(as NGAS. 
Puate XXI. 
Fig. 15, 6. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Var. rosea ; vide Pl. IV. 
A very beautiful specimen of the rare rose-coloured 
TELLINA ALBINELLA. 
variety. 

Species 106. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA STRIATA. 
roseo concentrice fasciatd, lateraliter biradiatd, mar- 
Tel. testd oblongo-trigond, compressa, 
ginibus albis, concentricé crebré regulariter striata ; 
latere postico declivi, termino truncato, obscure angu- 
lato, margine ventrali medio recto, terminis sursiun 
acclivi, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
Tue striated TELuina. Shell oblong-trigonal, com- 
pressed, banded concentrically with rose, laterally 
two-rayed, margins white, striated concentrically, 
closely and regularly ; posterior side sloping, trun- 
cated at the end, obscurely augular, ventral margin 
straight in the centre, sloping upwards at the ends, 
lateral teeth none. 
CHEMNITZ, vol. x. p. 349. f. 1654-5. 
Tellina angulosa, Gmel. 
Tellina leta, Montagu, 
Donax Martiniensis, Lamarck. 
Hab. West Indies. 
The two side-rays of strong pink, and the regularity 
and closeness of the grooves distinguish this species from 
others of its general characters. 
the antero-terminal margin. 
It has not a sinus on 

Species 107. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA CoccINEA. ¢/. testd ovatd, depressd, utrinque 
hianti, subequilaterali, roseo-purpurascenti, liris con- 
centricis, numerosis, radid posticd interruptis, sculpta ; 
latere postico obscurissimé angulato, oblique truncato, 
margine dorsali vix declivi, ligamento conspicuo, mar- 
gine ventrali equaliter arcuato ; latere antico ad ter- 
minum rotundo, margine dorsali declivi, dentibus sub- 
obsoletis. 
Tue CocHinEaL TELLina. Shell oval, depressed, gap- 
ing on both sides, subequilateral, rose-purple, sculp- 
tured with numerous concentric ridges, interrupted 
by a posterior ray; posterior side very obscurely an- 
gular, obliquely truncated, with the dorsal margin 

very little sloping, ligament conspicuous, ventral 
margin equally arched ; anterior side rounded at the 
end, with dorsal margin sloping, teeth nearly ob- 
solete. 
CueEMnivTz, vol. vi. p. 118. f. 109. 
Hab. St. Nicholas, Island of Zebu; Cuming. 

Species 108. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA PULCHERRIMA. 
compressa, ad latera squamis elevatis trigonis numero- 
Tel. testaé ovali-oblongd, sub- 
sis, oblique dispositis exasperatd, medio suboblique con- 
centricé liratd, colore pallidé fulvd, roseo fasciatd et 
vivide radiatd ; latere postico subrostrato, oblique an- 
gulato, ared postangulari angustd, termino acuminata, 
margine dorsali declivi, ligamento subinfosso, margine 
ventrali versus angulum elevato, incurvo, anticé con- 
vexo ; latere antico termino rotundo, margine dorsali 
declivi, prope apicem excavato. 
THE VERY BEAUTIFUL TrLLINA. Shell oval-oblong, 
subcompressed, roughened at the sides with elevated 
three-cornered numerous scales, obliquely disposed, a 
little obliquely concentrically ridged in the middle, 
in colour pale-fawn, banded and vividly rayed with 
rose; posterior side slightly beaked, obliquely angu- 
lar, postangular area narrow, acuminated at the end, 
dorsal margin sloping, with the ligament partly im- 
bedded, ventral margin raised and curved inwards 
towards the angle, convex in front; anterior side 
rounded at the end, dorsal margin sloping, excavated 
near the angle. 
Sowersy, Tankerville Catalogue, Appendix p. 3. t. 1. 
fod 
Hab. Singapore and Straits of Banca; Cuming. 

Species 109. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TRLLINA INFLATA. Tel. testd alba, inflata, subtrigono- 
ovata, concentrice liratd, lineis radiantibus obscure de- 
cussatd ; latere postico obtuse angulato, post angulum 
oblique truncato, ante angulum rostrato, sinuato, mar- 
gine ventrali ante sinum inflato, margine dorsali valde 
declivi, inflewo, excavato, ligamento infosso, umbonibus 
inflatis ; latere antico declivo, prope umbones exca- 
vato, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
THe INFLATED TELLINA. Shell white, inflated, subtri- 
March, 1867. 
