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rotundata ; latere postico vix paululum longiore, biangulato ; na- 

 tibus acutis ; costa umbonali prominula ; ligamento infosso (?) ; 

 lunula distinctaj dente laterali autico majore postico parvo et 

 remotiore. 



Obovate, solid, moderately convex, nearly equilateral, not po- 

 lished, white, the entire surface covered with regidar, distinct, short 

 and croM^ded lamellse, the interstices smooth ; ventral edge arcuated; 

 anterior side very slightly the shorter, extremity rounded ; posterior 

 extremity biangulated ; dorsal edges straightish, and not greatly 

 sloping ; beaks acute ; hgament sunken (?) ; fold not prominent ; 

 a distinct lunule ; inside wliite, the front lateral tooth distinct, the 

 hinder smaU and remote. 



A single valve in the collectiou of .J E. Gray, Esq. is all I have 

 ever seen of tliis distinctly characterized species, I am consequently 

 unable to state whether it be equivalve or not. 



80. Tellina scobinata (pi. \rfi. f. 235.) Lin. Syst. 1119; 

 Lin. Mus. Ub. 482 ; Cliem. vol. 6. f. 122-124 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, 

 p. 180. t. 35. f. 1 ; Lam. no 34 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 68. t. 4. f. 67. 



T. testa suborbiculari, insequivalvi, sohda, sequilaterali, ven- 

 tricosa aut subventricosa, impolita, albida, maculis brunneis un- 

 datis radiata aut nebulosa, tuberculis, squamosis confertis undique 

 asperata; margine ventrali arcuato; dorsali utrinque subdeclivi 

 et leviter couvexiusculo ; extremitate antica rotundata, postica 

 obtuse subangulata; costa umbonali distincta, obtusa; lunula 

 excavata, lanceolata; flexura ventrali conspicua; ligamento de- 

 presso ; disco interno albido-flavescente ; dentibus lateralibus vaLi- 

 dissimis, subsequidi stantibus. 



Suborbicular, solid, inequivalve, equilateral, more or less ven- 

 tricose, dull wliitish clouded or rayed with wavy bro^Mi markings, 

 and rough with small crowded rasp-like tubercles wliich become 

 almost spinous beyond the distinct but obtuse umbonal ridge ; fold 

 conspicuous ; ligament depressed ; a lanceolate excavated Imiule ; 

 anterior side rounded, the dorsal edge scarcely convex and little 

 sloping; hinder side with the extremity obtusely subangulated, 

 the dorsal edge nearly straight and moderately sloping; inside 

 yellowish white ; the lateral teeth very strong and subequidistaut. 



Society Islands and Philippines ; (Cuming). 



- 82. Tellina lingua-eelis (pi. Ixiv. f. 236.) Lm. Sys. 1116 ; 

 Lin. Mus. Ub-. p. 476 ; Knorr, vol. 2. t. 2. f. 1 ; Wood, Gen. Conch, 

 t. 40. f. 2, 3 ; Lam. no. 37 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 69. t. 3. f. 2. 



T. testa obovata, subventricosa, solida, subsequilaterali, albida. 



