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luted, its dorsal edge (in the adult) retuse above and moderately 

 sloping; ligament sunken; fold and flexure distinct; interior 

 whitish tinged with orange ; lateral tooth tolerably close. 

 West Indies; (Wood). 



97. Tellina Sol (pi. Ixiv. f. 240.) Eanley, Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa oblongo-elliptica, solidiuscula, compressa, nitida^ rubro- 

 uurantia, altera valvula concentrice substriata, altera sublsevi- 

 gata; margine ventrali convexo, postice sursum acclinato; dorsali 

 utrinque subdeclivi, convexiusculo ; latere antico longiore, ad ex- 

 tremitatem rotundato ; extremitate postica in junioribus subacumi- 

 nata, in adultis obtuse angidata; uatibus planulatis; ligamento 

 infosso ; dente laterali distincto. 



Oblong-elliptic, tolerably strong, compressed, glossy, orange red 

 (rayed in some specimens with paler streaks) ; one valve with 

 concentric striulse, the other nearly smooth; ventral edge simply 

 convex, ascending posteriorly; dorsal edges moderately sloping, 

 and slightly convex ; anterior side the longer, its extremity rounded ; 

 liinder extremity somewhat acuminated in the yoimg, obtusely an- 

 gulated in the adult ; beaks flattened and devoid of colour ; liga- 

 ment sunken ; lateral tooth distinct. 



Hab. ? 



The adult is in the cabinet of Mr. Cuming, the young in that 

 of Mr. MetcaKe. 



— 98. Tellina strigosa (pi. Ixiii. f. 211.) Gmelin, 3239; 

 DiUw. Des. Cat. 82 ; Lam. no. 19; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 63. t. 4. 

 f. 61 ; Le Vagal, Adanson, Seneg. 1. 17. f. 19. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, solida, inajquivalvi, convexiuscula, nitida, 

 Candida, subpellucidfi, subl8e\agata ; margine ventraH sub recto, 

 medio paululum subretuso, postice sursum acclinato ; dorsali an- 

 tice arcuato declivi et clovatiore, postice prope nates subretuso et 

 vix declivi, deinde convexiusculo et obliquo ; latere postico longiore, 

 ad extremitatem attenuatam subrostrato; extremitate antica ro- 

 tundata; flexura costaque umbonali satis conspicuis; ligamento 

 infosso; superficie interna Candida, plerumque roseo subradiatim 

 tincta ; dente laterali approximato, plerumque obsoleto. 



Ovate-oblong, sohd, inequivalve, moderately convex, of a glossy 

 subpellucid wliite, with the marks of growth tinged with zones of 

 violet grey, nearly smooth, but the convex valve posteriorly grooved 

 near the beaks with most delicate but distinct crowded striae ; ven- 

 tral margin somewhat retuse in the middle, rising beliind ; ante- 

 rior side rather the shorter, its extremity rounded, its dorsal edge 



