TELLINA. 
Prats XT. 
Species 47. (Fig. a, 6, c, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA cRrUCIGERA. Tel. testd subcompressd, oblonga, 
mequilaterali, equivalvi, alba vel aurantid, rubro 
suffusd, aut strigis fuscis interruptis radiata, concen- 
tricé crebré liratéi; latere postico breviusculo, acumi- 
nato, validé biplicato ; latere antico subinflato, elon- 
gato, umbonibus rubro biradiatis, margine ventrali 
posticé sinuatim plicato. 
THE CROSS-BEARING TELLINA. Shell subcompressed, 
oblong, inequilateral, equivalve, white or orange, 
suffused with red, or rayed with brown interrupted 
stripes, concentrically closely ridged; posterior side 
rather short, acuminated, strongly biplicated ; ante- 
rior side rather inflated, elongated, umboes with two 
red rays, ventral margin posteriorly, sinuously folded. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. n. 7. 
Hab. Calbalonga, Island of Samar, etc., Philippines. 
It is in the rare white variety that is best shown the 
red cross formed by the meeting of two diverging rays on 
the umbo of each valve. 

Species 48. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA JUBAR. 
liratd, fasciis roseis latis et lineis radiata ; latere pos- 
Tel. testa lata, compressd, concentrice 
tico breviusculo, costato, subattenuato, acuminato ; la- 
tere antico subinflato, semiovali. 
Tue SunBEAM TeLLINa. Shell broad, compressed, con- 
centrically ridged, rayed with rose-coloured broad 
bands and lines; posterior side rather short, ribbed, 
slightly narrowed, acuminated ; anterior side rather 
inflated, semioval. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Tellina virgata, var., Wood. 
? 

Hab. 
A broader shell (measuring from the umbo to the ven- 
tral margin) than Z. virgata. It is also more solid, and 
tumid on the anterior side. 

Species 49. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA AntoNIt. Tel. testd compressa, angustata, elongata, 
acute concentrice liratd, albd seu purpurea, interruptim 
radiata ; latere postico attenuato, valide bicostato, acu- 
minato, liris super costas elevatis, subspiniferis ; latere 
antico oblongo, subacuminato, margine dorsali liners 
transversis notato. 
Anton’s TELLINA. Shell compressed, narrow, elongated, 
acutely concentrically ridged, white or purple, in- 
terruptedly rayed ; posterior side attenuated, strongly 
double-ribbed, acuminated, ridges on the ribs, ele- 
vated, subspiniferous; anterior side oblong, subacu- 
minated, dorsal margin marked with transverse lines. 
Puitiprt, Abbild. und Beschr. Conch. pl. v. t. 5. f. 3. 
Hab. Guadeloupe. 
The posterior side of this narrow shell is attenuated 
and sharply acuminated. 

Species 50. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
Tevuina Listert. Tel. testd albd, subrotundatd, subin- 
flaté, @equivalvi, inequilaterd, levigatd, latere pos- 
tico subtrigono, leviter costato, ad terminum subtrun- 
cato, margine dorsali declivi, margine ventrali sursum 
acclivi, medio rectiusculo, latere antico subinflato, semi- 
rotundo. 
Listper’s TELLINA. Shell white, rather rounded, subin- 
flated, equivalve, inequilateral, smooth, posterior side 
subtrigonal, slightly ribbed, subtruncated at the end, 
dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin sloping up- 
wards, rather traight in the centre, anterior side 
rather inflated, half-rounded. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Tellina scutra, Gould. 
Hab. Senegal. 
A very broad, white, smooth species, rather peculiar in 
form. 

November, 1866. 
