aE Tee elie A, 
Pirate LVI. 
Species 329. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus, Brit.) 
Tel. testaé parvd, alba, ovatd, 
subtumida ; costis extantibus squamiferis radiata, 
interstitiis profundis ; 
TELLINA PRETIOSA. 
latere postico subacu- 
minato, termino truncato; dentibus lateralibus 
validis 
precious Treuuina. Shell small, white, ovate, 
rather tumid; rayed with standing-out scale- 
bearing ribs, with deep interstices; 
THE 
posterior 
side subacuminated, end truncated; lateral teeth 
strong. 
Desuayes, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 350. & 
Hab. (?) 
A very beautifully-sculptured species, of which at 
present only one specimen is known, 


Species 330. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Brit.) 
Texuma Layarpi. Tel. testa compress oblongo-sub- 
trigond, alba, medio pallidissimé rosed, inequivalvi, 
inequilaterali, levigata, ad latera tenwissimé 
striata ; latere postico producto, acuminato, mar- 
gine dorsali depresso ; latere antico semirotundo ; 
valoula deatrd profundiori ; dentibus cardinalibus 
duobus, et uno parvis, lateralibus nullis. 
Layarp’s TetiinaA. Shell compressed, oblong-sub- 
trigonal, white, very pale rose in the middle, 
inequivalve, inewquilateral, smooth, very finely 
striated at the sides; posterior side produced, 
acuminated, dorsal margin depressed; anterior 
side half round; right valve deeper; cardinal 
teeth two and one, small, lateral none. 
Desnayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1855, p. 357. 
Hab. —(?) 
Much more elongated and less trigonal than Tellina 
acuminata. 

Species 351. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA SPLENDIDA. Tel. testd elongata, equaliter con- 
centrice lirata, subaurantia, fasciis interruptis ; 
divisis vivide rubris eleganter radiata; intis 
vivide aurantid ; latere postico subacuminato, tri- 
plicato, versus laterem dextrum curvo, superplicas 

acuté laminato ; margine dorsali declivi, termino 
trilobato, truncato ; margine ventrali ante angulum 
excavato ; latere antico oblongo ; dentibus cardi- 
nalibus parvis ; lateralibus remotis, validis. 
THE spLeNDID TeLtiya. Shell elongated, equally con- 
centrically ridged, rather orange, elegantly rayed 
with interrupted, divided, bright red bands; 
inside bright orange, posterior side subacumi- 
nated, triplicated, curved towards the right side, 
sharply laminated upon the fold, dorsal margin 
sloped, end trilobate, truncated; ventral margin 
excavated in front of the angle; anterior side 
oblong; cardinal teeth 
strong. 
Desnayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1854, p. 470. 
Hab. Philippines. 
small, lateral remote, 

Species 332. (Mus. Cuming, in Mus. Brit.) 
TELLINA cCRAsstpLicaTa. Tel. testd ovata, alba, sub- 
pellucida, ad marginem subrosed ; tenui, subin- 
Jlata, verstis laterem dextram arcuatd ; tenuiter 
concentricé liratd, liris super costam posticam ,; et 
ad latera vulvuledeatree, profunde laminatis, prope 
medium paulo divergentibus ; latere postico acumi- 
nato, plica magna in valvuld deatrad radiata, in 
valvuld sinistrd uni-canaliculato margine dorsali 
convexo-declivi, termino bidentato ; margine ven- 
trali ante plicam posticam excavato ; ligamento 
parvo. 
THE THICK-rOLDED TEeLLINnA.—Shell ovate, white, sub- 
pellucid, a little rosy towards the margin; thin, 
subinflated, curved towards the right side, finely 
concentrically ridged; ridges on the posterior rib 
and at the sides of the right valve deeply lami- 
nated, near the middle a little divergent ; posterior 
side acuminated, rayed, with a large fold in the 
right valve, and a canal in the left valve ; dorsal 
margin conyexly sloped, bidentate at the end; 
ventral margin in front of the posterior fold ex- 
cavated; ligament small. 
SoweErsy, 
Hab, Sandwich Islands. 
Differing from 7’. cructgera in the sculpture. 
April, 1869. 
