latere antico longiore^ 

 subattenuato, rotundato ; postico brevi et obtuse subcuneiformi ; 

 costd umbonali et flexurd subobsoletis ; dente laterali parvo, an- 

 tico. Long. 0-45 ; lat. 0-60 poll. 



Hub. Philippines. 



Closely resembling the Mediterranean variety of T. tenuis. 



Tellina vestalis. Tel. testd oblongo-angustd, tenuissimd, convex- 

 iusculd, nitidd, Icevi, intus extusque nived, inaequilaterali ; margine 

 tentrali subrecto, paululum convexiusculo ; dorsali antice minimi 

 declivi et paululum convexiusculo, postice prope ligamentum exca- 

 vato, deinde declivi; extremitate lateris antici longioris rotundatd ; 

 extremitate posticd subemarginatd, subattenuatd, obtuse biangulatd ; 

 flexurd obsoletd ; dente laterali antico, approximato. Long. 0*60 ; 

 lat. M3 poll. 



Hab. Isle of Negros ; in coral sand, at seven fathoms : isle of Lu- 

 zon ; in sandy mud, at six fathoms. 



Closely allied to the Tellinides truncatulus of So\verby. 



