TELLINA.—Prate LII. 
in valvuld deatrad antice et postice usque ad angulum 
continuis, ante angulum oblique reticulatis, in valvuld 
sinistra paulo post medium terminantibus ; latere pos- 
tico brevi, flexuoso, biangulato, inter angulos excavato, 
rostrato, rostro levigato; margine dorsali declivi, 
recto, termino truncato, acuminato ; latere antico ob- 
longo, tumido., 
THE LITTLE FLAME TELLINA. Shell thick, oblong, in- 
equilateral, equivalve, concentrically finely sulcated, 
whitish yellow, purple-tinted at the umboes and 
double rayed ; sulci in the right valve continued in 
front and backwards as far as the angle, in front of 
the angle obliquely reticulated, and in the left valve 
ending a little past the middle; posterior side short, 
flexuous, with two angles, excavated between the 
angles, beaked, beak smooth ; dorsal margin sloped, 
straight, end truncated, acuminated; anterior side 
oblong, tumid. 
Desuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 367. 
Hab. ? 
Differing from Tellina crucigera in the smoothness of 
the posterior portion of the surface in and between the 
angles. 



Species 311. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA CONTABULATA. Tel. testd rotundo-subtrigond, 
pallidé ferrugined, ad umbones intusque aurantid, 
crassa, rugosa, concentricé gradibus planulatis divisa ; 
latere postico longiusculo, infra acuminato, radiatim 
acuté angulato, ared postangulari angusta, compressa, 
ligamento subinfosso ; margine dorsali declivi; latere 
antico rotundo, cardine profundo, dentibus cardinali- 
bus magnis, duobus et uno, lateralibus nullis. 
THE CONTABULATED TELLINA. Shell rounded-subtrigo- 
nal, pale ferrugineous, orange at the umboes and 
within, thick, rough, concentrically divided in flat 
gradations ; posterior side rather the longer, acumi- 
nated beneath, with a sharp radiating angle; post- 
angular area narrow, compressed, ligament partly 
imbedded, dorsal margin sloped; anterior side 
rounded, hinge deep, cardinal teeth large, two and 
one, lateral teeth none. 
Desuayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 356. 
Hab. China Seas. 
The surface of this shell consists of a series of concen- 
trie flattened areas. 

