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301 



tice declivi, autice paiilulum declivi, utrinque subrecto ; flexuru 

 obsoleta ; ligamento subinfosso ; disco intcrno aurantio. 



Oblong, tolerably solid, rather ventricose, slightly glossy, smooth, 

 whitish, with the imibones orange, anteriorly long(H- and rounded, 

 posteriorly obtusely wedge-shaped ; ventral and dorsal edges 

 straightisli, the latter posteriorly sloping, anteriorly scarcely slop- 

 ing ; tlexure obsolete ; ligament rather sunken ; iimer disc orange. 



Isles of Negros, Mindanao, and Panay. 



153. Tellina aurora (pi. Iviii. f. 70.) Ilanlej/, Zoo\. Proc. 

 1844.^. /^^, 



T. testa T. Psammotellse simillima, convexiore autem, et umbo- 

 nibus rubro-aiu-autiis ; ligamento infosso ; dentibus lateralibus 

 nullis. 



Very like T. Psammotella but more convex, and with the um- 

 bones of an orange-red. The ligament too is sunken and the 

 hinge devoid of lateral teeth. 



Panama. 



154. Tellina Galat.ea (pi. Ixiv. f. 223.) Psammobia Galatsea 

 Lam. no. 18; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 58, sup. 1. 13. f. 44, T. Sericina 

 Jonas, Ab. und. Bes. Conch, part 3. t. 5. f. 1. 



T. testa oblonga, solidiuscula, convexa, valde insequilaterali, 

 subnitida, extus intuscpe Candida, punctis minutissimis elevatis 

 confertis radiatim asperata ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali 

 antice subhorizontali, postice brevi recto et decli\d ; latere antico 

 producto, rotundato ; extremitate postica truncato-cuueiformi ; hga- 

 mento infosso ; tlexura obsoleta ; dentibus parvis. 



Yar. (T. Diana, Zool. Proc. 1844.) subovata, punctis obsoletis; 

 margine dorsali utrinque magis declivi ; extremitati^. postica magis 

 obtusa. 



Oblong, tolerably strong, convex, very inequilateral, rather 

 glossy, white within and without, roughened by crowded radiating 

 rows of minute raised dots ; ventral edge nearly straight ; anterior 

 side produced, rounded at the extremity ; dorsal edge convex and 

 nearly horizontal; posterior side of a truncated wedge-shape; the 

 ligamental edge straight, short, and much sloping ; ligament sun- 

 ken ; flexure obsolete ; teeth very small, 



Var. Subovate, the dots obsolete ; dorsal edges more sloping ; 

 posterior end more obtuse. 



Cliina. 



^- 155. Tellina CANDIDA (pi. Ixii, f, 195,) Psaminotaia Candida 

 Lam. no. 6. Haid. Des. Cat. p. 60. 



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