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Species 155. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA SALMONEA. vl. testd pared, solidd, politi, 
subcuneatd, equivalvi, via fleauosd, albidd, intus sal- 
mone; latere postico brevissimo, margine dorsali. de- 
clivi, termino truncato, margine ventrali ad terminui 
obtuse angulato ; latere antico oblongo, margine ven~ 
trali rotundo, margine dorsali declivi, umbonibus par- 
vis, ligamento brevi, margine cardinali crassa, dentibus 
lateralibus brevibus, cardinalibus parvis. 
THE SALMON-TINTED TELLINA. Shell small, solid, po- 
lished, subeuneated, equivalve, very little flexuous, 
whitish, salmon-tinted within; posterior side very 
short, with dorsal margin sloping, end truncated, 
ventral margin obtusely angular at the end ; anterior 
side oblong, ventral margin rounded, dorsal margin 
sloping, umboes small, ligament short, hinge margin 
thick, with lateral teeth short, cardinal teeth small. 
CARPENTER. 
Hab. Vancouver's Island. 
A pretty little polished Donaciform shell, salmon-tinted 
within. 

Species 156. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA UNIFASCIATA. 
rosed, postice fascia rubra radiatd, oblonga, levigatd ; 
Tel. testé pared, tenui, pallide 
latere postico brevi, oblique truncato, ad terminum 
basalem acuminato ; latere antico oblongo, ad termi- 
num rotundo, margine dorsali convexo, declivi, flecura 
posticé haud profundd, umbonibus parvis, ligamento 
brevi, prominenti, margine cardinali tenuissimo, eden- 
tulo. 
THE SINGLE-BANDED TELLINA. Shell small, thin, pale 
rose, rayed posteriorly with a red band, oblong, 
smooth; posterior side short, obliquely truncated, 
acuminated at the basal extremity ; anterior side 
oblong, rounded at the end, dorsal margin convexly 
sloping ; posterior flexure not deep, umboes small, 
ligament short, prominent, cardinal margin very thin, 
toothless. 
SowERBY. 
ab. ——? 
This does not appear to have been hitherto described ; 
it is a very thin shell, inflated anteriorly, and rather more 
depressed and contracted posteriorly, with a pink radiating — 
band near the posterior angle. 

XXIX. 
Species 157. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Truuina cyanus. el. testd tenuissimd, alba, oblonga, 
levigatd ; latere postico subcompresso, cuneato, supra 
declivi, infra acclivi, termino truncato, angulo et 
flexurad vix conspicuis, margine ventrali leviter si- 
nuato; latere antico inflato, subrotundo, wmbonibus 
retrorsis, ligamento brevi, dentibus cardinalibus parvis, 
lateralibus nullis. 
swaN TELLINA. 
THE Shell very thin, white, oblong, 
smooth; posterior side somewhat compressed, wedge- 

shaped, sloping downwards and upwards, truncated 
at the end, angle and flexure scarcely conspicuous, 
ventral margin slightly sinuous; anterior side in- 
flated, rather rounded, umboes leaning backwards, 
ligament short, cardinal teeth small, lateral teeth 
none. 
Han ey, Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Bureas, Isle of Negroes, Philippines. 
This graceful white little shell is not liable to be con- 
founded with any other. 

Species 158. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA FRAGILIS. 
pallide fuled, umbonibus aurantiis, inflatd, ovato-sub- 
Tel. testé tenui, rugosd, alba vel 
trigond, laminis concentricis subdistantibus liratd ; 
latere postico cuneato, obtuse angulato, termino acu- 
minato, subrostrato, flecura obsoletd ; latere antico in- 
flato, brevi, rotundo, umbonibus rotundis, prominenti- 
bus, ligamento brevi, dentibus cardinalibus magus. 
Tap PRAGILE TrLLtna. Shell thin, rough, white or 
pale fulvous, with orange umboes, inflated, oval-sub- 
trigonal, ridged with concentric, somewhat distant 
laminze ; posterior side wedge-shaped, obtusely an- 
gular, acuminated and subrostrated at the ends, flex- 
ure obsolete; anterior side inflated, short, rounded, 
umboes rounded, prominent, ligament short, cardinal 
teeth large. 
Lixyxus, Systema Nature, 1117. 
Petricola ochroleuca, Lamk. 
Diodonta frayilis, Auct. 
The specimens differ from each other in the distance 
and coarseness of the concentric ridges. 


Species 159. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
Teuumna OweEnt. el. testé albd, compressa, subsolidd, 
concentrice striata, oblongo-subtrigona ; latere postica 
June, 1867. 
