TELLINA.—Pnrats XL. 
Tue Irus Trrtina. Shell ovate-subtrigonal, solid, pale 
fulvous, concentrically very minutely wrinkled, sub- 
compressed, acuminated below on both sides ; poste- 
rior side radiately angular and flexuous, dorsal mar- 
gin convex-sloped, end acuminated, ventral margin 
rather sinuous near the angle, very convex in the 
middle ; anterior side equally sloped upwards and 
downwards, end rather round, umboes elevated, liga- 
ment partly imbedded. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Guinea. 
Species 230. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA vestauis. el. testd oblonga, angustd, com- 
pressd, tenui, albd, levigatd ; latere postico brevius- 
culo, arcuatim biangulato, margine dorsali prope win- 
bones depresso, tum convewo, terimino inter angulos 
subemarginato, margine ventrali rectiusculo; latere 
autico producto, margine dorsali subconvexo, termino 
votundo. 
THe vesTaAL Teiuina. Shell oblong, narrow, com- 
pressed, thin, white, smooth; posterior side rather 
short, arched in a double angle, dorsal margin de- 
pressed near the umboes, then convex, end between 
the angles subemarginate, ventral margin rather 

straight ; anterior side produced, dorsal margin 
somewhat convex, end round. 
Hanuey, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1844. 
Hab. Isl. Luzon, Philippines. 
By an unfortunate inadvertence, a variety of Tellina 
jfimbriata has been figured and described under this name 
as species 87. 
Species 231. (Mus. Cuming in Brit. 
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TrELLINA GRaNDIS. Tel. testd ovato-subtrigond, solidd, 
levi, converd, albidi, epidermide tenuissimad indutd ; 
latere postico breviusculo, obscure angulato et fleanoso, 
termino late truncato, margine dorsali recto, declivi, 
margine ventrali @equaliter convexo; Jatere antico 
producto, margine dorsali subconvexo, declivi, ligamento 
magno, conspicuo. 
THE LARGE TeLtina. Shell ovate-subtrigonal, solid, 
smooth, convex, whitish, covered with a very thin 
epidermis ; posterior side very short, obscurely angu- 
lar and flexuous, end widely truncated, dorsal mar- 
gin straight, sloped, ventral margin equally convex ; 
anterior side produced, dorsal margin slightly con- 
vex, sloped, ligament large, conspicuous. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Tumbez, Peru. 
