TELLINA.—Prate XXIV. 
With a strong resemblance to the two preceding spe- 
cies, this shell differs from them both, particularly from 
Tellina corbis, in the fineness and closeness of the sculp- 
ture. = 

Species 129. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA IRIDESCENS. 
gata, pallidé fulvd, iridescenti, prope wmbones sub- 
Tel. testé ovali, oblonga, levi- 
rosed ; latere postico breviusculo, attenuato, acwini- 
nato, termino oblique truncato, subacute angulato, le- 
viter flecuoso, marginibus superioribus declivis, mar- 
gine ventrali paulo sursum acclivi, tum recto ; latere 
antico oblique semiovato, margine dorsali declivi, den- 
tibus cardinalibus minutis, dentibus lateralibus anticis 
ad umbones proximis. 
THE IRIDESCENT TELLINA. Shell oval, oblong, smooth, 
pale-fawn, iridescent, somewhat rosy near the um- 
boes ; posterior side rather short, attenuated, acumi- 
nated, obliquely truncated at the end, rather acutely 
slightly flexuous, angular, with the upper margins 
sloping, ventral margin a little sloping upwards, then 
straight ; anterior side obliquely semi-ovate, dorsal 
margin sloping, cardinal teeth minute, anterior la- 
teral teeth near the umboes. 
Benson, Annals of Natural History, 1842. 
Tellina carnea, Philippi ? 
Hab. Chusan, China. 

Species 130. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA MICANS. 
compress, inequilaterali, ad tlatera hiante; latere 
Tel. testd alba, politissima, tenu, 
postico cuneato, attennato, margine dorsali valde de- 
clivi, convexo, ad terminum subtruncato, margine ven- 
trali vie flecuoso, peroblique sursum acclivi; latere 
antico amplo, expanso, oblique oblongo, margine dor- 
sali convewo, declivi, margine ventrali convexo, denti- 
bus lateralibus nullis. 
BRILLIANT TELLINA. 
thin, compressed, inequilateral, gaping at the sides ; 
THE Shell white, very smooth, 
posterior side wedge-shaped, attenuated, dorsal mar- 
gin very sloping, convex, rather truncated at the end, 
ventral margin searcely flexuous, very obliquely slop- 
ing upwards; anterior side full, expanded, obliquely 
oblong, dorsal margin convex, sloping, ventral mar- 
gin convex, no lateral teeth. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch. f. 106. 
Hab. Philippines. 
The form of this shell is remarkable in regard to the 

fulness and expansion of the anterior, as compared with 
the cuneate and flattened character of the posterior side. 

Species 131. (Fig. a, 4, Mus. Taylor.) 
Tetuina PHILipprnaruM. Tel. testa rotundatimn sublri- 
gond, ventricosd, tenui, alba vel purpured, levigata ; 
latere postico subcuneato, attenuato, compresso, flex- 
uoso, angulato, termino acuminato, ared postangulari, 
angustd ; latere antico amplissimo, imargine ventrali 
convexo, margine dorsali brevi, deslivi, complanatin 
depresso, margine terminali subsinuato, dentibus la- 
teralibus proximis. 
Tue PHILIPPINE TELLINA. 
ventricose, thin, white or purple, smooth; posterior 
Shell rounded subtrigonal, 
side rather wedge-shaped, attenuated, compressed, 
flexuous, angular, acuminated at the end, postangu- 
lar area narrow; anterior side very full, ventral mar- 
gin convex, dorsal margin short, sloping, flatly de- 
pressed, terminal margin with a slight sinus, lateral 
teeth approximate. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch. f. 55, 56. 
Hab. Philippines. 
In some degree resembling Tellina ampullacea. 

Species 132. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA GRactILis. el. testd oblonga, angustd, tenui, 
subequilaterali, albidd, ad latera rosco radiata, medio 
roseo suffusi, minutissime striatd ; latere postico sub- 
attenuato, termino acuminato, obtuse angulato, ared 
postangulart subalatd, margine ventral prope angulum 
emarginato, medio umbonibus productis, aculis, mar- 
gine ventrali recto ; latere antico semiovali, prope mar- 
ginem dorsalem subdepresso, dentibus lateralibus sub- 
obsoletis. 
SLENDER TELLINA. 
THE Shell oblong, narrow, thin, 
subequilateral, whitish, rayed with rose on each 
side, suffused with rose in the centre, very minutely 
striated ; posterior side rather attenuated, acuminated 
at the end, obtusely angular, with the postangular 
area rather alated, ventral margin near the angle 
emarginated, middle with the umboes produced, 
acute, ventral margin straight; anterior side half- 
oval, shghtly depressed near the dorsal margin, la- 
teral teeth nearly obsolete. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. Australia. 
A beautiful shell, unlike every other in form, 

