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clivi et paululuvi convexiusculo ; latere antico hreviore ; extremitate 

 posticd suhbiangulatd, attenuatd ; dentibus lateralihits magnis, an- 

 tico approximttto. Long. TO; lat. T 85 poli. 

 An unique specimen, in the cabinet of Mr. Cuming ; found by him 



at Sual, province of Pangasinan, isle of Luzon (sandy mud, 6ix 



fathoms). Allied to puhherrima. 



Tbllina Jūbar. Tel. testd T. virgatse affinis, sed magis trian- 

 gulari, altiore, minus elongatd ; ruhro-purpured, radiis albis aut 

 albidis ornatd ; margine ventrali subarcuato ; dorsali utrinque de- 

 cliviore; superficie internd albidd, aut coloribus externis fucatd. 

 Long. 1-65 ; lat. 250 poli. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming, Sowerby, &c. 



Tei-lina verbucosa. Tel. testd oblongo-elongatd, solidd, com- 

 pressd; aut flavidd, rubro-purpureo radiatd, aut pallidi rosed, 

 radiis subalbidis angustis, zonisgue saturatioribus, ornatd ; valvuld 

 alterd, undique (^natibus excipiendis) verrucosd ; ulterd, medib con^ 

 centrice sulcatd, lateribus soliim verrucosd ; verrucis elUpticis, aut 

 semilunatis, in seriebus vix interruptis, concentrice ordinatis ; mar- 

 gine ventrali antice subarcuato, postice sursiim accUnante ; dorsali 

 antice convexiusculo et vix subdeclivi, postice subrecto, subdeclivi; 

 latere antico longiore, rotundato ; extremitate posticd attenuatd, 

 subrostratd, oblicue subbiangulatd ; ligamento haud prominente ; 

 fiexurd ventrali costdgue umbonali, conspicuis ; dentibus lateralibus 

 magnis, ceguidistantibus. Long. O" 75 ; lat. 1'50 poli. 



Hab. Corregidor, bay of Manila. 



General shape of T. crucigera, but in sculpture quite distinct. 



Two specimens only of this rare Tellen are as yet knowu, and both 

 of them in the cabinet of H. Cuming, Esq. 



Tellina Guildingii. Tel. testd oblongd, tenui, compressd, sub- 

 <equilaterali, albidd, radiis aurantio-roseis, zonisgue albido-roseis, 

 ornatd; suleis cxilibvs, confertis, concentrice eiaratd ; margine 

 ventrali subrecto, medib subretuso ; dorsali utringue declivi, et 

 vix convexiusado ; latere postico paululum breviore, attenuato ; 

 eitremitate posticd infeme angulatd, anticd rotundatd ; natibus 

 acutis ; costd umbonali et flexurd ventrali inconspicuis ; ligamento 

 prominente i dentibus lateralibus magnis, ceguidistantibus. Long. 

 0-70; lat. I" 30 poli. 



Hab. West Indies. Mus. Metcalfe, Walton. 



Possesses the general appearance of a Psammobia, and belongs to 

 that section of Tellince of which virgata is the type. 



Tellina rubescens, Tel. testd T. striatse et T. puniceaj simil- 

 limd ; ab hdc autem differt, testd tenuiore anticm emarginationis 

 experte ; ab illd, natibus obtusioribus, et extrenntate posticd minus 

 attemiatd ; ab utrogue, superficie nitidissimd, ligamento infosso, 

 marginegue ventrali conveiiore et utringue subcegualiter declivi; 

 suleis in utrdgue valvuld postice obsoletis ; dentibus ut in T. pu- 

 nicea, sed minimis, inconspicuis. Long. 1*25 ; lat. 175. 



Hab. Panama and Tumbez ; in sandy mud. 



