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Figure 12, 7. (Maus. Taylor.) 
A beautiful variety of TELLINa PERNA. See Plate IV. 
Tellina egregia, Desh. 
Species 164. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA INQUINATA. 
pallide fulvd, subequilaterd, levigatd, aut irregula- 
Tel. testa ovata, compressa, solidd, 
riter striatd ; latere postico subcuneato, subrostrato, 
margine dorsali depresso, declivi, termino truncato, 
angulo radianti obtuso, flewuré haud conspicud ; latere 
antico subrotundo, margine dorsali declivi, umbonibus 
acuminatis, ligamenta magno, prominentt. 
THE STAINED TELLINA. Shell ovate, compressed, solid, 
pale fulvous, subequilateral, smooth, or irregularly 
striated ; posterior side somewhat wedge-shaped, sub- 
rostrated, dorsal margin depressed, sloping, end 
truncated, radiating angle obtuse, flexure not con- 
spicuous; anterior side rather rounded, dorsal mar- 
gin sloping, umboes acuminated, ligament large, 
prominent, 
DrsHaAyYeEs. 
Hab. Vancouver's Island. 
More solid and less flexuous than Zellina pumila, which 
it resembles in general form. 

Species 165. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TrELLINA BRUGUIEREL. 
gond, lenticulari, solidd, concentricé et radiatim minu- 
Tel. testa elatd, rotundo-subtri- 
tissimée striata, pallidé fulvd ; latere postico brevi, 
angulo obsoleto, flecurad inconspicud, margine dorsali 
valde declivi, supra profunde excavato, termino basali 
breviter truncato, margine ventrali sursum acclivi, um- 
bonibus elevatis, tumidis, ligamento infosso ; latere an- 
tico infra oblique producto, rotundo, margine dorsali 
declivi, prope umbones excavato et cuneato, dentibus 
cardinalibus magnis. 
BruGurbre’s Tenia. Shell elevated, rounded-subtri- 
gonal, lenticular, solid, concentrically and radiately 
very finely striated, pale fulvous ; posterior side short, 

angle obsolete, flexure inconspicuous, dorsal margin 
very sloping, deeply excavated above, lower end 
shortly truncated, ventral margin sloping upwards, 
umboes elevated, tumid, ligament imbedded; ante- 
rior side obliquely produced below, rounded, dorsal 
XXX. 
margin sloping, excavated and cuneate near the um- 
boes, cardinal teeth large. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab, Isl. of Panay, Philippines; H. Cuming. 

Species 166. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA FIMBRIATA. 
compressa, pallidé fulvd, concentrice, liris ninutis, ere- 
Tel. testa solidd, subrotundd, sub- 
bris, laqueatis, et radiatim striis minutis fimbriata ; 
latere postico breviusculo, costé angulatd valida radi- 
ato, arcuatin flexuoso, margine dorsali declivi, supra 
profunde excavato, termino truncato, infra acuminato, 
margine ventrali sursuin acclivi, ante angulum sinu- 
ato, area postangulari angusto, canaliculato ; latere 
antico subinflato, rotundo, imargine dorsali convezxo, 
supra excavato, dentibus lateralibus, inagnis, distan- 
tibus. 
THE FIMBRIATED TELLINA. 
compressed, pale fulyous, concentrically fringed with 
Shell solid, subrotund, sub- 
minute, close, fluted ridges and minute radiating strie ; 
posterior side rather short, rayed with a strong angu- 
lar rib, with an arched flexure, dorsal margin sloping, 
deeply excavated above, truncated at the end, acu- 
minated below, ventral margin sloping upwards, . 
sinuous in front of the angle, postangular area nar- 
row, with a canal or groove; anterior side subinflated, 
rounded, dorsal margin convex, excavated above, la- 
teral teeth large, distant. 
Hanugy, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1844. 
Hab. W. Africa. 

Species 167. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Tevuina Myrrt. Tel. testa rotunda, compressa, alba, 
eleganter liris concentricis ornatd; latere postico 
brevi, angusto, radiatim angulatad et valideé flexuosa, 
ared postangulari latd, compressa, elevatd, alatd, mar- 
gine dorsali elevato, convexo, declivi, margine termi- 
nali obliqud, margine ventrali conspicue sursum ac- 
clivi; latere antico expanso, margine ventrali convexo, 
margine dorsali perelevato, prope umbones excavato, 
umbonibus acutis, arcuatis, ligamento infosso, margine 
cardinali laminato. 
Myer’s TELLINA. 
gantly ornamented with concentric ridges ; posterior 
Shell round, compressed, white, ele- 
June, 1867. 
