TELLINA.—Puate X. 
Species 45. (Fig. a, 0, Mus. Jeffreys.) 
TELLINA FABULA. Tel. testd tenui, subcompressd, subpy- 
riformi, equivalvi, inequilaterali, albidd ; latere pos- 
tico acuminato, margine dorsali valde declivi, mar- 
gine ventrali sursum acclivi; latere antico oblique 
semirotundo, subinflato, valvuld dextrad oblique striata, 
valvula sinistra levigatd. 
THE LITTLE BEAN TELLINA. Shell thin, subcompressed, 
subpyriform, equivalve, inequilateral, whitish, poste- 
rior side acuminated, dorsal margin very sloping, 
ventral margin sloping upwards; anterior side ob- 
liquely half-rounded, slightly inflated, right valve 
oblique, striated, left valve smooth. 
Guerin, Syst. Nat. 3239. 
Tellina fragilissima, Gmel. 
Tellina discors p 
Tellina vitrea, Gmel. 
Hab. Great Britain. 

7 7 : r 
Europe generally. 
This thin little shell possesses the peculiarity of having 

one valve very distinctly striated in an oblique direction, 
and the other valve quite smooth, 

Species 46. (Mus. Jeffreys.) 
TELLINA BALAUSTINA. el, testd rotunda, inflatd, tenut, 
concentricé crebreé liratd, rubro fasciatd et vivide ra- 
diatd, subequilaterali, equivalvd, latere postico brevi- 
usculo, subacuminato ; margine dorsali declivi, latere 
antico semirotundo, inflato. 
THE POMEGRANATE-FLOWER TELLINA. Shell round, in- 
flated, thin, concentrically closely ridged, banded 
and vividly rayed with red, subequilateral, equivalve, 
posterior side rather short, subacuminated, with the 
dorsal margin sloping, anterior side half-circular, 
inflated. 
Linnaius, Systema Nature. 
Hai. Great Britain. Mediterranean. 
The figure of this shell is nearly round; the length ex- 
ceeding the height by very little. 

