TELLINA. 
Puate LI. 
Species 299. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA DONACINIFoRMIs. Tel. testd solidd, pallidis- 
simé luted, iridescenti, tumidd, oblonga, donaciformi, 
minutissime radiatim et concentricé striatd ; latere 
postico brevissimo, truncato, obtuse angulato, ante 
angulum depresso, ad marginem excavato, post angu- 
lum concentricé tenui-lirato ; ligamento magno, pro- 
minente. 
THE DONACINIFORM TeLitna. Shell solid, very pale 
yellowish, iridescent, oblong, wedge-shaped, very 
minutely radiately and concentrically striated; pos- 
terior side very short, truncated, obtusely angular, 
depressed in front of the angle, excavated at the 
margin, concentrically finely ridged behind the angle ; 
ligament large, prominent. 
Desuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. Torres’ Straits. 
This shell has much the external appearance of a Donaz. 

Species 300. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TeLuina Fiyrensts. el. testa parva, solidd, subcom- 
pressa, oblongd, donaciformi, equivalvi, valde inequi- 
laterali, levigatd, rubrd, maculis sanguineis anguli- 
feris, radiatim dispositis pictd ; latere postico brevi, 
leviter angulato, ante angulum depresso; imargine 
dorsali declivi, termino subobliqué truncato, infra acu- 
minato ; latere antico obliquo; margine dorsali de- 
clivi, ventrali inflato, ligamento conspicuo. 
Tue Fryr Istanp Tetuina. Shell small, solid, com- 
pressed, oblong, wedge-shaped, equivalve, very in- 
equilateral, smooth, red, painted with sanguineous 
angular spots arranged in rays; posterior side short, 
slightly angular, depressed in front of the angle; 
dorsal margin sloped, end obliquely truncated, acu- 
minated below; anterior side oblique, dorsal margin 
sloped ; ventral inflated, ligament conspicuous. 
SoOWERBY. 
Hab. Matuku, Fiji Islands. 
Very curiously marked with angular spots arranged in 
radiating groups. ; 


Species 301. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA CREBRIMACULATA, él. testd parvd, ovatd, sub- 
pellucida, tenui, grised, maculis fuscis numerosis un- 
dulatim et fasciatim dispositis pictd ; latere postico 
brevi, infra acuminato; margine dorsali valde declivi; 
latere antico equaliter convexo, oblongo ; umbonibus 
paris, ligamento conspicuo. 
THE CLOSE-SPOTTED TELLINA. Shell small, ovate, sub- 
pellucid, thin, grey, painted with numerous brown 
spots arranged in rays and waves; posterior side 
short, acuminated beneath; dorsal margin much 
sloped; anterior side equally convex, oblong ; um- 
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boes small, ligament conspicuous. 
SOWERBY. 
Hab. Fiji Islands. 
Remarkably distinct in the markings from any other 
known species. 

Species 302. (Mus. Cuming in Brit.) 
TELLINA DIAPHANA. Tel. testd ovato-subtrigond, albidd, 
fasciis subpellucidis cinctd, liris tenuibus undulatis 
concentrice rugatd, radiatim minutissimé striatd ; la- 
tere postico acuminato, acute angulato; angulo et mar- 
gine dorsali serratis, termino eacavato ; margine ven- 
trali sursum acclivi ; latere antico expanso, tumidius- 
culo; margine dorsali convexo-declivi; umbonibus ele- 
vatis, acuminatis. 
THE DIAPHANOUS TELLINA. 
whitish, girt with subpellucid bands, concentrically 
wrinkled with thin slightly undulated ridges, radi- 
ately very minutely striated; posterior side acumi- 
nated, acutely angular; angle and dorsal margin 
Shell ovate-subtrigonal, 
serrated, end excavated; ventral margin sloped up- 
ward; anterior side expanded, rather tumid, dorsal 
margin convexly sloped; umboes elevated, acumi- 
nated, 
Desnayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. 
Hab. Japan. 
More triangular and more evenly tumid than Teddina 
capsoides. 

October, 1868. 
