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the little prominent beaks ; extremities rounded and nearly equally 

 broad; the fold and flexure obsolete; tlie ligament prominent; 

 two rather indistinct internal rib-like lines radiating (in the young 

 only) posteriorward ; cardinal teeth nearly obsolete, the approxi- 

 mate anterior lateral very distinct (when young). 

 San Nicolas, Zebu (Cuming). 



144. Tellina khodon (pi. Iviii. f. 93.) Eanlev, Zool. Proc. 



1844. 



T. testa oblonga, tenuissima, compressiuscula, nitidissima, Isevi, 

 rosea, pellucida, valde insequilaterali, utrinque rotundata ; margine 

 ventral! convex iusculo, antice sursum acchvi ; dorsali antice con- 

 vexiusculo et vix declivi, postice subdeclivi ; latere postico brevi 

 subattenuato ; natibus incouspicuis ; Hexura costaque umbonali 

 obsoletis ; dente laterali approximato. 



Oblong, very inequilateral, extremely thin, rather compressed, 

 smootli, polished, and of an uniform purphsh rose-colour; the 

 ventral margin slightly convex, and rising in front ; the dorsal 

 but slightly convex on either side, scarcely sloping in front, but 

 moderately so beliind; the extremities rounded, and the shorter 

 posterior side somewhat attenuated; beaks not prominent; the 

 fold and flexure obsolete ; lateral tooth approximate. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



145. Tellina Oudardi (pi. Ixvi. f. 262.) Pai/rand. Cat. 

 Corse, p. 40. 1. 1. f. 16, 17, 18; Desh. ed. Lam. vol. vi. p. 210; 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. 1. 14. f. 8. 



" T. testa ovata, compressa, nitida, pellucida, oblique cancellata, 

 lineis transversis albis parvulisque longitudinalibus rubris ornata ; 

 antice et postice radiis luteo-rubescentibus ; intus et extus rubra. 



Ovate, compressed, glossy, transparent, obliquely cancellated, 

 adorned with transverse white lines and small longitudiaal red 

 ones ; rays of a yello\\ash red both in front and beliind ; red both 

 within and without." 



1 have been obliged to content myself with reprinting the ori- 

 ginal description, and giving a representation of the tj^pical shell 

 deposited in the Museum at Paris, as I am unable to procure a 

 specimen in England for the pui'pose of comparison. Had it not 

 been for the mention of sculpture on the surface of one of its 

 valves, I should have doubted its distinctiveness as a species. 

 *^The \'alves are furnished with transverse striae in lozenges, ac- 

 companied by a multitude of silvery- wliite little rays both wliich are 

 crossed by very debcate longitudinal lines of a deeper red than the 



