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2. Tellina Deshayesii (pi. Ivii. f. 66.) Hanlei/, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa T. Eostratse simillima, sed albido-rosea, et lamellis sub- 

 remotis concentrice ornata ; margine etiam ventrali convexiore. 



Extremely like T. rostrata, but of an uniform pale pinkish hue, 

 and the surface ornamented with concentric and rather distant la- 

 mellse ; the ventral margin more convex likewise, than in the pre- 

 ceding species. 



Red Sea? 



3. Tellina Cumingii (pi. Iviii. f. 72.) Hanlei/, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. test^ elongato-oblonga, subsequilaterali, solida, compressius- 

 cula, vix nitida, albida aut flavescente, maculis strigis Hneisve brun- 

 neis aut fusco-purpurascentibus radiata ; concentrice sulcata, sulcis 

 antice confertis et subimbricatis, postice sublamellosis, remotius- 

 culis ; margine ventrali convexo, utrinque sursum acclinato ; dor- 

 sali utrinque subdeclivi, antice convexiusculo, postice subrecto, 

 subincurvatOj subdentato ; latere postico attenuato, rostrato, paul- 

 lulum breviore, ad extremitatem biangulato ; costa umbonali valde 

 prominente ; ligamento inconspicuo ; superficie interna albida aut 

 flavida; dentibus laterahbus validis, subsequidistantibus. 



Elongated- oblong, narrow, subequHateral, solid, rather com- 

 pressed, scarcely glossy, whitish, radiated with narrow brown or 

 chocolate-brown streaks or spots; concentrically sulcated, sulci 

 fine, becoming elevated posteriorly, strong and coarse on the very 

 prominent umbonal ridge, attenuated in the hollow beyond, and 

 projecting again so as almost to dentate the straight or slightly 

 concave ligamental margin ; slopes very gentle ; front dorsal area 

 barred with colom-ed streaks; anterior extremity rounded, but 

 somewhat attenuated; liinder side narrowed, subrostrated, and 

 somewhat biangulated at the extremity ; inside white or pale yel- 

 lovidsh; lateral teeth strong, and nearly equidistant. 



Guacomayo and America. 



4. Tellina crucigera (pi. Iviii. f.78, 79 ; andpl.Lxii. f.l78.) 

 Lam., no. 7 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 61. 



T. testa oblonga, convexa, inajquilaterah, nitidiuscula, albida. 

 lineis macuhsque fulvo-aurantiis aut roseo-purpureis plerumque 

 radiata; (rarius immaculata, et radio bre\i roseo ad umbones 

 utrinque ornata), sulcis exHibus, distinctis, paululum obhquis, con- 

 centrice exarata ; margine ventrali convexo, postice sursum accli- 

 nato; dorsali antice convexiusculo et vix paulidiun declivi, postice 



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