258 



Var. More depressed, the sulci less coarse and only visible near 

 the ventral margin. 



Isle of Ticao, PhiHppines. 



65. Tellina remies (pi. Ixiv. f. 226.) Lin. Sys. 1119; Lin. 

 Mus. TJb. p.482; Chem. vol.6. f.ll3; Wood, Gen. Conch, p. 182. 

 t. 38. f. 1 ; DiUw. D. Cat. p. 94 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 67. sup. 1. 1. 

 f. 2 ; T. sulcata, Lam. no. 32 ; T. convexa. Wood, Ind. Test. Sup. 

 1. 1. f. 2. 



T. testa snborbiculari, soHdissima, insequivalvi, sequilateraK, 

 ventricosa, subimpoKta, extus intusque albida, epidermide tenni 

 Mvo-cinerea ant fulvo-fusca induta ; superne concentrice striolata, 

 inferne concentrice sulcata, sulcis latis, profundis, rudibus ; niar- 

 gine ventraH valde arcuato ; dorsali utrinque subrecto, antice pau- 

 lulum, postice satis declivi ; latere antico rotundato ; postico su- 

 perne subangulato; hgamento satis magno, prominente; lunula 

 nulla ; natibus obtusis et recte incurvatis ; flexura ventraH conspi- 

 cua; costa umbonah subobsoleta; dentibus magnis, vaHdis, antico 

 laterah quamplurimum approximato, postico permagno subremoto. 



Suborbicular, very soUd, inequivalve, equilateral, ventricose, 

 scarcely glossy, whitish both within and without (covered when 

 fresh with a dull yellowish brown epidermis), most dehcately stri- 

 ated concentrically near the obtuse and incurved beaks, but very 

 coarsely grooved towards the regularly arcuated ventral edge ; an- 

 terior side rounded, its dorsal edge nearly straight or very shghtly 

 convex and but Httle sloping ; posterior side subangulated above, 

 its dorsal edge moderately declining and straight or subretuse ; 

 fold obscure, flexure conspicuous ; hgament large and prominent ; 

 no lunule ; teeth large and strong, the front lateral as close as 

 possible, the hinder very large and rather distant. 



Baclyon, Isle of Bohol (Cuming); Amboyna; Australia. 



66. Tellina cyrenoidea (pi. Ivi. f. 31) Ranley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa suborbiculari, soKdiuscula, insequivalvi, valde ingequi- 

 laterali, subventricosa, sordide alba (intus sub umbonibus pur- 

 purea), concentrice costellata; striis minutis obhque radiantibus 

 costellas confertas postice decussantibus ; margine ventrali ar- 

 cuato; dorsali utrinque valde et subrecte dechvi, antice brevi, 

 postice longiore ; latere antico breviore,^ obtuse rotundato ; extre- 

 mitatc postica obtusa, ])aulidum attenuata ; natibus prominentibus ; 

 lunula distincta; Hgamento infosso; flexura costaque umbonali 



