DEG Ne AY 
Puate VII. 
Species 26. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TeELLINA ROSBA. Tel. testa oblongo-ovatd, crassa, com- 
planatd, rosed, levigatd, subequilatera, equivalvi,latere 
postico trigono, subrostrato, costé umbonali conspicud, 
angustatd, termine acuminato, margine dorsali declivi, 
erecto, latere antico semiovali, margine ventrali medio 
rectiusculo,postice versus terminumsursum acclivi, emar- 
ginato, dentelaterali in valvuld deatra uno, proximo ; 
ligamento infosso, margine dorsali utringque eacavato. 
THE ROSH-COLOURED TELLINA. Shell oblong-ovate, thick, 
flattened, rose-coloured, smooth, subequilateral, equi- 
valve, posterior side trigonal, subrostrated, with the 
umbonal ridge conspicuous, narrow, acuminated at 
the end, dorsal margin sloping, straight, anterior 
side semiovate, ventral margin rather straight im the 
centre, sloping upwards towards the posterior termi- 
nation, emarginate, one proximate lateral tooth in the 
right valve; ligament imbedded, dorsal margin on both 
sides excavated. 
SPENGLER, Schriv. Natur. Gelst. Kiob. 
Hab. Indian Ocean. 
A much flatter shell than 7. Madagascariensis, with a 
more pointed termination. 

Species 27. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA STAURELLA. el. testa ovatd, oblonga, solidd, 
subconverd, minute concentrice lirata, flavida seu alba, 
nonnunquam rubro radiata, ad umbones utrdque valod 
rubro biradiatd, latere postico breviusculo, valide ob- 
lique plicato, subacuminatim truncato, area post plicd 
angusta, margine dorsali declivi, latere antico oblongo, 
termine rotundo, margine ventrali convexo, posticé sur- 
sui acclivi, sinuatd, flecurd ventrali parvd, dentibus 
lateralibus valoule deatre subaequidistantibus. 
Tub LivrLe-BaG TeLirna. Shell oval, oblong, solid, 
rather convex, minutely concentrically ridged, yellow- 
ish or white, sometimes with rose-rays, each valve with 
two red rays at the umboes, posterior side rather short, 
with a strong oblique fold, rather acuminately trun- 
cate, area behind the fold narrow, with the dorsal 
margin sloping, anterior side oblong, rounded at the 
end, ventral margin convex, posteriorly sloping up- 
wards, sinuated, ventral flexure small, lateral teeth of 
the right valve nearly equidistant. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., Tellina, no. 6. 
Tellina scalaris, Lamarck, no. 29. 
Hab. Philippines. 
A pair of strong red rays on each valve, meeting at the 
umboes, makes a cross of four. The variety 7. scalaris, 
Lamarck, is rather shorter and a little more truncated 
posteriorly. 

Species 28. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TrLuina LevIGaTa. Tel. testd orbiculato-ovali, subcom- 
press, inequilaterali, subequivalvi, solidd, albidd, au- 
rantio roseo et luteo interruptim radiata, frequenter au- 
rantio, limbatd, levigata, leviter radiatin striata, pos- 
tice prope umbones lineis elevatis minute liratd, la- 
tere postico brevi, acuminato, plicd obliquad valida in 
valvd deatré reflead, in valvd sinistrad deflevd, latere 
antico lato, inflato, oblique semirotundo, margine ven- 
trali convexo, postice elevato, sinuato, flewurd haud 
profundd, dentibus lateralibus, postico subremoto, antico 
subapproximato. 
Tue smootH TELLINA. 
pressed, inequilateral, nearly equivalve, solid, white, 
interruptedly rayed with orange, rose and yellow, fre- 
quently bordered with orange, smooth, lightly ra- 
diately striated, posteriorly, near the umboes, ridged 
minutely with raised lines, posterior side short, acu- 
minated, with a strong oblique fold reflected in the 
right valve and deflected in the left, anterior side 
wide, inflated, obliquely semirotund ; ventral margin 
convex, elevated posteriorly and sinuated, flexure not 
deep, lateral teeth, the posterior one rather distant, 
the anterior rather near. 
Linnaus, Systema Nature, no. 1117. 
Hab. St. Thomas, West Indies. 
A very broad, almost orbicular species, which, besides 
interrupted rays of various colours, is generally orna- 
mented with a border of bright-orange. 
Shell orbicularly oval, subcom- 

Species 29. (Fig. a, 2, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA DELTOIDALIS. el. testé subtrigond, alba, so- 
lida, levigatd, inequivalvi, inequilaterali, latere pos- 
July, 1866. 
