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dorsal but little sloping on either side, sliglitly convex in front, 

 nearly straiglit behind; anterior side very slightly the longer, 

 rounded; posterior extremity subangulated, subemarginated ; H- 

 gament prominent ; flexure quite obsolete ; lateral tooth approxi- 

 mate. 



Real Leijos, Central America (Cuming). 



142. Tellina (Tellinides) ovalis (pi. Ix. f. 147.) Sowerhy, 

 Tank. Cat. App. p. 3; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 73. sup. t. 13. f. 56; 

 T. tridentata? A^don, in Wiegm. Arch. 1837. 



T. testa ovali, tenuissima, pellucida, subsequilaterah, compressa, 

 nitida, rosea, radiis angustis albidis frequentibus ornata, concen- 

 trice substriata ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsaH utrinque 

 paululum decHvi; latere antico longiore, rotundato; extremitate 

 postica o])tusa, ahquantulum latiore ; flexura costaque umbonaH 

 obsoletis ; natibus inconspicuis ; hgamento prominente ; dente 

 laterali approximato, distincto. 



Oval, pellucid, subequilateral, compressed, extremely, tliin, con- 

 centrically substriated, and variegated with crowded narrow whitish 

 rays on a rose-coloured ground ; the ventral margin shghtly con- 

 vex ; the dorsal but little sloping on either side, the ligament edge 

 slightly retuse ; posterior extremity obtusely rounded, and rather 

 broader than the rounded termination of the more elongated ante- 

 rior side ; fold and flexure obsolete ; beaks not prominent ; ligament 

 projectmg ; a distinct approximate lateral tooth. 



Moluccas; San Nicolas, Zebu ; (Cuming). 



The Solen striatiis, of Gmehn (from Chemnitz, vol. vi. f.57,58.), 

 seems closely aUied if not identical. 



143. Tellina coccinea (pi. Iviii. f. 90.) Chemnitz, vol. vi. 

 p. 118. f. 109 ; Dillw. Des. Cat. p. 87 ; Tellinides coccinea. Hani. 

 Des. Cat. p. 74. t. 4. f. 42. 



T. testa ovaH, tenuissima, compressa, sequilaterah, peUucida, 

 roseo-purpurascente, vitrinque rotundata ; concentrice striata, striis 

 anticis frequentibus, posticis remotis et subimbricatis ; margine 

 ventrah convexiusculo ; dorsaH utrinque paululum dechvi ; flexura 

 costaque umbonaU obsoletis ; ligamento prominente ; costeUis 

 duabus internis (in junioribus) postice radiantibus ; dentibus pri- 

 mariis subobsoletis, dente laterali approximato, distincto. 



Oval, compressed, very tliin, equilateral, of an uniform pellucid 

 purple-rose colour, with concentric striae which are crowded in 

 front, but distant and subimbricated behind; the ventral edge 

 moderately convex ; the dorsal but httle sloping on either side of 



