TELLINA.—Puate VIII. 
obliquely truncated at the end, dorsal margin very 
sloping, excavated, anterior side obliquely oblong, 
inflated, dorsal margin convex, much sloping, hollow 
near the umboes, rounded at the end, ventral mar- 
gin rounded in front, umboes leaning backwards, 
lateral teeth none. 
Jonas, Abbild. und Besch. Conch. pl. 3. t. 5. f. 2. 
Hab. Bay of Manilla, Cuming. 
Tellina gubernaculum resembles this, but the anterior 
side is much shorter in proportion, and more sloping. 

Species 34. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TeLuina striaTuLa. Tel. testa suborbiculari, obliqud, 
tenui, inflatd, alba, lavigatd, tenuissime radiatim 
striata, latere postico brevi, acuminato, prope mar- 
ginem plicato, termino breviter subrostrato, margine 
dorsali valde declivi, brevissimo, inflexo, excavato, liga- 
mento infosso, latere antico rotundo, prope umbones 
subexcavato, convexo, declivi, margine ventrali. r0- 
tundo, postice sursum valide acclivi, umbonibus acutis, 
retrorsis, dentibus lateralibus tenuibus, postico remoto, 
antico proximo. 
svrrateD TrLutNa. Shell suborbicular, oblique, 
thin, inflated, white, smooth, very finely radiately 
striated, posterior side short, acuminated, with the 
fold near the edge, the end shortly subrostrated, 
dorsal margin strongly sloping, very short, bent in- 
wards, excavated, with the ligament imbedded, ante- 
rior side round, slightly excavated near the umboes, 
convex, sloping, ventral margin round, posteriorly 
sloping strongly upwards, umboes pointed, leaning 
backwards, lateral teeth thin, the posterior remote, 
the anterior near. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., Tellina, no, 33. 
Tellina hippopoidea, Jonas. 
THE 
Hab. St. Nicholas, island of Zebu, Philippines. 
The figure of 7. inflatus in Chemnitz is too indefinite 
to be quoted. 

Species 35. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
Trrumna Sowersit. Tel. testé oblique subellipticd, lata, 
tenui, subinflatd, levigatd, politd, inequilaterali, equt- 
valvi, alba, flavido et aurantio raro fasciatd, pallide 
radiata, latere postico brevi, valide plicato, subrostrato, 
acuminato, ante plicam compresso, post plicam angusto, 
margine dorsalt arcuatim declivi, latere antico inflato, 
oblongo, lato, obliquo, margine dorsalt declivi, termino 
rotundo, margine ventrali antice inflato, versus plicam 
posticam gradatim sursum acclivi, umbonibus acumi- 
natis, rubro tinctis, retrorsis, dentibus lateralibus mo- 
deratd approximatis. 
SownrsBy’s TELLINA. Shell obliquely subelliptical, broad, 
thin, subinflated, smooth, polished, inequilateral, 
equivalve, white, sparingly banded and faintly rayed 
with yellow and orange, posterior side short, strongly 
plaited, subrostre ted, acuminated, compressed in 
front of the fold, narrow behind the fold, with the 
dorsal margin arched sloping, anterior side inflated, 
oblong, broad, oblique, with the dorsal margin sloping, 
termination round, ventral margin swelled in front, 
gradually sloping upwards towards the posterior fold, 
umboes acuminated, painted with red, leaning back- 
wards, lateral teeth moderately approximate. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Australia. 

The colouring of this shell is much less marked than 
that of Zellina lata, and it is less solid in substance. The 
outline of the dorsal slope is much more curved. 

