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curving up posteriorly ; anterior side rather the longer, its extre- 

 mity obtusely rounded, scarcely any dorsal slope, but the edge 

 convex ; posterior side beaked, its dorsal edge moderately sloping 

 and convex at its termination, its extremity obtusely subangulated ; 

 imibones rather tumid; ligament sunken; liinge-margin narrow, 

 a callus near the teeth ; lateral teeth tliin, equidistant, indistinct. 

 Singapore, Isle of Burias, &c. 



29. Tellina albinella (pi. Ixi. f. 164, 166.) Lam., no. 17 ; 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 63. sup. 1. 14. f. 3. 



T. testa oblongo-ovali, subgequdaterali, tenuiuscula^ complanata, 

 nitidiusciUa, extus intusque albida; altera valvula suljleevigata, 

 alterius area postica concentrice striata ; margine ventrali \tx con- 

 vexiusculo; dorsah antice arcuato et decHvi, postice declivi et 

 subincurvato ; ligamento infosso; flexura subinconspicua ; costa 

 umbonaK carinata; dentibus lateralibus perparvis, inconspicuis, 

 antico approximato. Var. Eosea. 



Oval-oblong, rather tliin, flat, subequilateral, sHghtly glossy, 

 whitish, (usually with a fulvous stain towards the beaks,) nearly 

 smooth, except on the posterior half of one of the valves which is 

 deeply and distinctly striated concentrically ; ventral edge nearly 

 straight in the middle and rising beliind ; front dorsal edge arched 

 and deeply sloping; posterior side acuminated, angulated below, 

 and slightly beaked, the ligamental edge moderately sloping, and 

 rather incurved ; ligament sunken ; inside wliitish, the lateral teeth 

 very small, indistinct, the anterior one closely approximate. 



Var. Eose-coloured. 



AustraHa. 



30. Tellina rosea (pi. Lxi. f. 170) Spengler, Sclu-iv. Natur. 

 Gelsta.Kioben. vol.4. 1798; T.paUide rosea, C/^ewe. vol.6. f. 96. 



T. testa oblonga, crassissima, subsequilaterah, convexiuscula, 

 nitida, rosea, sublaevigata, striis concentricis tenuissimis, lineisque 

 radiantibus obsoletis tantum signata; striis posticis prope nates 

 acutas remotis, subelevatis; margine ventraK convexo, postice 

 acclivi; dorsali utrinque decKvi, antice convexo, postice subrecto 

 plerumque subincurvato; latere postico subcuneiibrmi ; extremi- 

 tate postica subacuminata ; costa umbonali angusta ; flexura incon- 

 spicua ; ligamento infosso ; superficie interna rosea, polita, impres- 

 sionibus muscularibus fortiter impressis ; margine cardinaH intus 

 lato, vahdo ; dentibus lateralibus parvis, subsequidistantibus, setate 

 obsoletis. 



Oblong, very solid, subequilateral, rather convex, glossy, pink, 



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