TELLINA.—Puate L. 
Desuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. Kast coast of Australia. 
Species 298. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
The more triangular form of this shell distinguishes it 
from others of the same group. 

| TBLLINA SOLENELLA. Tel. testd oblonga, tenui, subde- 
Species 297. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) pressd, albidd, subpellucidd, levigatd; latere postico 
Tetuina Austrauis. el. testd pyriformi, tenui, sub- breviusculo, hiante, obtuse angulato, late truncato ; 
pellucidd, albd, versus marginem pallidé fulvd, politd, latere antico oblonyo, recto, wmbonibus parvis, haud 
tenuissime striatd ; latere postico acuminato, subde- prominentibus, ligamento parvo, conspicuo; margine 
presso, prope marginem angulato ; latere antico amplo, dorsali post umbones depresso, rectiusculo. 
prope marginem radiatin depresso, umbonibus elevatis, THE LITTLE SOLEN TELLINA. Shell oblong, thin, sub- 
ligamento parvo, prominenti ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. depressed, whitish, subpellucid, smooth ; posterior 
Tue AustRALIAN TeLiNa. Shell pyriform, thin, rather side rather short, gaping, obtusely angular, widely 
pellucid, white, pale fulvous towards the margin, po- truncated; anterior side oblong, straight; umboes 
lished, very finely striated; posterior side acuminated, small, not prominent ; ligament small, conspicuous ; 
subdepressed, angular near the margin; anterior side | dorsal margin depressed behind the wmboes, rather 
full, with a radiating depression near the margin; | straight. 
umboes elevated; ligament small, prominent; lateral | Desuayns, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
teeth none. | Hab. Torres’ Straits. 

