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T. testa T. Vestali simillima, sed fulvo-aurantiri, valde com- 

 pressa, et magis insequilatcrali ; extremitate i)ostic?i emarginata ; 

 niargiue dorsali postico subrctuso, hand autcm excavato. 



Very like Vestalis, but more compressed and inequilateral, of a 

 tawny orange, with the hinder extremity clearly notched, and the 

 })osterior dorsal edge not at all excavated, but simply and shghtly 

 retuse. 



Ilo Ho, Isle of Panay, Philippines (Cuming.) 



132. Tellina vestalis (pi. Ivii. f. G7.) Eanlev. Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa oblongo-angusta, tenuissima, convexiuscula, nitida, ]?e\ i, 

 intus extusque nivea, ingequilaterali ; margine ventrali subrecto, pau- 

 lulum convexiusculo, antice sursum acclinato ; dorsali antice rainune 

 declivi et paululnm convexiuscido, postice prope ligamentum ex- 

 cavato, deiude convexo et subdecHvi ; extremitate lateris antici 

 longioris rotundata; extremitate postica subemarginata, subatte- 

 nuata, obtuse biangulata ; Hexura obsoleta ; dente lateral! approxi- 

 mato. 



Elongated-oblong, extremely tliin, shghtly convex, inequilateral, 

 smooth, glossy, snowy white both within and without; ventral 

 margin but very shghtly convex, and somewhat rising in front ; 

 anterior side rather the longer, its extremity rounded, its dorsal 

 edge scarcely convex and hardly at all sloping ; hinder dorsal edge 

 excavated at the hgament, afterwards convex and slightly sloping ; 

 posterior extremity rather attenuated, shghtly emarginated, and 

 obtusely biangulated ; flexure obsolete ; the lateral tooth approxi- 

 mate. 



Isles of Negros and Luzon, Pliilippines. 



133. Tellina lanceolata (pi. Iviii. f. 86, 87.) Chemnit;:, 

 vol. vi. p. 111. f. 103; AVood, Gen. Conch, p. 167. t. 45. f. 2; 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 67. t. 4. f. 40; Psammotsea pellucida. Lam. 

 no. 4; Deles, t. 5. f. 10. 



T. testa oblongo-elongata, tenui, compressa, nitithuscula, fiequi- 

 laterali, rosea aut albido-roseii, concentrice et confcrtissune striata, 

 antice rotundata, postice lanceolata; margine ventrali subrecto; 

 dorsah utrinque convexiusculo, antice subliorizontali, postice sub- 

 declivi; costa nmbonah conspicua; hgamento satis promineiitc; 

 costelhl interna ex mnbonibus postice radiante ; dente latcndi 

 distincto, suba))proxiniato. 



Elongated oblong, equilateral, thin, compressed, rather glossy. 



