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descent epidermis; ventral edge nearly straight; anterior side 

 slightly the longer, ronndcd at ils cxtnnnity, its dorsal edge 

 scarcely convex and strongly sloping; lignment not prominent; 

 fold and flcxui'e obsolete ; inside orange, a single small approxi- 

 mate lateral tooth. 



Chusan, Cliina. 



I have received the species from Dr. Philippi with the proposed 

 name of T. camea, but know not whether he has subseciuently 

 published it. 



- 123. Tellina fabula (pl.lvii. f.62.) Gmelm, 8239; Donov. 

 Brit. Shells, vol. iii. t. 97 ; Wood, Gen. Condi, p. 15G. t. 45. f. 4; 

 Lam. no. 24 ; Pliilip. En. Mol. Sic. p. 26 ; Haul. Des. Cat. p. 64. 

 t. 3. f. 23. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, tenui, compressa, nitida, extus intusque 

 Candida, subscpiilatcrali, antice rotundata, postice cuneiformi; 

 valvida altera laevigata ; margine ventrali subrecto, postice sursuin 

 accliuato; dorsali antice subdeclivi et convexo, postice decHvi et 

 juxta ligamentum prorainens retuso, deiude magis minusve con- 

 vexo ; ilexura obsoleta ; dente lateraH approximato, distiucto. 



Ovate-oblong, tliin, compressed, glossy, wliite within and with- 

 out, nearly equilateral, rounded in front, wedge-shaped behind ; 

 one valve smooth, the other w4th crowded obhque stria3 ; ventral 

 edge nearly straight, and rising posteriorly ; fi'ont dorsal margin 

 moderately sloping and convex, posterior one dechning and near 

 the prominent ligament refuse, but afterwards more or less convex ; 

 lateral tooth approximate, distinct. 



Britain, Europe. 



T. fragiUlssima of Chemnitz, vol. \\. f. 101, (71 vitrea of 

 Gmelin), is usually considered as a bad representation of this 

 species. 



- 124. Tellina tenuis (pl.lviii. f. 81, 82.) Ba Costa, Brit. 

 Conch, p. 210. Wood. Gen. Conch, p. 155. t. 44. f. 3, 4.; Mont.Tes. 

 Brit. 1. p. 59.; Lam. no. 25. Hani. Des. Cat. p. 64. t. 3. f. 22. ; 

 Philip. En. Mol. Sic. 1. p. 27.; T. balaustina, Billw. D. Cat. p. 93. 



T. testa ovali, tenuiuscula, compressa, nitidissima, subrcquilate- 

 ralij intus extusque alba,am"antia aurantio-rubra ant rosea, lai\agata; 

 margine ventrali antice convexo, postice siu-smn acclinato ; dorsali 

 antice convexo subdeclivi, postice dcclivi et juxta Ligamentum pro- 

 minens retuso ; latere antico paulo longiorc, rotundato ; antico ob- 

 tuse angidato; tlexura costaque umbonali subinconspicuis ; dente 

 laterali minimo, approximato, 



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