LEE ETNA: 
PLaTE XLIII. 
Species 251. (Mus. Hanley.) 
TELLINA ELLIPTICA. Tel. testa alba, solida, subcompressd, 
ovato-subellipticd, concentrice minutissime liratd ; la- 
tere antico longiusculo, margine dorsali declivi; la- 
tere postico breviusculo, margine dorsali declivi, de- 
presso, termino infra truncato, umbonibus elevatis, 
margine ventrali convexo. 
THE ELLIPTIC TrLiuINa. Shell white, solid, subcom- 
pressed, ovate-subelliptical, concentrically very mi- 
nutely ridged; anterior side rather longer, dorsal 
margin sloped; posterior side rather short, dorsal 
margin sloped, depressed, end truncated below, um- 
boes elevated, ventral margin convex. 
SoWERBY. 
Had. 

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Species 252. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Hanley.) 
TELLINA RETICULATA. Tel. subcuneatd, oblonga, solidi, 
pallidé rosed, ad umbones et super angulum posticum 
vivide roseo pictd, oimnino minutissime striis obliquis 
reticulatd ; latere postico brevi, angulato, margine dor- 
sali brevi, declivi, post umbones depresso, margine ter- 
minal oblique truncato, ventrali sursum acclivi ; latere 
antico suboblique producto, termino rotundo, 
THE RETICULATED TELLINA. Shell subcuneate, oblong, 
solid, pale rose, brightly rose-tinted at the umboes 
and at the posterior angle, all over very minutely re- 
ticulated with oblique strize; posterior side short, 
angulated, dorsal margin short, sloped, depressed 
behind the umboes, terminal margin obliquely trun- 
cated, ventral sloped upwards; anterior side subob- 
liquely produced, end rounded. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. ——? 
The minutely-reticulated sculpture of this species dis- 
tinguishes it from Z’. rhomboidea, which it resembles in 
form. 
OK 
Species 253. (Mus. Hanley.) 
TELLINA TENUILIRATA. 
trata, inequilaterali, liris concentricis confertis minutis 
Tel. testa alba, oblonga, ros- 

March, 1868. 
et striis radiantibus tenuissimis sculpta ; latere antico 
oblongo, convexo, termino rotundo ; latere postico bre- 
viusculo, acuminato, angustato, rostrato, lateraliter 
arcuato, oblique biplicato, ante plicas oblique depresso, 
margine dorsali depresso, post umbones excavato, mar- 
gine terminali truncato, margine ventrali contracto ; 
umbonibus prominentibus, rubro radiatis. 
FINE-RIDGED TrLLINA. Shell white, oblong, 
beaked, inequilateral, sculptured with close, mmute, 
concentric ridges and very fine radiating strie; an- 
terior side oblong, convex, end rounded; posterior 
side rather short, acuminate, narrow, beaked, laterally 
curved with two oblique plaits, obliquely depressed 
in front of the plaits, dorsal margin depressed, ex- 
cavated behind the umboes, terminal margin trun- 
cated, ventral margin contracted; umboes promi- 
nent, rayed with red. 
Sowprsy. 
Hab, 
THE 

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Tellina perna, which resembles this species in form, 
has a smooth surface. 
Species 254. (Fig. a, 46, Mus. Hanley.) 
TELLINA BREVIROSTRATA. Tel. testd subcuneatd, ovato- 
subrostratd, prope margines pallide, prope umbones et 
lateraliter vividé rosaced, concentrice tenuiliratd ; la- 
tere antico amplo, semiovato, margine dorsali convexo- 
declivi ; latere postico acuminato, subrostrato, latera- 
liter arcuato, radiatim biplicato, ante plicas depresso ; 
margine dorsali depresso, declivt, margine ventralt 
sursum acclivi ; umbonibus prominentibus, acutis. 
SHORT-BEAKED TprLLINA. Shell subcuneate, oval- 
subrostrate, rose-coloured, pale near the margins, 
bright near the umboes and at the sides, concentrically 
fine-ridged, anterior side full, semiovate, dorsal margin 
convex-sloped; posterior side acuminated, subros- 
trated, laterally curved, radiately biplicate, depressed 
in front of the plaits ; dorsal margin depressed, sloped, 
ventral margin sloped upwards ; umboes prominent, 
THE 
acute. 
SoOWERBY. 
Hab. 2 

