TELLINA.—Piare LIV. 
There is a peculiar channel radiating behind the pos- 
terior fold. 

Species 321. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA OBLIQUARIA. Tel. testd brevi-ovatd, subauran- 
tid, mequilaterali, inequivalvi, omnino tenuiter sul- 
cis obliquis sculpta ; valvuldé dextra posticé ad margi- 
nem ventralem alteram superante ; latere postico sub- 
acuminato, biangulato ; dentibus ecardinalibus parvis, 
lateralibus nullis. 
THE OBLIQUE TELLINA. Shell short-ovate, inclining to 
orange, inequilateral, inequivalve, sculptured in every 
part with fine oblique lines; right valve overlapping 
the other posteriorly at the ventral margin; posterior 
side subacuminated, biangular; cardinal teeth small, 
lateral teeth none. 


Desnayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 356. 
Hab. ? 

Several specimens of this are in the late Cumingian 
collection. 

Species 322. (Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA succINEA. Tel. testd parva, subrotundd, tu- 
mida, pallidée succined, subpellucidd, levigatd ; latere 
postico brevi, late truncato; margine dorsali brevi, 
declivi. 
THE AMBER TELLINA. Shell small, nearly round, tumid, 
pale amber, subpellucid, smooth; pesterior side 
short, broadly truncated; dorsal margin short, sloped. 
SoOWERBY. 
Hab. Bay of Manilla. 
