TELLINA.—PuatTe XV. 
ventrali sursum rotundatim acclivi ; latere antico lon- 
givre, rotundatim acuminato, cardine tenui, dentibus 
lateralibus nullis. 
Toe PsammMoretia TELitna. Shell oblong-ovate, com- 
pressed, smooth, white; posterior side rather the 
shorter, truncated, angular, sinuated behind the 
angle, dorsal margin rather straight, little sloping, 
round at the end, ventral margin sloping roundly 
upwards ; anterior side longer, roundly acuminated, 
hinge thin, with no cardinal teeth. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., Tellina, n. 30. 
Hab, ——? 
Of a peculiar long, flattened oval form, truncated and 
sinuated at the end. 
Species 72. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA PLEBEJA. Tel. testa breviter ovatd, tenui, in- 
flata, albidd, ad umbones rosed ; latere postico ad ter- | 
minum sinuatim truncato, radiatim subangulato, mar- 
gine dorsali recto, declivi, margine ventrali rotunda- 
tim acclivi ; latere antico rotundo, margine dorsali de- 
clivi, margine cardinali tenui, dentibus lateralibus 
nullis. 
THE PLEBEIAN TELLINA. Shell shortly oval, thin, in- 
flated, white, rose-coloured at the umboes ; posterior 
side sinuously truncated at the end, with a slight 
radiating angle, dorsal margin straight, sloping, ven- 
tral margin roundly sloping upwards; anterior side 
rounded, dorsal margin sloping, cardinal margin 
thin, without lateral teeth. 
Haney, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Psammobia levigata, Lamarck ? 
Hab. Real Lejos, Central America; Senegal. 
This species is distinguished by a much broader disk | 
than any of its allies. 
Species 73. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA EssINGToNENSIs. Tel. testd oblonga, subdona- 
ciformt, obliqua, alba, opacd, fasciis concentricis pel- 
lucidis teniatd, converd ; latere postico brevissimo, ob- 
liqué truncato, angulato, termine basalt rotundatim 
acuminato ; latere antico oblique oblongo, inflato, mar- 
gine dorsali declivi, margine ventrali anticé convexo, 
margine cardinali tenui, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
Tue Port-Essinaton TELLINA. 
wedge-shaped, oblique, white, opaque, ribanded with 


Shell oblong, rather . 

concentric pellucid bands, convex, posterior side 
very short, obliquely truncated, angular, roundly 
acuminated at the basal termination; anterior side 
obliquely oblong, inflated, dorsal margin sloping, 
ventral margin convex in front, cardinal margin 
thin, without lateral teeth. 
DesHayves (Donax Essingtonensis). 
Hab. Port Essington. 
Described as a Donax from its form. 
Species 74. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA NoBrLis. Z¥/. testa ovatd, inflatd, vivide rosed, 
tenui ; latere postico brevi, obscure angulato, via trun- 
cato, margine dorsali declivi, margine ventrali ad ter- 
minum acclivi ; latere antico rotundo, semiovali, mar- 
gine ventrali medio rectiusculo, margine cardinali in- 
tus tenui, dentibus lateralibus nullis, ligamento parvo, 
externo. 
THE NoBLE TeLLiIna. Shell oval, inflated, brightly 
rose-coloured, thin ; posterior side short, obscurely 
angular, almost truncated, dorsal margin sloping, 
ventral margin sloping towards the end; anterior side 
rounded, semiovate, ventral margin rather straight in 
the middle, cardinal margin thin within, without la- 
teral teeth, ligament small, external. 
Haney, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch. f. 143. 
Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines. 
Species 75. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA CHINENSIS. 
longa, tenut, politd, tenuissime radiatim striata ; latere 
Tel. testa alba, complanatd, ob- 
postico subattenuato, oblique truncato, obscure angu- 
lato, margine dorsali recto, declivi ; latere antico ob- 
longo, margine dorsali declivi, margine cardinali tenui, 
dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
Tue Cuinese Teiiina. Shell white, flattened, oblong, 
thin, polished, very finely, radiately striated; poste- 
rior side somewhat attenuated, obliquely truncated, 
obscurely angular, dorsal margin straight, sloping ; 
anterior side oblong, dorsal margin sloping, hinge 
margin thin, without lateral teeth. 
Haney, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1844; Thes. Conch., Tellina, 
ti, Jie 
Hab. China. 
This very flat shell varies in the proportions of depth 
and length. 

