TELLINA.—Prate XVIII. 
Species 95. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA RUBESCENS. Tel. testd ovali-subtrigond, com- 
press, pallidé rubescente, intits rosea, subdistanter 
sulcata, sulcis postice evanidis ; latere postico levigato, 
angulato, post angulum emarginato, margine ventrali 
fermino subacuminato, margine dorsali declivi, termino 
rotundo, subiruncato ; latere antico oblongo, margine 
dorsali declivi, margine ventrali medio rectiusculo. 
REDDISH TELLINA. Shell oval-subtrigonal, ecom- 
pressed, pale reddish, rose-coloured within, rather 
distantly suleated, the sulci disappearing posteriorly ; 
posterior side smooth, angular, emarginated behind 
THe 
the angle, ventral margin subacuminated at the end, 
dorsal margin sloping, rounded at the end, sub- 
truncated ; anterior side oblong, with dorsal margin 
sloping, ventral margin rather straight in the middle. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch., Tellina, 
i MBI 
Hab. Tumbez and Panama, Peru. 
This species is distinguished from others of its class by 
the sulci terminating before reaching the posterior anele. 

Species 94. (Fig. a, 6, ec, Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA BIMACULATA. 
pressd, solidd, superné et interne rubro vel purpureo 
Tel. testa subcuneiformi, com- 
bimaculato, radiis interruptis varie pictd ; latere 
postico brevi, subquadrato, termino late truncato, mar- 
gine dorsali brevi, ligamento couspicuo ; latere autico 
subacuminato, margine dorsali declivi, margine car- 
dinalt dentibus lateralibus posticis remotis, anticis 
nulls. 
PWO-SPOTTED TELLINA. 
pressed, solid, above and within two-spotted with 
THE Shell subeuneiform, com- 
red or purple, variously coloured with interrupted 
rays; posterior side short, rather square, widely 
truncated at the end, dorsal margin short, ligament 
conspicuous ; anterior side subacuminated, dorsal 
margin sloping, hinge margin with posterior lateral 
teeth remote, no anterior lateral teeth. 
Linn xus, Systema Nature. 
Hab. West Indies. 

