TELLINA. 
PLATE XXV. 
Species 133. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA OupaRDI. 
leraliter flexuosa, rosed, ad latera alba, prope umbones 
Tel. testd oblique ovali, posticé la- 
vivide rubra, concentrice tenuiter liratd, radiatim le- 
viter striata ; latere postico subacuminato, angulato, 
post angulum depresso, angusto, ante angulum flexuo- 
so, margine ventrali sinuoso, surstin acclivi, margine 
dorsali convexo, declivi ; latere antico oblongo, amplo, 
margine dorsali declivi. 
Ouparp’s Truttna. Shell obliquely oval, posteriorly 
laterally flexuous, rose-coloured, white at the sides, 
bright-red near the umboes, concentrically finely 
ridged, radiately lightly striated ; posterior side sub- 
acuminated, angular, depressed behind the angle, 
narrow, flexuous in front of the angle, ventral mar- 
gin sinuous, sloping upwards, dorsal margin convex, 
sloping; anterior side oblong, full, dorsal margin 
sloping. 
PayRatDEAv, Cat. Corse, p. 40. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
The strength of the colour is under the surface, and 
the fine strive radiating across the concentric ridges cut 
through them, so as to give the appearance of lightish 
rays. 

Species 134. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA SIMILIs. 
albd, minute oblique suleatd ; latere postico breviusculo, 
Tel. testa oblonga, ovali, subcompressd, 
angulato, post angulum laté truneato, concentrice Li- 
rato, liris paulo ante angulum continuis, margine 
dorsali paulo declivi; latere antico oblongo, supra 
subdeclivi, infra subconvead, dentibus lateralibus an- 
ticis umboni proximis. 
THe simitar TELuina. Shell oblong, oval, subcom- 
pressed, white, minutely obliquely sulcated ; posterior 
side rather short, angular, widely truncated behind 
the angle, concentrically ridged, the ridges continued 
a little in front of the angle, dorsal margin a little 
sloping ; anterior side oblong, slightly sloping above, 
rather convex beneath, anterior lateral teeth near the 
umboes. 
Sowersy, Brit. Miscell. p. 75. 
Hab. West Indies. 
The posterior side, behind and a little before the angle, 

is suleated, and there are oblique strie on the middle 
and anterior surface. 

Species 135. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TeLima princers. el. testdé oblonga, ovali-subtrigond, 
compressa, vivide rubra, marginibus albis, subequi- 
laterali, solidd, concentricé minutissimé liratd, striis 
radiantibus tenuissimis decussatd ; latere postico an- 
gulato, area postangulari angustad, depressd, margine 
serrato, termine sinuato, margine dorsal declivi, recto, 
complanato, depresso, ligamento mayno ; latere antico 
declivi, convexo, margine ventrali medio recti, termi- 
nibus sursin acclivi. 
THE PRINCE TELLINA. Shell oblong, oval-subtrigonal, 
compressed, vividly red, margins white, subequila- 
teral, solid, concentrically very minutely ridged, de- 
cussated with very fine radiating lines ; posterior side 
angular, postangular area narrow, depressed, with 
serrated margin, sinuated at the end, dorsal margin 
sloping, straight, flattened, depressed, with large 
ligament; anterior side sloping, convex, ventral margin 
straight in the middle, sloping upwards at the ends. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thes. Conch. f. 194. 
Hab. Tumbez, Peru. 

Species 136. (Maus. Taylor.) 
THLLINA TRIANGULARIS. Tel. testd oblique subtrigond, 
postice producta, alba, prope umbones subrosed, com- 
press, complanata ; latere postico producto, acwni- 
nato, prope angulun striis divaricatim undulatis sculp- 
to, margine ventrali surstim acclivi, margine dorsali 
angulato, depresso, declivo, ligamento subinfosso ; la- 
tere antico brevi, subtruncato, dentibus cardinalibus 
nullis. 
THE TRIANGULAR TELLINA. Shell obliquely subtrigonal, 
produced at the back, white, pinkish near the um- 
boes, compressed, flattened ; posterior side produced, 
acuminated, sculptured near the angle, with diver- 
ging, undulating stri, ventral margin sloping up- 
wards, dorsal margin angular, depressed, sloping, 
ligament partly imbedded ; anterior side short, sub- 
truneated, cardinal teeth none. 
Cuemnrrz, Conchology, vol. vi. p. 96. f. $5. 
March, 1867. 
