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Var. (T. exigua, PolL Test. Sicil. 1. t. 15, f. 15, 17.) testa ab- 

 breviata ct idcirco margiue dorsali utrinque magis decHvi ; flexura 

 omiiino obsoleta. 



Ovab tliiniiish, compressed^ extremely glossy, subequilateral, 

 smooth both witliiii and without, of an orange, wliite, orange-red, 

 yellow or rose colonr ; the ventral edge convex in front, straightish 

 and ascencUng beliind ; anterior side rather the longer, ronnded, its 

 dorsal edge moderately sloping; posterior extremity obtusely an- 

 gulated ; Hgamental edge sloping, at first retuse, then rather con- 

 vex ; ligament prominent ; fold and flexui'e not quite obsolete ; la- 

 teral tooth very small, approxunate. 



Var. Shortened, the dorsal edges consequently more sloping ; the 

 flexure quite obsolete. 



Britain, Europe. 



I agree with Dr. Phihppi, in regarding the T. liyaUna of 

 Deshayes (Exped. Morea, 1. 18. f. 12, 13, 14.), as a narrow variety 

 of tliis very variable shell. 



125. Tellina juvenilis (pi. Ivii. f. 63.) Ranley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa ovata, subtrigona, tenui, pellucida. compressiuscula, 

 nitida, rubro-aurantia, Isevigata, insequilateraLi ; margine ventrali 

 convexo aut convexiusculo ; dorsali antice subrecto et declivi, 

 postice convexo et valde dechvi; latere antico longiore, subat- 

 tenuato, rotundato ; postico brevi, et obtuse subcunciformi ; fiexura 

 costaque mnbonali subobsoletis ; hgamento satis conspicuo; dente 

 laterali parvo. 



Subtriangularly ovate, inequilateral, tlun, pellucid, slightly com- 

 pressed, smooth, glossy, orange-red; ventral margin more or less 

 convex ; anterior side the narrower, rounded at the extremity, its 

 dorsal edge nearly straight ; posterior extremity short, and obtusely 

 wedge-shaped, the hgamental edge being convex and abruptly 

 sloping ; hgament (hstinct ; fold and flexure almost entirely obso- 

 lete ; lateral tooth small. 



Phihppines. 



126. Tellina lux (pi. Ivii.f. 71.) Eanletj, Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa subovali, tenui, pellucida, compressa, nitida, aurantia, 

 subla3vigata, in0e([uilaterali; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali 

 utrinque subdeclivi, antice convexiusculo, postice brevi et incur- 

 vato ; latere postico breviore, obtusissime biangulato ; extremitate 

 antica obtuse rotundata ; flexura costaque umbonali obsoletis ; liga- 

 mento prominentc ; dente laterali approximato, distincto. 



