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* " 13. Tellina jubar (pl.lxiii. f. 214.) Hanlei/, Zool.Proc.1844. 

 T. virgata, var. Wood, Gen. Cone. t. 36. f. 2. Enc. Meth. t. 288. 

 f. 4. (bad). 



T. testa specie priore magis triangnlari, altiore, minus elongata ; 

 rubro-purpm-ea, racliis albis aut alljidis ornata; margine veutrali 

 subarcuato ; dorsali utrinque decliviore ; superficie interna albida, 

 aut coloribus externis fucata. 



Extremely like Virgata, but more triangular and less elongated, 

 the dorsal slopes being more sudden; the ventral edge is more convex, 

 and less straight in the middle ; the external colom-ing of broader 

 and narrower wliite rays on a dull rosy or reddish ground, is fre- 

 quently visible on the otherwise Avhite surface of the interior. 



Mus. Cuming. 



The ligamental margin inclines to convexity, wliich is the reverse 

 of what we meet viith in Virgata and Marginalis. 



14. Tellina marginalis (pi. Ixiii. f. 216.) Dilw. Des. Cat. 

 p. 74; Chem. f. 68, (tolerable). 



T. testa Virgatge et Jubaris maxime assimili, altiore autem, 

 raagisque rotundata ; margine veutrali plane arcuato, postice sursum 

 acclivi ; dorsali utrinque leviter declivi ; superficie externa albida, 

 radiis rubescentibus ornata. 



Closely allied to the two preceding, but less oblong than either ; 

 the ventral edge much more arcuated, and ascending abruptly on 

 the posterior side ; the ligamental edge sloping, but slightly and 

 somewhat concavely ; the colouring whitish, with pale rosy-red or 

 deep flesh-coloured rays ; interior nearly white. 



Indian Ocean ? &c. 



15. Tellina staurella (pi. Ix. f. 148. and pi. Ixi. f. 171. 

 and pi. Ixv. f. 261.) Lam., no. 6 ; Haul. Des. Cat. p. 61. sup. 1. 1 1. 

 f. 33 ; Delessert, t. 6. f. 2; Chem. vol. vi. f. 70, 71 ; PhiHp. Ab. 

 and Bes. Conch, part v. t. 5. f. 6. T. scalaris. Lam. no. 29. 



T. testa ovali aut oblongo-ovali, sohda, convexa, nitida, extus in- 

 tusque albida aut flavida, radiis angustis roseis confertis plerumque 

 ornata ; concentrice sulcata, sulcis antice subobliquis et subimbri- 

 catis, postice submembranaceis et paucioribus (plerumque in vahiila 

 altera omnino obsoletis) ; margine veutrali convexo ; dorsali antice 

 subdechvi et ^ax convexiusculo, postice dechvi et subrecto ; latere 

 antico manifeste longiore, postico attenuato ; extremitate postica 

 obtuse angulata; natibus plerumque roseis, nonnunquam cruce 

 roseo-rubra notatis ; bgamento magno, subconspicuo ; deutibus la- 

 terahbus magnis, subsquidistantibus. 



