TELLINA.—Prate XLI. 
acuminato ; latere antico magis inflato, oblique semi- 
ovato, margine dorsali declivi, umbonibus rotundis, 
haud prominentibus, ligamento subinfosso. 
Tue HaALF-rossIL Tevurwa. Shell pale yellow, smooth, 
not shining, laterally subpyriform, moderately con- 
vex ; posterior side rather short, narrow, acuminated, 
slightly bent, very obscurely angular, dorsal margin 
sloped, end very obliquely truncated, acuminated 
below ; anterior side more inflated, obliquely semi- 
ovate, dorsal margin sloped, umboes rounded, not 
prominent, ligament partly imbedded. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. Port Jackson; G. F. Angas, Esq. 

Species 238. (Mus. Cuming in Brit. 
P g 
TELLINA SOULEYETI. 
compressa, postice flexuosa ; latere postico acuminato, 
Tel. testa oblonga, alba, levigald, 
rostrato, costa obliqud elevatd et flewurd conspicuis, 
area postangulari angusté depressi, superne, prope 
marginem, radiatim plicatd, margine dorsali depresso, 
declivi, laterali sinuoso, terminali oblique subtruncato, 
ventrali ante angulum contracto, medio recto ; latere 
antico oblongo, maryine dorsali declivi, umbonibus 
acutis, subcentralibus. 
SouLnyer’s TELLINA. 
compressed, flexuous behind; posterior side acu- 
Shell oblong, white, smooth, 
minated, beaked, with oblique, elevated rib and 
flexure conspicuous, postangular area depressed 
above, near the margin, with a radiating fold, dorsal 
margin depressed, sloped, lateral sinuous, terminal 
obliquely subtruneated, ventral contracted before the 
angle, straight in the middle; anterior side oblong, 
dorsal margin sloped, umboes acute, subcentral. 
Haney, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1844. 
Hab. San Nicholas, Island of Zebu, Philippines. 

Species 239. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA LACINIATA. 
alba, solidd, compressa, striis radiantibus et liris 
Tel. testé orbiculari-subtrigond, 
crenulatis subdistantibus concentricis sculptad ; latere 
postico subacuminato, radiatim angulato, margine 
dorsali valde declivi, prope umbones excavato, liga- 
mento subinfosso, margine ventrali equaliter conversa ; 
latere antico semirotundo, margine dorsali declivi, 
ante umbones subexcavato, umbonibus centralibus, an- 
gulatim elevatis. 
prinGED TeLtina. Shell orbicular-subtrigonal, 
white, solid, compressed, sculptured with radiating 
THE 
striz and crenulated subdistant concentric ridges ; 
posterior side subacuminated, radiately angular, dor- 
sal margin much sloped, excavated near the umboes, 
ligament partly imbedded, ventral margin equally 

convex; anterior side half-circular, dorsal margin 
sloped, slightly excavated in front of the umboes, 
umboes central, angularly elevated. 
SowERBy. 
Hab. ——? 
More equivalve and orbicular than 7. ostracea, T. per- 
plexa, ete. 

Species 240. (Mus. Sowerby.) 
TELLINA SIMPLEX. ed. testd oblique ovata, tenui, alba, 
levigatd ; latere postico brevi, angusto, obscuré an- 
gulato, margine dorsali declivi, termino oblique trun- 
cato, infra acuminato, margine ventrali flexuoso ; 
latere antico oblique oblongo, margine dorsali declivi, 
umbonibus retrorsis, ligamento infosso. 
THe stmpeLE TruLtna. Shell obliquely ovate, thin, 
white, smooth ; posterior side short, narrow, with an 
obseure angle, dorsal margin sloped, obliquely trun- 
cated at the end, acuminated beneath, ventral mar- 
gin flexuous ; anterior side obliquely oblong, dorsal 
margin sloped, umboes inclined backwards, ligament 
imbedded. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. ——? 
Simple as is the form of this white oval shell, there 
seems to be no other species precisely resembling it. 

Species 241. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA SUBTRUNCATA. 
alta, inflata, pallida, impolitd, creberrime striis serra- 
Tel. testa oblique subcuneata, 
tis sculptd ; latere postico brevissimo, truncato, prope 
marginem radiatim angulato, termino infra acu- 
minato, ante angulum compresso, contracto, ared post- 
angulari angustissind, margine dorsali  brevissino, 
declivi, wmbonibus elevatis, margine ventrali sursum 
acclivi; latere antico oblique producto et ventricoso, 
margine dorsali valde declivi, ante umbones excavato, 
margine ventrali antice valde convewo. 
THE sUBTRUNCATE TELLINA. Shell obliquely sub- 
cuneate, elevated, inflated, pale, not polished, closely 
sculptured with serrated strie ; posterior side very 
short, truncated, with a radiating angle near the 
margin, acuminated at the end below, compressed 
and contracted in front of the angle, postangular area 
very acute, dorsal margin very short, sloped, umboes 
elevated, ventral margin sloped upwards ; anterior 
side obliquely produced and ventricose, dorsal margin 
much sloped, excavated in front of the umboes, ventral 
margin very convex in front. 
Han ey, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1844. 
Hab. Island of Bohol, Phihppines. 
September, 1867. 
