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kted, its dorsal edge (in the adult) retuse above and moderately 

 sloping; ligament sunken; fold and flexure distinct; interior 

 wliitisli tinged with orange ; lateral tooth tolerably close. 

 West Indies; (Wood). 



97. Tellina Sol (pi. Ixiv. f. 240.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa oblongo-eUiptica, soHdiuscula, compressa, nitida_, rubro- 

 aurantia, altera valvula concentrice substriata^ altera sublsevi- 

 gata ; marginc ventrali convexo, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsaH 

 utrinque subdeclivi, convexiusculo ; latere antico longiore, ad ex- 

 tremitatem rotundato ; extremitate postica in junioribus subacumi- 

 nata, in adultis obtuse angulata; natibus planulatis; ligamento 

 infosso ; dente laterali distincto. 



ObloDg-eUiptic, tolerably strong, compressed, glossy, orange red 

 (rayed in some specimens with paler streaks) ; one valve with 

 concentric striulee, the other nearly smooth ; ventral edge simply 

 convex, ascending posteriorly ; dorsal edges moderately sloping, 

 and slightly convex ; anterior side the longer, its extremity rounded ; 

 liinder extremity somewhat acuminated in the young, obtusely an- 

 gulated in the adult ; beaks flattened and devoid of colour ; liga- 

 ment sunken ; lateral tooth distinct. 



Hab. ? 



The adult is in the cabinet of Mr. Cuming, the young in that 

 of Mr. Metcalfe. 



98. Tellina strigosa (pi. Ixiii. f. 211.) Gmelin, 3239; 

 Dillw. Des. Cat. 82; Lam. no. 19; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 63. t. 4. 

 f. 61 ; Le Vagal, Admisoii, Seneg. 1. 17. f. 19. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, solida, insequivalvi, convexiuscula, nitida, 

 Candida, subpellucida, sublsevigata ; margine ventrali subrecto, 

 medio paululum subretuso, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsali an- 

 tice arcuato declivi et elevatiore, postice prope nates subretuso et 

 \dx declivi, delude convexiusculo et obliquo ; latere postico longiore, 

 ad extremitatem attenuatam subrostrato; extremitate antica ro- 

 tundata; flexura costaque umbonali satis conspicuis; ligamento 

 infosso; superficie interna Candida, plerumque roseo subradiatim 

 tincta ; dente laterali approximato, plerumque obsoleto. 



Ovate-oblong, sohd, inequivalve, moderately convex, of a glossy 

 subpellucid wliite, wdth the marks of growth tinged ^atli zones of 

 violet grey, nearly smooth, but the convex valve posteriorly grooved 

 near the beaks with most delicate but distinct crowded strise ; ven- 

 tral margin somewhat retuse in the middle, rising behind ; ante- 

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



