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Var. test^ radiomm experte ; natibus roseis. 



Elongated-oblong, more or less ventricose, solid, not twisted, of 

 a highly polished smooth white, with zones of very pale yellow, 

 and generally with broad rosy rays ; ventral margin scarcely con- 

 vex ; anterior side rather the longer, its dorsal edge scarcely sloping, 

 its extremity rounded ; posterior side slightly attenuated, its extre- 

 mity obtusely subangulated, its dorsal edge nearly straight and 

 but slightly sloping ; ligament short, large, and prominent ; lunule 

 distinct, elongated-lanceolate ; inside yellowish ; lateral teeth strong 

 and nearly equidistant. 



West Indies. 



45. Tellina Brasiliana (pi. Ixii. f. 179.) Spengler, Skriv. 

 Nat. Selskab. Kiobenh. 1798; T. semizonalis. Lam. no. 3; Deles, 

 t. 6. f. 1 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 61. sup. 1. 11. f. 60. 



T. testa oblongo-elongata, insequilaterali, solida, convexiuscula, 

 nitida, paUide roseo-violacea, laevigata ; margine ventrali subrecto ; 

 dorsali antice vix declivi et paululum convexiusculo, postice de- 

 chvi et subrecto; latere antico longiore, producto; extremitate 

 postica obtuse angulata ; costa umbonali obtusa ; lunula lanceolata 

 angusta; superficie interna roseo-purpurascente, radiis duobus 

 paUidioribus aut albis ad extremitatem posticam ornata ; dentibus 

 lateralibus remotis, postico parvo. 



Elongated-oblong, inequilateral, solid, slightly convex, glossy, 

 pale lilac, smooth; ventral margin nearly straight, slightly as- 

 cending in front, its flexure distinct ; the umbonal ridge obtuse ; 

 anterior side much the longer, its dorsal slope very gentle ; pos- 

 terior extremity obtusely angulated, the dorsal edge nearly straight 

 and moderately sloping ; a narrow lanceolate lunule ; the inside of 

 a purpHsh crimson with two pale or wliite rays at the posterior 

 extremity ; teeth remote, equidistant, the posterior one small and 

 rather indistinct. 



Brazil (fide Spengler). 



46. Tellina pudica (pl.lvi. f. 7.) Kanley, Zool, Proc. 1844. 



T. testa parva, solida, ovato-subtrigona, subsequilaterali, nitida, 

 Candida, sublaevigata, tenuissime concentrice striata ; margine ven- 

 trah antice arcuato, postice subito sursum acchnato ; dorsali 

 utrinque valde dechvi, antice convexo, postice elongato et subrecto ; 

 latere antico paululum breviore, subventricoso, rotundato ; postico 

 conqiresso, rostrato; extremitate postica subacumiuata ; natibus 

 promiiientibus ; flexura* ventrali costaque umbonali subinconspi- 



