TELLINA.—Prate XXXVI. 
equaliter convexo ; latere antico attenuato, producto, 
margine dorsali depresso, umbonibus subelevatis, liga- 
mento subinfosso. 
THE UNEQUAL TeLtIna. Shell oval-oblong, white, 
compressed, solid, sculptured with oblique undulated 
strize, which are nearly concentric near the margin ; 
posterior side short, wide, radiately angular, dorsal 
margin elevated, sloped, obtusely serrated, end trun- 
cated, ventral margin equally convex ; anterior side 
dorsal 
umboes slightly elevated, ligament partly imbedded. 
HANLEY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844 ; Thesaurus, Tellina, f. 44. 
Hab. Ceylon. 
attenuated, produced, margin depressed, 
The sculpture of this species distinguishes it from Ted- 
lina gagardia, as a variety of which we described it in a 
foregoing number. It is a much narrower shell. 

Species 212. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA TRUNCATULA. Tel. testa sublanceolatd, com- 
pressd, tenui, roseo-aurantiad ; latere postico brevi, 
angusto, margine dorsali depresso, convexo, termino 
sinuato et truncato, infra acuminato, margine ventrali 
subequaliter convexo ; latere antico oblongo, termino 
rotundo, umbonibus parvis, acutis. 
THE TRUNCATULATE TELLINA. Shell sublanceolate, 
compressed, thin, orange-rose; posterior side short, 
narrow, dorsal margin depressed, convex, the end 

sinuated and truncated, acuminated below, ventral 
margin nearly equally convex; anterior side oblong, 
end round, umboes small, acute. 
SowrrsBy, Tank. Cat. App. p. 3; Thesaurus, Tellina, 
f69: 
Hab. \o-Ho, Isl. of Panay, Philippines. 

Species 213. (Mus. Gray.) 
TELLINA PLECTRUM. 
solida, 
postico acuté angulato, post angulum subcompresso, 
Tel. testd ovato-subtrigond, albd, 
alta, concentrice confertim liraté; latere 
margine dorsali declivi, subconcavo, termino late trun- 
cato, infra acuminatim cuneato, margine ventrali 
aqualiter convexo ; latero antico breviusculo, margine 
dorsali declivi, termino late rotundo, umbonibus elevatis, 
acuminatis. 
HELM TeLtina. Shell ovate-subtrigonal, white, 
solid, elevated, concentrically- closely ridged ; poste- 
rior side acutely angular, subcompressed behind the 
angle, dorsal margin sloped, slightly concave, widely 
truncated at the end, acuminately cuneate below, 
ventral margin equally convex ; anterior side rather 
THE 
short, dorsal margin sloped, the end widely rounded | 
umboes elevated, acuminated. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845; Thesaurus, Tellina, 177. 
Hab, —— +? 
Only a single valve exists in the above-mentioned col- 
lection. 
