TELLINA.—Puare XXIX. 
cuneato, paululum flewuoso, obtuse angulato, ared 
postangulart angustd, depressd, margine dorsali de- 
presso, brevi, ante terminum emarginato, termino acu- 
minato, subproducto, margine ventrali acclivi, ante an- 
gulum subsinuoso ; latere antico longiusculo, expanso, 
margine dorsali declivi, umbonibus retrorsis, acutis. 
Owen’s TeLiIna. Shell white, compressed, rather solid, 
concentrically striated, oblong-subtrigonal ; posterior 
side cuneate, a little flexuous, obtusely angular, post- 
angular area narrow, depressed, dorsal margin de- 
pressed, short, emarginated near the end, acuminated 
and rather produced at the end, ventral margin slop- 
ing upwards, slightly sinuous in front of the angle ; 
anterior side rather longer, expanded, with dorsal 
margin sloping, umboes leaning backwards, acute. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Africa. 
Possibly the same as Z¢dlina serrata. 

Species 160. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA suBovaTa. Ui. 
aequaliter compressa, subquadratim ovata, laevigatd, 
testd nived, semipellucidd, 
haud flexuosa; latere postico breviusculo, margine 
dorsali declivi, terminali truncato, angulo postico sub- 
obsoleto, maryine ventrali rectiusculo ; latere antico 
oblongo, margine dorsali declivi, prope umbones subex- 
cavato, ad terminum obtusissime angulato, dentibus car- 
dinalibus parvis, lateralibus nullis, ligamento subin- 
Josso. 
THE suBovaTE TELLINA. 
lucid, equally compressed, rather squarely ovate, 
Shell snow-white, half-pel- 
smooth, not flexuous; posterior side rather short, 
with dorsal margin sloping, truncated at the end; 
posterior angle nearly obsolete, ventral margin rather 
straight, anterior side oblong, dorsal margin slop- 
ing, excavated near the umboes, very obtusely angu- 
Jar at the end, cardinal teeth small, no lateral teeth, 
ligament partly imbedded. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. New Zealand. 

Species 161. (Mus, Taylor.) 
TELLINA cuLrER. Zel. testd tenui, compressd, ovato-sub- 
trigond, purpureo, levigatd ; latere postico cuneato, 
obscure angulato, leviter fleauoso, termino acuminato ; 
latere antico subrotundo, inflato, margine dorsali prope 
umbones subexcavato, umbonibus retrorsis, acuminatis. 
Tur coutrer TELLINA. Shell thin, compressed, ovato- 
subtrigonal, purple, smooth ; posterior side cuneate, 
obscurely angular, slightly flexuous, acuminated at 
the end; anterior side rather rounded, inflated, dor- 
sal margin slightly excavated near the umboes, um. 
boes leaning backwards, acuminated. 
Hantny, Zool. Proc. 1844. 
Hab. Philippines and Bay of Manilla. 
More clongated and pointed than Zedlina Philippinensis, 
less excavated and more inflated on the anterior side. 

Species 162. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Tenuina PeLLucipa. Tel. testd albd, pellucida, tenui, 
lavigatd, ovatd, equaliter convexd ; latere postico 

ni, flecurd parvd, angulo obsoleto, margine dorsali 
brevi, declivi, termino truncato, margine ventrali ac- 
elivi ; latere antico oblongo, margine dorsali declivi, 
depresso, umbonibus parvis, ligamento parvo, subin- 
Josso, margine cardinali tenui, dentibus centralibus 
parvis, lateralibus nullis. 
Tue PELLUCID TELLIna. Shell white, pellucid, thin, 
smooth, ovate, equally convex ; posterior side short, 
flexure small, angle obsolete, dorsal margin short, 
sloping, end truncated, ventral margin sloping up- 
wards ; anterior side*oblong, dorsal margin sloping, 
depressed, umboes small, ligament small, partly im- 
bedded, hinge margin thin, central teeth small, la- 
teral none. 
Purtiprr, Abb. und Beschr. Comp. part 3. t. 5. f. 4. 
Hab. Bay of Manilla. 


Species 163. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA Gurntaca. Tel. testa solidd, fulvd, rugosa, liris 
concentricis crassiusculis distantibus cinctd, ovali- 

subquadratd, gibbosd ; latere postico oblongo, validé 
angulato, ante angulum depresso, hand flewuoso, mar- 
gine ventrali ante angulum undato ; latere antico bre- 
| viusculo, supra excavato, termino rotundo, umbonibus 
aurantis, subrotundis, ligamento infosso, dentibus car 
dinalibus magnis, lateralibus nullis. 
| THe Guinea TELLINA. 
girt with concentric, rather thick, distant ridges, 
oval-subquadrate, gibbous; posterior side oblong, 
strongly angular, depressed but not flexuous in front 
Shell solid, light brown, rough, 

of the angle, ventral margin undated in front of the 
angle; anterior side rather short, excavated above, 
rounded at the end, umboes orange, rather rounded, 
ligament imbedded, cardinal teeth large, no lateral 
| teeth. 
| CoeMn11z, vol. xi. p. 848. f. 1651-1652. 
| Lellina polygona, Gmelin. 
Lellina Abilgaardiana, Speyer ? 
| Hab. Guinea. 
Resembling some varieties of 7. fragilis, but with more 
distant ridges ; altogether a coarser and deeper shell. 
