96 Records of the Indian Museum. [VoL. XII, 
Tellina innocens, sp. n. 
(Hig. tr) 
Shell small, ovately and broadly auriform, thin, semi-trans- 
parent, white, both valves finely concentrically striate; umbones 
small, a little prominent; dorsal margin anteriorly sloping, pos- 
teriorly sharply sloping and a little excavated; ventral margin 
rounded; anterior side also rounded; posterior side shortly and 
obtusely rostrate, abruptly rounded at its extremity. 
Long. 4, lat. 5 mm. 
Hab.—Phoenix Bay, Andaman Is., in I-3 fathoms, on a bot- 
tom of muddy sand (S. Kemp). 
Tellina micans, Hanley. 
Proc. Zool. Soc., 1844, p. 72; Sowerby, Thes. Conch., fig. 100. 
Port Blair (several specimens). 

Fic. 10, 10a.—Tellina bertiniana, sp.n. X 3. 
11.—Tellina innocens, sp. n. X 4. 
12.—Tellina persimplex, sp.n. X3- 
Tellina persimplex, sp. n. 
(Fig. 12.) 
Shell oval, thin, semi-transparent, whitish, both valves having 
the upper portion smooth, while the lower portions are marked 
with fine, concentric ridges which become coarser on the posterior 
side; umbones small, not prominent; dorsal margin gently slop- 
ing both anteriorly and posteriorly ; ventral margin rounded; an- 
terior and posterior sides bluntly rounded. 
Long. 6, lat. 8 mm. 
Hab.—Port Blair, Andaman Is. (S. Kemp). 
Tellina pervitrea, sp. n. 
(Fig. 13.) 
Shell small, ovately cuneiform, exceedingly thin and almost 
transparent, smooth, polished, shining, marked only with fine, 
concentric growth lines; umbones small, not prominent ; dorsal 
