The NAY: 
Puate XXXIIT. 
Species 182. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Tuttina Bopgsensis. el. testd pallidé fulvd, oblongo- 
ovata, compressa, complanatd, creberrimé sulcatd ; la- 
tere postico brevi, radiatim angulato, margine dorsali 
prope umbones excavato, tenui, convewo, declivi, termino 
oblique truncato, infra acuminato, margine ventrali 
rectiusculo ; latere antico oblongo, margine dorsali 
recto, paulo declivi, termino rotundo. 
Tue Bopesas Teriina. Shell pale fulvous, oblong- 
ovate, compressed, flattened, very closely sulcated ; 
posterior side short, radiately angular, with dorsal 
margin excavated near the umboes, thin, concave, 
sloping, end obliquely truncated, acuminated below, 
ventral margin rather straight ; anterior side oblong, 
dorsal margin straight, a little sloping, rounded at 
the end. 
Hinps, Voy. Sulph. vol. ii. t. 21. f. 2. 
Hab. Russian Bodejas. 

Species 185. (Fig. a, Mus. Sowerby; Fig. 4, Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA capsorpEs. Tel. testd solidd, subovatd, sub- 
compressa, striis radiantibus, liris concentricé elevatis 
crebris et rugis subundatis cancellatd ; latere postico 
subtrigono, margine dorsali supra deflexo, excavato, 
angulo subduplicato, area postangulari angustd, de- 
pressd, termino truncato, flexurad ante angulum incon- 
spicud, margine ventrali prope angulum leviter emar- 
ginato ; latere antico semiovato, margine dorsali prope 
umbones excavato. 
THe capsa-LIKE TrLLINA. Shell solid, subovate, sub- 
compressed, cancellated with radiating strie, very 
close, numerous, raised, concentric ridges, and slightly 
undulated wrinkles ; posterior side subtrigonal, with 
dorsal margin bent down, excavated, angle subdu- 
plicate, postangular area narrow, depressed, end 
truncated, flexure in front of the angle inconspicuous, 
ventral margin near the angle slightly notched ; ante- 
rior side semi-ovate, dorsal margin excavated near 
the umboes. 
LaMARcK, Anim. sans vert. n. 44. 
Hab. Philippines, Australia, ete. 
The Australian variety is more finely sculptured, but 
this is so much a question of degree, that it would be im- 
possible to sort the numerous species under two divisions. 


Species 184. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Teiiina Picta. Tel. testa oblongo-subovatd, pallidé stra- 
mined, radiis roseis interruptis vivide pictd, concen- 
trice laminis tenuibus, crebris, plerumque parallelibus 
liratd ; latere postico contracto, rostrato, angulo ele- 
vato radiato, flecurd magna, arcuatd, margine dorsal: 
planulatim deflewo, margine terminali truncato, inar- 
gine ventrali ante angulum contracto ; latere anticc 
oblongo, versus terininum declini. 
THE PAINTED TELLINA. 
straw, brightly painted with interrupted pink rays, 
Shell oblong-subovate, pale 
concentrically ridged with close, thin, mostly parallel 
laminee ; posterior side contracted, rostrated, rayed 
with an elevated angle, flexure large, arched, dorsal 
margin bent down flatly, terminal margin truncate. 
ventral margin contracted in front of the angle ; 
anterior side oblong, sloping towards the end. 
SowErsy. 
Hab. 
This very beautiful shell differs from Ze//ina rastellum, 
? 

in the absence of oblique strize on the posterior side. 

Species 185. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TELIINA PrRistis. Tel. testd rotundo-subovatd, alta, in- 
flata, solidé, laminis concentricis, plerumque paralleli- . 
bus, ad angulum posticum et margines dorsalibus sub- 
spinosis liratd, radiatim tenuiter striata ; latere pos- 
tico acute angulato, ante angulum flewuoso, margine 
ventrali validé sursum acclivi, margine dorsali supra 
profundé excavato, termino truncato; latere antico 
rotundo, margine dorsali brevi, subspinoso, excavato. 
Tue GALLEY TeLLIna. Shell round-subovate, elevated, 
inflated, solid, ridged with concentric, mostly parallel 
lamine, subspinous at the posterior angle and dorsal 
margins, radiately finely striated; posterior side 
acutely angular, flexuous in front of the angle, ven- 
tral margin very much sloped upwards, dorsal mar- 
gin deeply excavated above, end truncated; ante- 
rior side rounded, dorsal margin short, subspinous, 
excavated. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. Tellina, n. 41. 
Hab. Australia. 
A more inflated and rounded shell than Zedlina cap- 
soides. At the dorsal margins the lamini are raised into 
June, 1867. 
