258 



Var. More depressed, the sulci less coarse and only visible near 

 the ventral margin. 



Isle of Ticao, Philippines. 



65. Teluna eemies (pi. Ixiv. f. 226.) Lin. Sys. 1119; Lin. 

 Mus. Ulr. p.482; Chem. vol.6. f.ll3; Wood, Gen. Conch. p.l82. 

 t. 38. f. 1 ; Dillw. D. Cat. p. 94 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 67. snp. 1. 1. 

 f. 2 ; T. sulcata. Lam. no. 32 ; T. convexa, Wood, Ind. Test. Sup. 

 1. 1. f. 2. 



T. tests, suborbiculari, solidissimd, insequivalvi, sequilaterali, 

 ventricosa, subimpoKta, extus intusque albida, epidermide tenui 

 fulvo-cinerea ant fulvo-fusca induta ; superne concentrice striolata, 

 inferne concentrice sulcata, sulcis latis, profundis, rudibus ; mar- 

 gine ventraK valde arcuato ; dorsaM utrinque subrecto, antice pau- 

 lulum, postice satis decHvi ; latere antico rotundato -, postico su- 

 perne subangulato ; ligamento satis magno, prominente ; lunula 

 nulla ; natibus obtusis et recte incurvatis ; flexura ventrali conspi- 

 cua ; costa umbonaK subobsoleta ; dentibus magnis, validis, antico 

 laterali quamplurimum approximato, postico permagno subremoto. 



Suborbicular, very solid, inequivalve, equilateral, ventricose, 

 scarcely glossy, wliitish both witliin and without (covered when 

 fresh with a dull yellowish brown epidermis), most delicately stri- 

 ated concentrically near the obtuse and incurved beaks, but very 

 coarsely grooved towards the regularly arcuated ventral edge ; an- 

 terior side rounded, its dorsal edge nearly straight or very slightly 

 convex and but little sloping ; posterior side subangulated above, 

 its dorsal edge moderately declining and straight or subretuse; 

 fold obscure, flexure conspicuous ; ligament large and prominent ; 

 no lunule ; teeth large and strong, the front lateral as close as 

 possible, the hinder very large and rather distant. 



Baclyon, Isle of Bohol (Cuming) ; Amboyna ; Australia. 



66. Tellina cyeenoldea (pi. Ivi. f. 31) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa suborbiculari, solidiuscula, insequivalvi, valde insequi- 

 laterali, subventricosa, sordide alba (intus sub umbonibus pur- 

 purea), concentrice costellata; striis minutis oblique radiantibus 

 costellas confertas postice decussantibus ; margine ventrali ar- 

 cuato; dorsali utrinque valde et subrecte declivi, antice brevi, 

 postice longiore ; latere antico breviore, obtuse rotundato ; extre- 

 raitate postica obtusa, paululum attenuate ; natibus prominentibus ; 

 lunula distincta; Ligamento infosso; flexura costaque umbonali 



