PB Eis NAY. 
Prate XLVII. 
Species 277. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA TEXTILIS. 
solida, minutissime concentrice et radiatim striata, 
Tel. testi subovatd, subcompressd, 
versus margines luteo-albidd, medio rosed, postice 
rubro radiatd, versus umbones vivide rubra; latere 
postico brevi, declivi, ligamento magno ; latere antico 
lato, oblongo, dentibus lateralibus nullis, cardinalibus 
parvis. 
THE TEXTILE TELLINA. 
solid, very minutely concentrically and radiately 
striated, yellowish-white towards the umboes, pink 
in the middle, posteriorly rayed with red, bright 
red towards the umboes; posterior side short, 
sloped, ligament large; anterior side broad, oblong, 
cardinal teeth small, lateral none. 
Desuayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. 
Shell subovate, subcompressed, 
P) 

Species 278. (Figs. a, 4, c, d, Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA SILICULA. 
formi, levigatd, medio arcuatd, albd radiis rubris 
Tel. testa solidd, oblonga, donaci- 
interruptis, vel rosed, rubro radiata ; valvula deatra 
alteram ad margines ventralem et antico-dorsalem 
superanti; latere postico brevi, declivi, ad terminum 
oblique truncato ; latere antico oblongo, medio com- 
presso. 
THE LITTLE Prob TrLLINa. Shell solid, oblong, donaci- 
form, smooth, arched in the middle, white with 
interrupted rays of pink, or pink with red rays ; 
right valve overlapping the other at the ventral and 
anterior-dorsal margins ; posterior side short, sloped, 
obliquely truncated at the end; anterior side oblong, 
compressed in the middle. 
Dusuayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. W. Columbia. 


Species 279. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA DUBTIA. 
aquivalvi, inequilaterali, albd, levigatd, inflata, postice 
Tel. testa ovato-subtrigond, obliqua, 
vie fleruosd ; latere postico brevi, angusto, obtuse angu- 
lato, margine dorsali valde declivi, termino obtuse 

truncato ; latere antico obliqué semiovato, inflato ; 
cardine trigono, dentibus lateralibus nullis. 
Tur pusrous TELLINA. Shell ovate-subtrigonal, ob- 
lique, equivalve, inequilateral, white, smooth, inflated, 
slightly flexuous posteriorly ; posterior side short, 
narrow, obtusely angular, with dorsal margin much 
sloped, end obtusely truncated; anterior side ob- 
liquely semiovate, inflated; hinge trigonal, no lateral 
teeth. 
Desuayes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. P 

A white shell resembling 
tumid and less angular. 
Tellina pellucida, but more 

Species 280. (Fig. a, 4, Mus. Brit.) 
TeLLIna NATALENSIS. 
press, rubra, fasciis albidis radiata, vel alba, fascia 
Tel. testd ovato-oblongad, com- 
unicd posticd radiata, concentrice minutissime striata ; 
latere postico attenuato, acuminato, ad termunum 
oblique subtruncato ; ligamento parvo, prominenti, ui- 
bonibus acutis, subcentralibus, margine ventral equa- 
liter convexo; dentibus cardinalibus tribus et uno; 
lateralibus nullis. 
Natat TELLINA. 
red, rayed with white bands, or white rayed with a 
single rose band, concentrically very minutely striated ; 
posterior side attenuated, acuminated, obliquely sub- 
THE Shell ovate-oblong, compressed, 
truncated at the end; ligament small, prominent, 
umboes acute, subcentral, ventral margin equally 
convex; cardinal teeth three and one, no lateral 
teeth. 
Krauss, Sudafrikanischen Mollusken, p. 3. 
Hab. Port Natal. 

Species 281. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Brit.) 
TeLuna optusaLts. el. testd pared, tumidd, oblique 
donaciformi, equivalvi, valde inequilaterali, solida, 
minute concentrice striata, rosed pallide biradiatd, 
vel alba roseo biradiatd ; latere postico brevissimo, 
margine convexo ; latere antico oblique elongato ; den- 
October, 1868. 
