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broad ; strong, and slightly inflected and truncated at the an- 

 terior end ; the colour is whitish, sometimes more or less 

 tinged transversely with straw colour, and the inside is yel- 

 lowish white ; the hinge is placed nearer the anterior than the 

 posterior end, and has in one valve a plain and a bifid pri- 

 mary tooth, and a bifid tooth in the other, besides two strong 

 lateral teeth, of which that on the anterior side is remote. Mr. 

 Wood's T. lavis is said to be sometimes two inches and a 

 half long, and three inches and a quarter broad, and I cannot 

 find that it differs in any respect from T. fausta, except in 

 being larger. 



reticulata. 53. Shell sub-orbicular, compressed, 

 with concentric ridges, and the interstices mi- 

 nutely striated longitudinally. 



Tellina reticulata. Linnceus Syst. Nat. p. 1119.? Chem- 

 nitz, vi. p. 124. t. 12. f. 118. Schroeter EinL ii. p. 657. 

 Gmelin, p. 3240. Maton and Racket, in Li?i. Trans. 

 viii. p. 54. t. 1. f. 9- Dorset Cat. p. 30. t. 5. f. 4. 

 Wood's Conch, p. 182. t. 42. f. 2 and 3. 

 Tellina proficua. Solander's MSS. Pulteneys Dorset. 

 p. 29- Montagu Test. p. 66. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the West India Islands. Chemnitz. Bri- 

 tain. Pulteney, fyc. 

 Shell about an inch and three-eighths long, and an inch and a 

 quarter broad ; thickish, with numerous regular transverse 

 membranaceous ridges, and when examined with a magni- 

 fier, their interstices appear striated longitudinally; colour 

 yellowish white, becoming paler towards the margins ; the 

 hinge is central, and has two small primary teeth, and broad 

 laminated lateral ones, which project above the margin; it 

 is remarkably distinguished by a long deep furrow, which ex- 

 tends from the central to the side of the lateral teeth. The 

 shell here described does not accord well either with the des- 

 cription or reference to Rumphius, t. 43. f. E. in the Syst. 

 Naturae, and Dr. Solander doubted whether the Linnaean T 

 reticulata is more than a variety of Venus tigerina. 



cancellata. 54. Shell sub-orbicular, convex, opake, 

 brittle, and cancellated with transverse ridges, 

 and minute longitudinal grooves. 



Tellina cancellata. Gmelin, p. 3239. Wood's Conch, p. 



176. 

 Tellina, No. 86. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 24. 



