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roseo radiata, inij)olita, squamis tubercularibus confertis undique 

 asperrima; margiue vcutrali postice arcuato, anticc sursiun acclivi; 

 dorsali antice couvexiusculo et paululiun declivi, postice elevatiore 

 convexo et valde declivi ; latere postico breviore, subrostrato ; ex- 

 tremitate antica rotimdata; natibus acutis, roscis aut roseo-pur- 

 pureis, incumbcntibus ; lunula cxcavata, lanccolata ; costa umbo- 

 nali et flcxura conspicuis ; ligamento iiifosso ; dentibus latcralibus 

 validis, subsequidistantibus. 



Obovate, rather ventricose, crowded with rasp-like scales^ solid, 

 white with crimson rays and the beaks of the same colom- ; ante- 

 rior side rather the longer, its extremity rounded, its dorsal edge 

 slightly convex and httle sloping ; liinder side sHghtly beaked, the 

 ligamental edge the more elevated convex and deeply sloping; 

 ventral edge much arcuated in front, ascending posteriorly ; flex- 

 uosity and umbonal ridge conspicuous ; beaks acute, inclined for- 

 wards; lunule deeply impressed, lanceolate; lateral teeth strong, 

 subequidistant. 



Isle of Negros, Pliilippines ; (Cuming). 



82. Tellina hugosa (pi. Ixiv. f. 233, 238.) £om, p. 29. 

 t. 2. f. 3, 4 ; Wood, Gen. Conch. t.41. f.2,3 ; Lam. no. 38 ; Hani. 

 Des. Cat. p. 69. t. 3. f. 8. 



T. testa obovata, inaequivalvi, subsequilaterali, solida, subventri- 

 cosa, intus extusque alba (rarius roseo-pm-purascente aut aurantia) ; 

 subconcentrice rugosa, rugis erectis flexuosis interruptis, striis 

 radiantibus minutissimis decussantibus ; margine ventraH antice 

 arcuato ; dorsali antice paululum declivi, postice subrecto et valde 

 declivi; latere postico obtuse subcuneiformi ; lunula elongata, 

 excavata ; flexura costaque umbonali conspicuis ; dentibus latcra- 

 libus magnis, subsequidistantibus. 



Obovate, subequllateral, inequivalve, solid, rather ventricose, 

 white both witliin and without (rarely orange or purplish crimson), 

 with raised interrupted irregularly but concentrically disposed wavy 

 wrinkles which become still rougher from the minute radiating 

 striae; anterior side rounded, its dorsal edge scarcely sloping; 

 posterior side obtusely subcuneiform ; ligamental edge strongly 

 sloping and nearly straight; ventral edge much arcuated in front; 

 lunule very elongated, excavated ; fold and flexui'e conspicuous ; 

 lateral teeth large, subequidistant. 



Isle of Opara (Cuming), New California. 



83. Tellina subteuncata (pi. Ivii. f. 48.) Hanlcij, Zool. 

 Proc. 1844. 



