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Var. test^l radiorum experte ; natibus roseis. 



Elongated-oblong, more or less ventricose, solid, not twisted, of 

 a liiglily polished smooth white, with zones of very pale yellow, 

 and generally with broad rosy rays ; ventral margin scarcely con- 

 vex ; anterior side rather the longer, its dorsal edge scarcely sloping, 

 its extremity rounded ; posterior side shghtly attenuated, its extre- 

 mity obtusely subangulated, its dorsal edge nearly straight and 

 but shghtly sloping ; Hgament short, large, and prominent ; lunule 

 distmct, elongated-lanceolate ; inside yellowish ; lateral teeth strong 

 and neaiiy equidistant. 



West Indies. 



45. Tellina Brasiliatja (pi. Ixii. f. 179.) Spenffler, Skriv. 

 Nat. Selskab. Kiobenh. 1798 ; T. semizonahs, Lam. no. 3 ; Deles, 

 t. 6. f. 1 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 61. sup. t. 11. f. 60. 



T. testa oblongo-elongata, insequilaterali, soHda, convexiuscula, 

 nitida, pallide roseo-violacea, laevigata ; margine ventrah subrecto ; 

 dorsali antice vix dechvi et paululum convexiusculo, postice de- 

 chvi et subrecto; latere antico longiore, producto; extremitute 

 postica obtuse angulata ; costa umbonah obtusa ; lunula lanceolata 

 angusta; superficie interna roseo-purpurascente, radiis duobus 

 paUidioribus aut albis ad extremitatem posticam ornata ; deutibus 

 lateralibus remotis, postico parvo. 



Elongated-oblong, inequilateral, soHd, slightly convex, glossy, 

 pale hlac, smooth; ventral margin nearly straight, slightly as- 

 cending in front, its flexure distinct ; the umbonal ridge obtuse ; 

 anterior side much the longer, its dorsal slope very gentle ; pos- 

 terior extremity obtusely angulated, the dorsal edge nearly straight 

 and moderately sloping ; a narrow lanceolate lunule ; the inside of 

 a purplish crimson with two pale or white rays at the posterior 

 extremity ; teeth remote, equicfistant, the posterior one small and 

 rather indistinct. 



Brazil (fide Spengler). 



46. Tellina pudica (pi. Ivi. f. 7.) Kanley, Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa parva, solida, ovato-subtrigona, subajquilaterali, nitida, 

 Candida, sublsevigata, tenuissime concentrice striata ; margine ven- 

 trali antice arcuato, postice subito sursum acchnato ; dorsali 

 utrinquc valde declivi, antice convexo, [)ostice elongato et subrecto ; 

 latere antico paidulum breviorc, subventricoso, rotundato ; postico 

 comprcsso, rostrato; extremitate postica subacuniinata ; natibus 

 promineutibus ; flexura ventrah costaque umbonah subinconspi- 



