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rotundata ; latere postico vix paululum longiore, biangulato ; na- 

 tibus acutis; costa umbonali prominula; ligamento infosso (?) ; 

 lunula distincta; dente lateral! antico majore postico parvo et 

 remotiore. 



Obovate^ solid, moderately convex, nearly equilateral, not po- 

 lished, white, the entire surface covered with regular, distinct, short 

 and crowded lamellse, the interstices smooth ; ventral edge arcuated; 

 anterior side very shghtly the shorter, extremity rounded ; posterior 

 extremity biangulated ; dorsal edges straightish, and not greatly 

 sloping ; beaks acute ; ligament sunken (?) ; fold not prominent ; 

 a distinct lunule ; inside white, the front lateral tooth distinct, the 

 hinder small and remote. 



A single valve in the coUectiou of .J E. Gray, Esq. is all I have 

 ever seen of tliis distinctly characterized species, I am consequently 

 unable to state whether it be equivalve or not. 



80. Tellina scobinata (pi. Ixvi. f. 235.) Lin. Syst. 1119; 

 Lin. Mus. Uh. 482 ; Chem. vol. 6. f. 122-124 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, 

 p. 180. t. 35. f. 1 ; Lam. no 34 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 68. t. 4. f. 67. 



T. testa suborbiculari, insequivalvi, solida, seqmlaterali, ven- 

 tricosa aut subventricosa, impolita, albida, maculis bruuneis un- 

 datis radiata aut nebulosa, tuberculis, squamosis confertis undique 

 asperata; margine ventrali arcuato; dorsali utrinque subdeclivi 

 et leviter convexiusculo ; extremitate antica rotundata, postica 

 obtuse subangulata; costa umbonali distincta, obtusa; luimla 

 excavata, lanceolata; flexura ventrali conspicua; hgamento de- 

 presso ; disco interno albido-ilavescente ; dentibus laterahbus vaH- 

 dissimis, subsequidistantibus. 



Suborbicular, soHd, inequivalve, equilateral, more or less ven- 

 tricose, dull wliitish clouded or rayed with wavy brown markings, 

 and rough with small crowded rasp-like tubercles \\hich become 

 almost spinous beyond the distinct but obtuse mnbonal ridge ; fold 

 conspicuous; ligament depressed; a lanceolate excavated lunule; 

 anterior side rounded, the dorsal edge scarcely convex and httle 

 sloping; hinder side with the extremity obtusely subangulated, 

 the dorsal edge nearly straight and moderately sloping; inside 

 yellowish wliite ; the lateral teeth very strong and subequidistant. 



Society Islands and Phihppines ; (Cuming) . 



82. Tellina lingua-felis (pi. Ixiv. f. 236.) Lin. Sys. 1116 ; 

 Lin. Mus. Ulr. p. 470 ; Knorr, vol. 2. t. 2. f. 1 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, 

 t. 40. f. 2, 3 ; Lam. no. 37 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 69. t. 3. f. 2. 



T. testa obovata, subventricosa, solida, subeequilaterah, albida. 



