;iOl 



tice declivij aiitice paukilum declivi, utriuque subrecto; tlexaru 

 obsoleta ; ligamento subiiifosso ; disco interiio aurantio. 



Oblong, tolerably solid^ rather ventricose, slightly glossy, smooth, 

 whitish, with the umbones orange, anteriorly longer and rounded, 

 posteriorly obtusely wedge-shaped ; ventral and dorsal edges 

 straightisli, the latter posteriorly sloping, anteriorly scarcely slop- 

 ing ; flexure obsolete ; ligament rather sunken ; inner disc orange. 



Isles of Negros, ]\Iindanao, and Panay. 



153. Tellina aurora (pi. Iviii. f. 76.) Hojilri/, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa T. Psammotellse simillima, convexiore autem, et umbo- 

 nibus rubro- aurantiis ; ligamento infosso ; dentibus lateralibus 

 nullis. 



Very like T. Psammotella but more convex, and with the um- 

 bones of an orange-red. The ligament too is sunken and the 

 hinge devoid of lateral teeth, 



Panama. 



154. Tellina Galat.ea (pi. Ixiv. f. 223.) Psammobia Galatsea 

 Lam. no. 18; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 58. sup. 1. 13. f. 44. T. Sericina 

 Jonas, Ab. und. Bes. Couch, part 3. t. 5. f. 1. 



T. testa oblonga, solidiuscula, convexa, valde insequilaterali, 

 subnitida, extus intusque Candida, punctis miuutissimis elevatis 

 confertis radiatim asperata ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali 

 antice subhorizontah, postice brevi recto et declivi ; latere antico 

 producto, rotundato ; extremitate postica truncato-cuneiformi ; liga- 

 mento infosso ; fiexura obsoleta ; dentibus parvis. 



Var. (T. Diana_,Zool. Proc. 1844.) subovata, punctis obsoletis; 

 margine dorsali utrinque magis declivi ; extremitate postica magis 

 obtusa. 



Oblong, tolerably strong, convex, very inequilateral, rather 

 glossy, white within and without, roughened by crowded radiating 

 rows of minute raised dots ; ventral edge nearly straight ; anterior 

 side produced, rounded at the extremity ; dorsal edge convex and 

 nearly horizontal ; posterior side of a truncated wedge-shape ; the 

 ligamental edge straight, short, and much sloping ; ligament sun- 

 ken ; flexure obsolete ; teeth very small. 



Var. Subovate, the dots obsolete ; dorsal edges more sloping ; 

 posterior end more obtuse. 



Cliina. 



155. Telltn a CANDIDA (pi. Ixii. f. 195.) Psammotsea Candida 

 Lam. no. 6. Hani. Des. Cat. p. GO. 



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