TELLINA. 
Piate VIII. 
Species 30. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA PLANATA. Tel. testd ovali, subsolidd, compressa, 
inequivalvi, equilaterali, nitidd, albd, medio pallide 
carned, latere postico paulo angustiore, vie acuminato, 
margine dorsali subdeclivi, canali et costd unbona- 
libus validis, angustibus, ared postcostali subalatd, 
latere antico semiovali, ad terminum leviter sinuato, 
margine ventrali aqualiter convexo, valoula dextra 
subinflatd, dentibus lateralibus, uno postico remoto, 
uno antico approximato, valvuld sinistra planiusculd, 
ligamento infosso. 
THE FLATTENED TELLINA. Shell oval, rather solid, 
compressed, inequivalve, equilateral, shining, white, 
pale flesh-coloured in the middle, posterior side a 
little narrower, scarcely acuminated, dorsal margin 
rather sloping, umbonal canal and rib strong, narrow 
post-costal area slightly alated, anterior side semi- 
oval, slightly sinuous, ventral margin equally convex, 
right valve rather swelled, with lateral teeth, one 
posterior remote, one anterior approximate, left valve 
rather flatter, ligament imbedded. 
Linn aus, Systema Natwree, No. 1117. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
Much less elongated than Tedlina strigosa, and scarcely 
rostrated. The centre is suffused with a delicate flesh-tint. 
Species 31. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA INcaRNATA. el. testd oblongo-ovali, compressa, 
tenui, nitidissimad, pallidé carned seu rubro-aurantia, 
prope flecuram posticam radia alba subduplicatd or- 
nati, equivalvi, inequilaterali, latere postico brevi, 
acuminato, subrostrato, margine dorsali declivi, costa 
umbonali obtusd, ared antecostali trigond, planulatd, 
latere antico oblique oblongo, margine ventrali equa- 
liter convead, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
THE FLESH-COLOURED TELLINA. Shell oblong-oval, 
compressed, thin, very shining, pale flesh-coloured 
or reddish-orange, ornamented near the posterior 
fold with a partly duplicate white ray, equivalve, 
inequilateral, posterior side short, acuminated, slightly 
rostrated, with the dorsal margin sloped, unbonal 
rib obtuse, antecostal area trigonal, flattened, ante- 

rior side obliquely oblong, ventral margin equally 
convex, lateral teeth none. 
Linn us, Systema Naturee, No. 1118. 
Tellina squalida, Montagu. 
Hab. Great Britain and the Mediterranean. 
A flat, oval, prettily-coloured species. 

Species 32. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TeLuina Lata. Tel. testd ovali, politissimd, inflata, latd, 
rubro-aurantio splendide radiata, equivalvi, inequi- 
laterali, latere postico brevi, acuminato, subtrigono, 
costd umbonali angustd, latere antico oblongo, tumids, 
oblique semiovali, margine ventrali antice rotundo, 
postice sursum valde acclivi, dentibus lateralibus ferc 
e@quidistantibus. 
Tue Broad TeELLinaA. Shell oval, very polished, in- 
flated, broad, brightly rayed with orange-red, equi- 
valve, inequilateral, posterior side short, acuminated, 
somewhat trigonal, with umbonal rib narrow, ante- 
rior side oblong, tumid, obliquely semicval, ventral 
margin rounded in front, sloping upwards towards 
the back, lateral teeth nearly equidistant. 
Quoy Et GarmarD, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool. vol. 3. p. 499. 
Hab. South Seas. 
Brilliantly rayed, broadly oval, with acuminate posterior 
end. 
Species 33. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA TRUNCATA. 
albd, oblique ovata, inequilaterali, subequivalvi, latere 
Tel. testd tenui, subcompressd, 
postico brevi, subcomplanato, leviter plicato, post plicam 
angusto, subrugoso, termino obliqué truncato, margine 
dorsali valdé declivi, eacavato, latere antico oblique 
oblongo, inflato, margine dorsali convexo, valde declivi, 
prope umbones excavato, termine rotundo, margine ven- 
trali antice rotundo, umbonibus retorsis, dentibus late- 
ralibus nullis. 
THE TRUNCATED TELLINA. 
pressed, white, obliquely ovate, inequilateral, nearly 
Shell thin, rather com- 
equivalve, posterior side short, rather flat, not strongly 
plaited, behind the plait narrow, rather rough, 

July, 1866, 
