TELLINA.—Puate XLII. 
Han.py, Sowerby’s Thesaurus Conchyliorum. 
Hab. Cabbalonga, Isl. of Samar, Philippines. 
A pretty little thin, flat species, not in danger of being 
confounded with any other. 

Species 247. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA JUVENILIS. Tel. testa suborbiculari, tenui, 
roseo-purpurascenti, subequilaterali; latere postico 
brevinusculo, radiatim angulato, angulo subcarinato, 
margine dorsali declivi, depresso, termino infra acumi- 
nato, margine ventrali versus angulum paulo elevato, 
medio convero ; latere antico superné valde declivi, 
umbonibus subacuminatis, elevatis, ligamento brevi, 
couspicuo. 
THE JUVENILE TeLuina. Shell suborbicular, thin, 
purplish-rose, subequilateral ; posterior side rather 
short, radiately angular, angle subcarinated, dorsal 
margin sloped, depressed, end acuminated below, 
ventral margin a little raised towards the angle, 
convex in the middle; anterior much sloped above, 
umboes subacuminated, elevated, ligament short, | 
conspicuous. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
fab. Philippines. 
Much more orbicular than Zellina tenuis, and more 
equilateral than several other species of the same group. 

Species 248. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA TENTA. 
flexuosa, convexiusculd, alba, levigatd, valde inequila- 
Tel. testd oblonga, tenuissimd, sub- 
terali ; latere postico brevi, angulo radianti subcari- 
nato, latere dorsali depresso, termino subtruncato, 
infra acuminalo, margine ventrali versus angulum 
gradatim elevato ; latere antico oblique producto, 
termino rotundato, ligamento brevissimo, prominente. 
Tus Bent TeLiina. Shell oblong, very thin, sub- 
flexuous, rather convex, white, smooth, very inequi- 
lateral; posterior side short, with a radiating sub- 
carinated angle, dorsal margin depressed, end sub- 
truncated, acuminated below, ventral margin gradually 

elevated towards the angle; anterior side obliquely 
produced, end rounded, ligament very short and 
prominent. 
Say, American Conchology ; t. 65. f. 3. 
Hab. Boston. 

Species 249. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA FORMOSA. 
interruplis roses utringue radiata ; 
Tel. testd parva, ovata, alba, lineis 
latere postlico 
breviusculo, obscuré angulato, vix truncato, margine 
dorsali conveavo-declivi, margine ventrali equaliter 
convexo ; latere antico semiovato, margine dorsali 
convexo-declivi, umbonibus minutis, haud prominentibus. 
HANDSOME TELLINA. Shell small, oval, white, 
rayed with interrupted red lines on both sides; 
posterior side rather short, obscurely angular, very 
THE 
slightly truncated, dorsal margin convexly sloped, 
ventral margin equally convex; anterior side half- 
oval, dorsal margin convexly sloped, umboes minute, 
not prominent. 
Hanuey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab, Isl. of Zebu, Philippines. 
Somewhat resembling Zellina Balanstina, but narrower 
and more compressed. 

Species 250. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA PISIFORMIS. el. testd parvd, oblique subglo- 
bosd, solidd, nitidd, striis obliquis minutis posticé 
angulatis sculptd, versus margines alba, ad umbones et 
medio rosea ; latere postico oblique producto ; latere 
antico breviori, umbonibus magnis. 
THE PEA-SHAPED TELLINa. Shell small, obliquely 
subglobose, solid, shining, sculptured with oblique, 
minute stria, which are posteriorly angular, white 
towards the margins, pink at the umboes and in the 
middle ; posterior side obliquely produced ; anterior 
side shorter, umboes large. 
Linnaus, Systema Nature. 
Hab. West Indies. 
I am not acquainted with the larger yellow variety 
spoken of in Mr, Hanley’s monograph. 

