TELLINA. 
Pirate XLVIII. 
Species 282. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA SULCATINA. 
tidd, fusca, minuté sulcatd ; latere postico brevi, acut- 
Tel. testi oblonga, compressa, ni- 
angulato, ared postangulari angustd, termino late et 
oblique truncato ; margine dorsali declivi, recto ; la- 
tere antico producto. 
THE FINELY-SsULCATED TeLtina. Shell oblong, com- 
pressed, smooth, brown, minutely sulcated; posterior 
side short, with a sharp angle, postangular area nar- 
row, with end obliquely and widely truncated ; dor- 
sal margin sloped, straight ; anterior side produced. 
Desuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. ? 
There is not much to distinguish this species from Ze/- 
lina Bodejensis, except the brown colour and closer sulci. 


Species 283. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA SCALPELLUM, 
simd, compressa, angustd, subrostratd ; latere postico 
Tel. testé rosed, oblonga, tenuis- 
brevi, infra acuminato, viv flexuoso, leviter angulato ; 
latere antico suboblique producto ; ligamento parvo, 
prominente. 
THE scALPEL TELLINA. Shell pink, oblong, very thin, 
compressed, narrow, somewhat beaked; posterior 
side short, acuminated below, scarcely flexuous, with 
a slight angle; anterior side obliquely produced ; 
ligament small, prominent. 
Hanuey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Isle of Zebu, Philippines. 

Species 284. (Mus. Brit.) 
‘TELLINA VERNALIS. 
nitidd, subcompressd, equivalvi ; latere postico brevi ; 
Tel. testd tenui, ovatd, pallideé rosed, 
margine dorsali declivi, convexo ; angulo acuto ; mar- 
gine ventrali ante angulum sursum acclivi ; latere an- 
tico oblongo, flecurd subobsoleta; dente laterali unico 
approximato. 
THe VERNAL TELLINA. Shell thin, ovate, pale rose, 
smooth, subcompressed, equivalve; posterior side 
short; dorsal margin sloped, convex; angle sharp ; 
ventral margin sloped upwards in front of the angle ; 


anterior side oblong, with flexure nearly obsolete ; 
a single approximate lateral tooth. 
Hantey, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 
Hab. Singapore. 

Species 285. (Fig. a, 0, Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA VENUSTA. 
pressi, postice rostratd, pallide luted, lined rosed pos- 
Tel. testé oblonga, ovatd, subeom- 
ticd radiata, ad umbones nonnunquam roseo tri-ra- 
diatd ; valeulé dextrd postice usque ad medium con- 
centricé liratd, antice levigatd, valvuld sinistrad levi- 
gata sive ared postangulari liratd ; latere postico acu- 
minato, flexuoso, leviter angulato ; margine dorsali 
convexo, declivi, termino obtuse truncato; margine 
ventrali ante angulum contracto ; latere antico pro- 
ducto, inflato. 
THE EXQUISITE TELLINA. Shell oblong, ovate, subcom- 
pressed, posteriorly beaked, pale yellowish, rayed with 
a pink line posteriorly, sometimes with three pink rays 
at the umboes; right valve posteriorly concentrically 
ridged as far as the centre, smooth in front; lett 
valve smooth, excepting the postangular area, which 
is ridged; posterior side acuminated, flexuous, 
slightly angular, with dorsal margin convex, sloped ; 
end obtusely truncated, ventral margin contracted in 
front of the angle ; anterior side produced, inflated. 
Desuares, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1854. 
Hab. Sandwich Islands. 
The shape of this species resembles that of Tellina 
perna, Which is smooth; and of Tedlina tenuilirata, which 
is sculptured over nearly the whole surface of both valves. 
Species 286. (Mus. Brit.) 
Tetuina Lux. Tel. testd 
inequilateral, subovatd, subcompressd; latere postico 
subaurantia, laevigata, valde 
brevi, late truncato, obtuse angulato ; margine dorsali 
depresso, recto, brevi, ligamento magno, proniinente, 
umbonibus subretrorsis; latere antico subacuminato ; 
margine dorsali convexo, declivi; dente laterali antico, 
unico approximato. 
Tue LicuT TELLINA. 
very inequilateral, subovate, compressed ; posterior 
Shell inclining to orange, smooth, 
October, 1868. 
