eae IN cA. 
PuatE XXVII. 
Fig, 122, 0. (Mus. MacAndrew.) 
TeLuina Mapprrensis. ‘The first figure was inadver- 
tently coloured from an uncharacteristic specimen, 
Fig. 128, 6. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA TENUISTRIATA. This figure represents the true 
colour of the shell. 
Species 143. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Taylor.) 
TeLLina Fasricit. el. testd parva, subrotundd, crassa, 
compressa, levigatd, epidermide pallidé olivaceo, tenui, 
indutd, intus alba, umbonibus compressis, minimé pro- 
minentibus, centralibus ; latere postico obscure angu- 
lato et truncato, margine dorsali dectlivi, ligamento 
brevi, prominente, flecurd obsoleta. 
Fapricius’s TELLINA. Shell small, subrotund, thick, 
compressed, smooth, covered with a thin, pale olive 
epidermis, white within, umboes compressed, not 
prominent, central; posterior side obscurely angular 
and truncated, dorsal margin sloping, ligament short, 
prominent, flexure obsolete. 
Han ey, Thesaurus Conchyliorum, Tellina, sp.188. f.112. 
Venus fragilis, Fabricius. 
Hab. Northern Seas. 

Species 144. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA ALA. 
press, ininute concentricé striata ; latere postico bre- 
Tel. testa alba, rotundato-subtrigona, com- 
viusculo, attenuato, acuminato, margine dorsali de- 
clivi, ared postangulari acutd, angustd, termino ros- 
trato, margine ventrali ad terminum emarginato ; la- 
tere antico expando, rotundo, subinflato, umbonibus 
acuminatis, ligamento subinfosso, flewurd posticd va- 
lida. 
THE winG TELLINA. 
compressed, minutely concentrically striated ; poste- 
Shell white, round, subtrigonal, 
rior side rather short, attenuated, acuminated, with 
dorsal margin sloping, postangular area acute, nar- 
row, rostrated at the end, with ventral margin si- 
nuated at the end; anterior side expanded, rounded, 
rather inflated, umboes acuminated, ligament partly 
imbedded ; posterior flexure strong, 
Hantzy, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 


Hab. Ceylon. 
This white, concentrically striated species has a very 
sharp, sudden flexure, and acuminated posterior termina- 
tion, 

Species 145. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA PROXIMA. vel. testd subovatd, sordidé albé, 
levigatd, compressd; latere postico breviusculo, at- 
tenuato, subtruncato, margine dorsali declivi, margine 
ventrali sursum acclivi ; latere antico expanso, rotun- 
dato, supra subdeclivi, umbonibus acuminatis, retrorsis, 
ligamento prominente, flexurd posticd levi. 
PROXIMATE TELLINA. Shell subovate, dull white, 
smooth, compressed; posterior side rather short, 
attenuated, subtruncated, with dorsal margin sloping, 
ventral margin sloping upwards; anterior side ex- 
panded, rounded, slightly sloping above, umboes 
acumiuated, leaning backwards, ligament prominent ; 
THE 
posterior flexure shght. 
Brown, Zoology to Beechey’s Voyage, p. 154. 
Tellina sordida, Couthouy. 
Macroma tenera, Leach. 
Hab. Arctic Seas. 

Species 146. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA RoTUNDATA. Tel. testa albd, tenui, inflata, 
ovato-subrotundd, concentrice irregulariter striata, 
epideriide pallidd, tenuissinad indutd ; latere postico 
subacuminato, supra declivi, infra sursum acclivi, ter- 
mino obtuso, anyulo obscure, flewurd inconspicud ; la- 
tere antico rotundo, umbonibus rotundis, vie retrorsis, 
margine cardinali dentibus cardinalibus parvis, late- 
ralibus nullis, 
ROUNDED TeLLINA. Shell white, thin, inflated, 
rather rounded oval, concentrically irregularly stri- 
Tur 
ated, covered with a very thin, pale epidermis ; pos- 
terior side subacuminated, sloping above, sloping 
upwards beneath, obtuse at the end, angle obscure, 
flexure inconspicuous, anterior side rounded, umboes 
round, very slightly leaning backward, hinge margin 
with cardinal teeth small, no lateral teeth. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab, ——? 
June, 1867. 
