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€id extremitatem oblique rotundato ; latere postico, hrevi, cunei- 

 formi; dentihus lateralibus nullis. Long. 0*50 ; lat. 0*80 poll. 

 Hab. Isle of Burias, sandy mud, low water ; and isle of Negros, 

 coral sand, seven fathoms : Cuming. 



One of the many species which are destitute of any striking cha- 

 racteristics. 



Tellina plebeia. Tel. testd subovatd, convexd, lavigatd, intus 

 extusque albidd, umbonibus hyalinis et rubro-aurantiis ; maryine 

 ventrali convexo aut subarcuato ; dorsali, antice prope nates recto 

 etpaululum declivi,postice recto satisque declivi ; latere antico Ion- 

 yiore, rotundato ; extremitate posticd obtuse anyulatd ; ligamento 

 infosso ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. Long. 1*15 ; lat. 1*70 poll. 



Hab. Real Llejos, Central America; sandy mud, seven fathoms. 



Very closely allied to the umbonella of Lamarck. 



Tellina Aurora. Tel. testd T. Psammotellse simillimd, convexiore 

 autem, et umbonibus rubro-aurantiis ; ligamento infosso ; dentibus 

 lateralibus nullis. Long. 0*75 ; lat. r23 poll. 



Hab. Panama ; soft sandy mud, ten fathoms : Cuming. 



Both this and the succeeding species are not unlike Chemnitz's 

 figure of T. oblonya, but the description by no means accords. 



Tellina lucerna. Tel. testd oblonyd, subventricosd, Iceviyatd, 

 albidd, umbonibus aurantiis, antice lonyiore et rotundatd, postice 

 obtuse cuneiformi ; maryine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali, antice pau- 

 lulum et postice satis declivi, utrinque subrecto ; liyamento subin- 

 fosso ; disco interno aurantio ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. Long. 

 0-90; lat. 1-42 poll. 



Hab. Isle of Negros and Isle of Misamis ; sandy mud, low water : 

 Isle of Panay, hard sand : Cuming. 



Tellina scalpellum. Tel. testd oblonyd, ienuissimd, compressd, 

 nitidissimd, imlde inaquilaterali, rosed, pellucidd, sublceviyatd ; 

 maryine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali antico paululum declivi et sub- 

 recto ; latere postico brevi et obtuse subcuneiformi ; extremitate 

 anticd rotundatd ; liyamento pai^vo, prominulo ; dentibus laterali- 

 bus nullis. Long. 0*25 ; lat. 0*50 poll. 



Hab. Isle of Zebu ; sandy mud, low water : Cuming. 



More produced than in the majority of the smaller species, and of 

 a peculiarly deep rose-colour. 



Tellina Diana. T. testd T. Galathese simillimd, subovatd autem, 

 punctisque nullis ; maryine dorsali etiam utrinque mayis declivi, 



ventrali convexiore, et extremitate posticd mayis obtusd. Long. 



1-05; lat. 1-50 poll. 

 Hab. Java? Mus. Hanley, &c. 



Tellina ancilla. Tel. testd oblonyo-elonyatd, convexiusculd, ni- 

 tidissimd, candidd, concentrice substriatd, lineisque obsoletis radi- 

 antibus ornatd ; stinolis supra costam umbonalem subobsoletam, 

 remotioribus , distinctis, subimbricatis ; maryine ventrali subrecto ; 

 dorsali, anticd subdeclivi cf convexiusculo, postice subrecto et de- 



