TELLINA.—Prate XXXVI. 
declivi, costé radianti valida ; latere antico oblongo, ad | 
terminum rotundo. 
Puaraon’s TrELuiIna. Shell elongated, beaked, solid, | 
finely striated, inequilateral, slightly flexuous, rose- | 
coloured, orange near the umboes; posterior side | 
attenuated, ventral margin sinuated, end truncated, 
dorsal margin sloped, radiating rib strong; anterior | 
side oblong, rounded at the end. 
Haney. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thesaurus, Tellina, f. 215. 
Hab. Red Sea. 
More solid than Zellina vulsedla, with the beak more 
attenuated and distinctly marked by the sinus of the ven- | 
tral margin, and concentrically striated. 
Species 206. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA SPINOSA. 

Tel. testd subovatd, altd, compressa, 
albidé ; latere postico brevi, acute radiatim angulatd, | 
angulo serrato, ared postangulari medio serrata, mar- 
gine dorsali declivi, spinis acutis subdistantibus armata, 
umbonibus subretrorsis, margine ventrali cequaliter 
convexo ; latere antico angusto, margine dorsali prope 
umbones excavato. 
Tue spinous Trettina. Shell subovate, high, com- 
pressed, whitish ; posterior side short, sharply radi- 
ately angular, angle serrated, postangular area ser- 
rated in the middle, dorsal margin sloped, armed 
with acute, rather distant spines, umboes leaning 
slightly backwards, ventral margin equally convex ; 
anterior side narrow, dorsal margin excavated near 
the umboes. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844; Thesaurus, f. 40. 
Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines. 
On examination of the specimen in Mr. Cuming’s collec- 
tion, I have become convinced that this species is distinct, 
and not the young of 7. gargadia and T. inequalis. 
