eral NPAT. 
Puate XVIII. 
Species 89. (Fig. a, 4, c, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA LINBATA. 
gata, alba, rosea, vel pallidé fulvd, lined rubra 
Tel. testd tenui, subpyriformi, levi- 
suffusd radiata, prope umbones antice pictd ; latere 
postico compresso, acuminato, prope marginem radia- 
tim angulato ; latere antico inflato, rotundo, margine 
cardinali erasso, dentibus cardinalibus anticis, proxi- 
mis, posticis renotis. 
THE LINEATED TELLINA. Shell thin, subpyriform, 
smooth, white, rose cr pale fawn, painted with a 
suffused radiating red line in the front near the 
umboes; posterior side compressed, acuminated, ra- 
diately angular near the margin; anterior side 
inflated, round, hinge margin thick, cardinal teeth 
anterior, approximate, posterior 
Turton, Conch. Dict. p. 168. f. 16. 
Tellina Brasiliana, Lamarck. 
Tellina striata, Moutagu. 
Hab. West Indies, Florida, Brazil. 
remote. 
Very full and rounded in front, compressed and acu- 
minated behind. 

Species 90. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA PRORA. Tel. testd compressa, subtrigond, levi- 
gata, solidé, rosea, albo concentrice taniatd ; latere 
postico brevi, vie angulato, margine dorsali valde 
declivi, termino breviter truncato, margine ventrali 
sursum acclivi; latere antico longiusculo, margine 
dorsali declivi, margine ventrali rotundo, dentibus 
lateralibus subremotis. 
THe prow TriutNa. Shell compressed, subtrigonal, 
smooth, solid, rese, concentrically banded with white ; 
posterior side short, scarcely angular, with dorsal 
margin very sloping, end shortly truncated, ventral 
margin sloping upwards; anterior side rather long, 
dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin round, lateral 
teeth rather remote. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch., Tellina, p. 
152. 
Hab. Ports St. Elena and Salango, West Columbia. 

Species 91. (Mus. Cuming, in Brit.) 
TELLINA GUILDINGII. 
subequilaterali, albidd, radiis aurantio-roseis zonisque 
Tel. testaé oblonga, compressd, 
albido-roseis ornatd, sulcis ewilibus concentricé lirata ; 
latere postico declivi, termino oblique truncato, margine 
ventrali paulo sursum acelivi ; latere antico rotundo, 
oblongo, margine ventrali medio rectiusculo, ligamento 
prominente, dentibus lateralibus subremotis. 
GUILDING’s TELLINA. 
equilateral, whitish, ornamented with orange-rose 
Shell oblong, compressed, sub- 
rays and whitish-rose bands, concentrically ridged 
wilh narrow sulci; posterior side sloping, obliquely 
truncated at the end, ventral margin a little sloping 
upwards ; anterior side rounded, oblong, ventral mar- 
gin rather straight in the middle, ligament  pro- 
minent, lateral teeth rather distant. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch., Tellina, 
lio Mle 
ITab. West Indies. 

Species 92. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA 
tenui, rosed, rubro radiata, albo concentricé teniatd, 
PULCHELLA. Tel. testa oblongd, compressa, 
minute concentrice striatd ; latere postico brevi, acu- 
minato, angustato, subangulato, margine dorsali declivi, 
margine ventrali ante angulum subcontracto, ligamento 
conspicuo ; latere antico oblongo, termino subangustato, 
margine cardinali dente uno lateral antico ad unbonem 
proximo. 
BEAUTIFUL TELLINA. 
thin, rose-coloured, rayed with red, concentrically 
THE Shell oblong, compressed, 
banded with white, minutely concentrically striated ; 
posterior side short, acuminated, narrow, slightly 
angular, dorsal margin sloping, ventral margin 
slightly contracted in front of the angle, ligament 
conspicuous ; anterior side oblong, rather narrow at 
the end, hinge margin with one anterior lateral tooth 
near the umbo. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans. vert., Tellina, n. 23. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
November, 1866. 
