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T. testa subovali, tenui^ compressa^ subsequilaterali, iiitida^ 

 albido-rosea radio angusto pallidiore (nonnunquam duobus) pos- 

 tice ornata^ subleevigata^ pellucida^ antice rotundata; margine 

 ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsaK utrinque convexiusculo, postice 

 declivi, antice subdecli\d ; latere postico paululum bre\dore, ob- 

 tuse cuneiformi ; flexura costaque umbonali obsoletis ; ligamento 

 prominulo ; dente laterali parvo, approximato. 



Suboval, thin, compressed, subequilateral, pink with one or two 

 narrow posterior whitish rays, nearly smooth, glossy, pellucid, 

 rounded in front, rather shorter and obtusely wedge-shaped be- 

 hind ; ventral and dorsal edges tolerably convex, very moderately 

 sloping in front, but more so beliind ; fold and flexure quite obso- 

 lete; ligament moderately prominent; lateral tooth small, ap- 

 proximate. 



Hab.? Mus. Metcalfe. 



117. Tellina exilis (pl.hx. f.l04.) Lam. no. 26; Deshaves, 

 Ency. Meth. voliii. p. 1013; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 64. sup. t.'lS. 

 f.2; Deles, t. 6. f. 6. 



T. testa subovali, tenuissima, compressa, nitida, insequilaterali, 

 pellucida, rosea, radio uno vel altero postice ornata, minutissime 

 striata; striis antice concentricis, medio obhquis; margine ven- 

 traH subrecto ; dorsali antice convexiusculo et subdeclivi, postice 

 subrecto et declivi; latere postico cuneiformi et paulo breviore; 

 extremitate antica rotundata ; flexura costaque umbonali obsoletis; 

 ligamento prominulo ; dente laterali parvo, subapproximato. 



Suboval, very tliin, pellucid, compressed, rose-coloured, with 

 two narrow white posterior rays, nearly smooth being only marked 

 with very dehcate and almost imperceptible regular strise, which, 

 concentric in front, become obhque on reacliing the middle of the 

 shell; ventral margin nearly straight; anterior side rather the 

 longer, rounded, its dorsal edge not much sloping and shghtly 

 convex ; posterior end wedge-shaped, the ligamental edge nearly 

 straight ; fold and flexure obsolete ; ligament moderately promi- 

 nent ; lateral tooth small, approximate. 



Hab. ? Mus. Walton. 



118. Tellina virgo (pi. Ivii. f. 43.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa subovali, tenuissima, compressiuscula, insequilaterah, 

 nitida, pellucida, Candida, striis obliquis subremotis regularibus 

 ornata; margine ventrali subrecto; dorsali antice convexo et 

 subdeclivi, postice subrecto et declivi; latere antico longiore. 



