TELLINA. 
Puiate VI. 
(Mus. Sowerby.) 
Species 22. 
TELLINA SPECTABILIS. Tel. testd oblique subquadratd, 
inflata, tenui, alba, inequilaterali, striis elevatis con- 
centricis undulatis tenuibus rugatd, latere postico bre- 
vissimo, valide triflecuoso, late truncato, margine trian- 
gulato, margine dorsali valde declivi, latere antico 
subquadrato, ventricoso, margine dorsali arcuatim de- 
clivi, ligamento partim interno, dentibus lateralibus 
nullis. 
THE REMARKABLE TELLINA. Shell obliquely squarish, 
inflated, thin, white, inequilateral, wrinkled with 
concentric thin elevated striae, posterior side very 
short, strongly three-folded, widely truncate, with 
the margin triangular, dorsal margin very sloping ; 
anterior side subquadrate, ventricose, with the dorsal 
margin arched and sloped, ligament partly internal, 
no lateral teeth. 
HaNLey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Bay of Manilla and Isle of Siquijor. 
Belonging to that division of the genus which has the 
inner part of the ligament or cartilage placed on a little 
triangular area within the shell. 

Species 23. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA REMIES. Tel. testd suborbiculari, solidissind, 
subinequivalvi, subequilaterd, ventricosd, impolitd, 
alba, pallidissime prope umbones ceruled, epidermide 
subviridi indutd, concentricé liris crassiusculis, ine- 
qualibus, plerumque continuis rugatd; margine an- 
tico semicirculari, margine postico truncato, valvulé 
sinistraé postice sinuatim depressd, dextrd sinuatim 
elevatd ; dentibus lateralibus, posticis remotis, anticis 
subproximis ; valed sinistré quam altera magis de- 
pressi. 
Tub PADDLE TELLIna. Shell suborbicular, very solid, 
rather ineequivalve, nearly equilateral, ventricose, not 
polished, white, very pale bluish near the umboes, 
covered with a thin epidermis, concentrically wrinkled 
with rather thick, unequal, generally continuous 
ridges ; anterior margin semicircular, posterior mar- 
gin truncated, left valve sinuously depressed, and 

the right sinuously elevated posteriorly ; lateral teeth, 
posterior remote, anterior near; left valve more de- 
pressed than right. 
Linnaus, Syst. Nat. 
Tellina suleata, Lamarck. 
Tellina convera, Wood. 
Hab. Island of Bohol, Philippines, and Amboyna. 
In 7. discus the wrinkles are more divided and less 
continuous, and the posterior end more acuminate and 
less broadly truncated than in 7. vemies. 

Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TeLtina Son. Tel. testd magna, oblonga-ellipticd, coi- 
pressd, nitidd, aurantid, alteréd valvdé sublevigatd, 
alteré concentricé substriatd, latere postico brevi, 
subrecté truncato, margine dorsali rectiusculo, declivi, 
costa umbonali acute angulate termino acuminato ; 
latere antico oblique ovato, oblongo, margine ventrali 
antice et medio convexo, postice gradatim sursum 
acclivi. 
Tue sun TeLtina. Shell large, oblong-elliptical, com- 
pressed, shining, orange, one valve rather smooth, 
the other concentrically lightly striated, posterior 
side short, rather straightly truncated, with the dorsal 
margin rather straight, sloping, umbonal rib an- 
gular, acuminated at the end, anterior side obliquely 
ovate, oblong, ventral margin convex in the front 
and middle, gradually sloping upwards at the back. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1844. 
Hab. 
Large, flat, elliptical, very unequal-sided, and of a 
A fine specimen of this exists in 
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reddish-orange colour. 
Mr. Cuming’s cabinet, locality unknown. 

Species 25. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA LacuNosA. el. testé subquadratd, ventricoséd, 
tenui, alta, concentricé striis tenuibus elevatis minute 
rugatd, albida, fulvo pallide fasciatd, latere postico 
valde inflato, brevi, costd umbonali lata, valida, angu- 
lata, ared postangulari convexd, obscure costatd, latere 

July, 1866. 
