TELLINA ANGULATA. 
THE ANGULAR TELLINA. 
TELLINA.—Puate XXVI. 
Species 141. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Tel. testa alba, inflata, tenui, levi- 
gaté, oblique retrorsd, alta; latere postico brevi, 
margine dorsali valde declivi, termino rotundo, infra 
angulatim flecuoso, angulo ad marginem ventralem 
elevato, margine ventrali ad angulum sursim acclivi, 
deinde leviter convexo, umbonibus inflatis, retrorsis ; 
latere antico oblique producto, prope marginem wn- 
presso, termino subemarginato, margine dorsali valde 
declivi, prope wmbones subexcavato, cardine trigono, 
dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
Shell white, inflated, thin, 
smooth, obliquely leaning backwards, elevated ; poste- 
rior side short, dorsal margin very sloping, rounded at 
the end, angularly flexuous beneath, angle elevated at 
the ventral margin, ventral margin sloping upwards 
at the angle, then slightly convex, umboes full, 
leaning backwards ; anterior side obliquely produced, 
impressed near the margin, emarginated at the end, 
dorsal margin very sloping, slightly excavated near 
the umboes, hinge trigonal, no lateral teeth. 
Cuemnitz, Conch. vol. vi. p. 89. f. 74, 75. 
Lutraria Tellinoides, Lamk. 
TELLINA PLICATA. 
THE PLICATED TELLINA. 
Species 142. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Tel. testa alba, subventricosd, tenui, 
alta, subovali, laminis minutis concentricis extanti- 
bus acutis liratd ; latere postico breviusculo, latera- 
liter flewuoso, biangulato, in alterd valvuld depresso, 
termino acuminato, margine dorsali elevato, subalato, 
margine ventrali sursim acclivi, ad angulum sinuato ; 
latere antico inflato, rotundo, margine ventrali con- 
vexo, margine dorsali declivi, subalato, prope umbones 
foveata. 
Shell white, subventricose, 
thin, elevated, subovate, ridged with minute, con- 
centric, raised, sharp laminz; posterior side rather 
short, laterally flexuous, with two angles, depressed 
in the other valve, acuminated at the end, dorsal 
margin elevated, subalated, ventral margin sloping 
upwards, sinuated at the angle ; anterior side inflated, 
rounded, ventral margin convex, dorsal margin 
sloping, slightly alated, with a small hollow near the 
umboes. 
VALENCIENNES, Enc. Méth. t. 287. f. 3. 
fab. 
2) 

The sculpture of this shell is beyond description beau- 
‘ey S Yeoroes ilippi s : F ; P 
Hab. Ceylon and Island of Negroes, Philippines. tiful. It consists of regular thin lamine, following the 
Of an oblique, subtrigonal form, much inflated, and | graceful curves of the surface. 
sloping backwards. 


