LEE TN A. 
Prats XXXVIII. 
Species 57 4. 
TELLINA NITIDA. 
viously given. 
A distinct variety from the one pre- 

Species 214. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA UMBONELLA. 
compressa, alta, albidé; latere postico breviusculo, 
Tel. testé subtrigond, solidd, sub- 
radiatim biangulato, margine dorsali valde declivi, 
termino undulatim truncato, margine ventrali a@qualiter 
convexo ; latere antico longiusculo, margine dorsali 
convexo, valde declivi, umbonibus elevatis, acuminatis, 
ligamento prominente. 
LITTLE BUCKLER TELLINA. Shell subtrigonal, 
solid, subcompressed, elevated, whitish; posterior 
THE 
side rather short, radiately biangular, dorsal margin 
strongly sloped, end wavily truneated, ventral margin 
equally convex ; auterior side rather longer, dorsal 
margin convex, strongly sloped, umboes elevated, 
acuminated, ligament prominent. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. Tellina, n. 48. 
Hab. Port Lincoln, Australia. 

Species 215. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA CumaNa. 
subtruncatd, inflata, levigatd ; latere postico brevi, 
Tel. testa tenui, pallide fulvd, ovatd, 
angulato, margine dorsali concavo, declivi, termino 
laté truncato, margine ventrali prope angulum sursum 
acclivi ; latere antico inflato, lato, producto, termino 
rotundo, umbonibus elevatis. 
THe Cums Texutna. Shell thin, pale fawn, ovate, sub- 
truncate, inflated, smooth; posterior side short, 
angular, dorsal margin concave, sloped, end widely 
truncate, ventral margin sloped upwards near the 
angle; anterior side inflated, wide, produced, end 
rounded, umboes elevated. , 
Costa, Cat. Test. Sicil. 20. t. 2. f. 7. 
Tellina Coste, Philippi. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
Somewhat resembling Tedlina plebeja, but different in 
form. 


Species 216. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA HYALINA. 
levigald, compressa, valde inequilaterali, intus radia- 
tim bicostatd ; latere postico brevi, subquadrato, eleva- 
Tel. testa oblonga, albd, pellucidd, 
tim angulato, margine dorsali declivi, convexo, terimi- 
nali concurrenti, infra ad angulum cuneato ; latere 
antico attenuato, elongato, magis compresso, margine 
dorsali declivi, inflecto, prope umbones concaro. 
THE HYALINE TELLINA. 
smooth, compressed, very inequilateral, with two 
Shell oblong, white, pellueid, 
internal radiating ribs; posterior side short, some- 
what square, with a raised angle, dorsal margin 
sloped, convex, concurrent with terminal margin, 
cuneate beneath at the angle; anterior side attenu- 
ated, elongated, more compressed, dorsal margin 
sloped, folded inwards, convex near the umboes. 
GMELIN, n. 3235. 
Hab. United States. 

Species 217. (Fig. a,6, Mus. Taylor.) 
TELLINA INcpRTA. Tel. testd ovatd, solidd, purpured, 
rubro radiata, seu strained roseo radiata, concentricé 
crebri-sulcatd, ared politd ante angulum posticum tn 
valvuld sinistra ; latere postico breviori, valde flexuoso, 
costa planulaté radiato, margine dorsali declivi, ter- 
mino truncato, infra acuninato, margine ventrali ante 
angulum excavato ; latere antico longiusculo, margine 
dorsali subconvexo, declivi. 
UNCERTAIN TELLINA. Shell ovate, solid, purple 
rayed with red, or straw-coloured rayed with pink, 
concentrically closely sulcated, with a polished area 
before the posterior angle in the left valve; posterior 
THE 
side the shorter, very flexuous, rayed with a flattened 
rib, dorsal margin sloped, end truncated, acuminated 
below, ventral margin excavated in front of the 
angle; anterior side rather longer, dorsal margin 
slightly convex, sloped. 
DrsHAYES, ? 

Hab, Philippines. 
This species differs from Tel/ina crucigera principally in 
having a radiated area of surface near the posterior angle 
in one valve denuded of sulci. 

September, 1867 
