TE NPA. 
PLATE 
Species 62. (Pig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA INTERRUPTA. 
solidd, concentrice laminis numerosis elevatis ad cos- 
Tel. testi oblonga, subinflatd, 
tam posticam acutissimis liratd, pallidé fulod, radiis 
rubris interruptis sparsis, vel griseis numerosis, picta ; 
latere postico attenuato, subrostrato, costd latd, ele- 
vati, flewuosd radiato, termino subacuminato ; latere 
antico semiovali, margine ventrali antice inflato, pos- 
tice subcontracto, flexuoso, dentibus lateralibus in valui 
deatra remotis. 
INTERRUPTED TELLINA. Shell 
inflated, solid, concentrically ridged with numerous 
THE oblong, sub- 
elevated lamina, very sharp over the posterior rib, 
pale brown, painted with few interrupted red or 
humerous grey rays; posterior side attenuated, sub- 
rostrated, rayed with a broad, elevated, flexuous 
rib, the end rather acuminated ; anterior side semi- 
oval, with the ventral margin inflated anteriorly, 
rather contracted and flexuous posteriorly, lateral 
teeth in the left valve remote. 
Woop, General Conchology, p. 175. t. 36. f. 3. 
Tellina maculosa, Lamarck. 
Hab, Survinain. 

Species 63. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA REGIA. Tel. testa ovato-subtrigond, tenui, com- 
pressi, levigatd, leviter striata, rosed vel alba, intis 
ad latera rosea; latere postico angulato, truncato, 
post angulum unisulcato, margine dorsali deelivi, 
margine ventrali recto; latere antico semiovali, mar- 
gine cardinali tenui, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
THE RoyaL TELLINA. 
compressed, smooth, slightly striated, rose-coloured 
or white, within rose-coloured at the sides; pos- 
terior side angular, truncated, with a groove behind 
the angle, dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin 
straight; anterior side semioval, with the cardinal 
margin thin, no lateral teeth. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1844; Thesaurus, p. 140. 
Hab. Real Lejos, Central America. 
Shell ovate-subtrigonal, thin, 

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Species 64. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA scoBINATA. Tel. testa rotunda, crassa, inflata, 
squamis elevatis, trigonis acutis, oblique dispositis 
evasperatd, alba vel pallide fulvd, radiis interruptis 
et ad marginem dorsalem maculis magnis fuscis picta, 
intis flavidd ; latere postico flecuoso, plicd magna 
radiato, ad terminum emarginato et angulato, margine 
dorsali declivi; latere antico breviusculo, valvuld 
dextra profundiore, dentibus cardinalibus remotis, latis. 
TELLINA. Shell round, thick, inflated, 
roughened with raised, trigonal, 
THE RASP 
elevated scales 
obliquely arranged, white or pale fulvous, painted 
with interrupted rays and large brown spots at the 
dorsal margin, yellow within; posterior side flexu- 
ous, rayed with a large fold, emarginated and angular 
at the end, dorsal margin sloping; anterior side 
rather short, the right valve. deeper, with remote, 
wide cardinal teeth. 
Linnaus, Systema Nature. 
Hab. Society Islands and Philippines. 

Species 65. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA sINcERA. Tel, testd subrotundd, tenui, alba, 
subcomplanatd, omnino minute angulatim striata ; 
latere postico leviter plicato, longiusculo, subacu- 
minato, margine dorsali declivi, valvuld dextrd alteram 
superante ; latere antico brevi, superne subquadrato, 
margine dorsali brevi, ligamento infosso, dentibus 
lateralibus subproximis. 
Tue pure TeLutNna. Shell rather rounded, thin, white, 
rather flattened, minutely angularly striated in every 
part; posterior side lightly plicated, rather longer, 
acuminated, dorsal margin sloping, left valve over- 
lapping the right; anterior side short, rather squared 
above, with dorsal margin short, ligament imbedded, 
lateral teeth rather near. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Sac., 1844, Thesaurus Conchyliorum, 
f. 144, 
Hab. West Coast of America. 
The strie are more fine and equal in this than in 
Tellina senegalensis, TI’. carnaria, ete. 

November, 1866. 
