PRELELNA. 
PLATE 
Species 67. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
Truiina Ruopora. Tel. testd oblongo-subtrigond, con- 
verd, solidi, nitidd, subrosed, intus aurantio-rubra ; 
latere postico acuminato, angulato, termino subtrun- 
cato, margine dorsali declivi, ventrali sursum acclivi ; 
latere antico subinflato, margine dorsali convexo, de- 
clivi, margine ventrali rectiusculo, dentibus cardinali- 
bus nullis. 
Tue Ruopora TELLINA. 
Shell oblong-subtrigonal, con- 
vex, solid, smooth, rather pink, orange-red within ; 
posterior side acuminated, angled, subtruncated at 
the end, dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin slo- 
ping upwards; anterior side rather inflated, dorsal 
margin convex, sloping, ventral margin rather 
straight, cardinal teeth none. 
Hinps, Zool. Sulphur, vol. ii. t. 21. pl. 3. p. 67. 
Hab. Straits of Macassar. 
The specimens here figured are a little more orange- 
coloured and less rosy than the original specimens figured 
by Mr. Hinds, but the shape is evidently the same. 

Species 68. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TeLpina aurora. el. testd ovali, truncata, tenui, sub- 
inflatd, pallidd, ad umbones et intus aurantid, levi- 
gata ; latere postico breviore, late truncato, angulato, 
post angulun subflecuoso, margine dorsali subdeclivi ; 
latere antico longiore, subobliquo, margine ventrali 
rectiusculo, dentibus lateralibus nullis, ligamento 
parvo. 
Tur avrora TELLINA. Shell oval, truncated, thin, ra- 
ther inflated, pale, within and at the umboes orange, 
smooth; posterior side shorter, widely truncated, 
angled, rather flexuous behind the angle, dorsal mar- 
gin slightly sloping ; anterior side longer, suboblique, 
ventral margin rather straight, lateral teeth none, 
ligament small. 
Haney, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch., Tellina, 
f. 76. 
Hab. Panama. 
Decidedly more trancated than Tedlina aurora. 

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} Species 69. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TeLuina LUCERNA. el. lestd ovali, subinflatd, tenui, levi- 
gatd, albidd, intus et ad umbones aurantid ; latere pos- 
tico breviore, angustato, termino subacuminato, mar- 
gine dorsali declivt, margine ventrali sursun acclivt ; 
latere antico oblongo, ovali, inflato, cardine tenui, den- 
tibus lateralibus nullis, ligamento parvo. 
The Lampe TELLINA. Shell oval, somewhat inflated, thin, 
smooth, whitish, within and at the umboes orange ; 
posterior side shorter, narrowed, rather acuminated 
at the end, dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin 
sloping upwards ; anterior side oblong, oval, inflated, 
hinge thin, with no lateral teeth, igament small. 
Hanxey, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch. f. 98. 
Hab. Islands of Negroes, Mindanao, and Panay, Philip- 
pines. 

Species 70. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA CORBULOIDES. 
conver, levigatd, intus extusque rosed ; latere postico 
Tel. testd solidd, subpyriformi, 
breviusculo, acuminato, leviter angulato, rostrato, mar- 
gine dorsali declivi, margine ventrali sursum acclivt ; 
latere antico convexo, semiovali, margine ventrali ro- 
tundo, margine dorsali subdeclivi, cardine tenuiusculd, 
dentibus lateralibus in valvuld deatrd parvis, proxi- 
mis. 
THE CORBULA-SHAPED TELLINA. 
form, convex, smooth, rose-coloured inside and out; 
Shell solid, subpyri- 
posterior side rather short, acuminated, slightly an- 
gular, beaked, dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin 
sloping upwards ; anterior side convex, semioval, ven- 
tral margin rounded, dorsal margin slightly sloping, 
hinge rather thin, with two small, lateral teeth in 
the left valve, near together. 
Haney, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844 ; Thes. Conch. f. 50, 57. 
Hab. Calbalonga, Philippines, and Bay of Manilla. 
There are several species of Cordula, which resemble 
this shell in form. 

Species 71. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA PSAMMOTELLA. 
press, levigatd, alba ; latere postico breviusculo, trun- 
Tel. testa oblongo-ovatd, com- 
calo, angulato, post anguluin sinuato, margine dorsali 
rectiusculo, paulo declivi, termino rotundo, margine 

November, 1865. 
