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extremity rounded, jiosterior somewhat beaked ; beaks acute ; liga- 

 ment sunken ; insi(K^ wliite. 



San. Nicolas, Zebu. 



In the young, there is a slight appearance of rudimentary 

 lateral teeth. 



170. Tellina micans (pi. lix. f. lOG.) Ilanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa ovato-oblonga, tenui, compressiuscula, subinaequilate- 

 rali, nitidissima, pellucida, nivea ; striis paucis remotis subobsoletis 

 concentricis, etiamque in adultis, striis subobUquis remotis, antice 

 ornata ; margine ventraK antice oblique arcuato, postice subrecto ; 

 dorsah antice vix decKvi et convexiuscido, postice declivi subrctuso 

 et angulmn obtusum cum margine postico subincurvato formaute ; 

 latere postico breviore, cuneitbrmi ; extremitate antica obtuse rotun- 

 data ; flexura obsoleta. 



Ovate-oblong, thin, rather compressed, slightly inequilateral, ex- 

 tremely glossy, pellucid, snow-white, with a few indistinct and 

 rather "^ distant concentric striae in front, wliich are crossed in adult 

 specimens by very slightly obli(|ue and distant ones ; ventral edge 

 obliquely rounded anteriorly, and straightish behind ; anterior side 

 slightly Uie longer, obtusely rounded, its dorsal edge scarcely slop- 

 ing ; hinder extremity wedge-shaped, the ligamental edge subretuse 

 near the moderately projecting ligament, and forming a very obtuse 

 angle with the shghtly incurved posterior edge ; flexure obsolete. 



Catbalonga, Isle of Samar. 



Bias, Isle of Negros. 



171. Tellina miles (pl.Lxii. f.l88.) //««%, Zool. Proc. 1844. 

 T. testa T. cuspidi affini sed oblouga, rostrata, compressiore; 



margine antico dorsali vix paididum declin ; ventrah convexo ; 

 valvula altera Uneis elevatis concentricis undique striata. 



Like T. cuspis but oblong, beaked, and more compressed ; front 

 dorsal edge scarcely at all sloping ; ventral edge convex ; one valve 

 nearly smooth, the other with regular fine elevated concentric stria. 



Hab. ? (Mus. Metcalfe.) 



172. Tellina cuspis (pi. lix. f. 125.) Ilankij, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa ovata, solidiuscula, convcxa, nitidiuscula, rosea, antice 

 et inferne substriata ; margine ventrali arcuato ; dorsali utrnique 

 subdeclivi, antice convexo, postice recto aut subretuso; flexura 

 costaque umbonali distinctis; latere antico paululum longiorc, 

 rotundato: postico subacuminato, subrostrato ; bgamento nifosso. 



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