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the little prominent beaks ; extremities rounded and nearly equally 

 broad; the fold and Hexure obsolete; the ligament prominent; 

 two rather indistinct internal rib-like lines radiating (in the young 

 only) posteriorward ; cardinal teeth nearly obsolete, the approxi- 

 mate anterior lateral very disthict (when young). 

 San Nicolas, Zebu (Cuming). 



144. Tellina rhodon (pi. Iviii. f. 93.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. ^ 



T. testa oblonga, tenuissima, compressiuscula, nitidissima, Isevi, 

 rosea, pellucida, valde insequilaterali, utrinque rotundata ; margine 

 ventrali convexiusculo, antice sursum acclivi ; dorsali antice con- 

 vexiusculo et vix declivi, postice subdeclivi ; latere postico brevi 

 subattenuato ; natibus inconspicuis ; tlexura costaque umbonali 

 obsoletis ; dente laterali approximato. 



Oblong, very inequilateral, extremely thin, rather compressed, 

 smootli, polished, and of an uniform purplish rose-coloui- ; the 

 ventral margin slightly convex, and rising in front; the dorsal 

 but slightly convex on either side, scarcely sloping in front, but 

 moderately so behind; the extremities rounded, and the shorter 

 posterior side somewhat attenuated; beaks not prominent; the 

 fold and flexure obsolete; lateral tooth approximate. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



145. Tellina Oudaedi (pi. lx\d. f. 262.) Fayraud. Cat. 

 Corse, p. 40. t. 1. f. 16, 17, 18 ; Desh. ed. Lam. vol. vi. p. 210 • 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. 1. 14. f. 8. 



" T. testa ovata, compressa, nitida, pellucida, oblique cancellata, 

 lineis transversis albis parvuliscpie longitudinalibus rubris ornata ; 

 antice et postice radiis luteo-rubescentibus ; intus et extus rubra. 



Ovate, compressed, glossy, transparent, obHquely cancellated, 

 adorned with transverse white lines and small longitudinal red 

 ones ; rays of a yellowish red both in front and behind ; red both 

 within and without." 



I have been obliged to content myself with reprinting the ori- 

 ginal description, and giving a representation of the typical shell 

 deposited in the Museum at Paris, as I am unable to procure a 

 specimen in England for the purpose of comparison. Had it not 

 been for the mention of sculpture on the surface of one of its 

 valves, X should have doubted its distinctiveness as a species. 

 "The valves are furnished M'ith transverse strife in lozenges, ac- 

 companied by a multitude of silvery-white little rays both which are 

 crossed by very delicate longitudinal lines of a deeper red than the 



