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April 23, 1844. 



"Williain Yarrell, Esq., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



A continuation of Mr. Sylvanus Hanley's paiier on new Tellina was 

 read, containing the following descriptions : — 



Tellina sincera. Tel. testd T. carnarise shnillhnd, sed majore, 

 lutiore, compressd et albidd ; striis tenuioribus ; ligamento vald'c 

 anglisto ; natibus pauluUim ad latus anticum spectantibus ; margine 

 ventrali tantimi subarcuato ; denlibiis lateralibus conspicuis, sub- 

 <Equidistantibus . Long. 1-20; latv 1'40 poli. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming, Metcalfe. 



Extremely likę T. carnaria, but larger, broader, and raore flattened. 

 The obliąue striae are minute, and almost entirely disappear in aged 

 specimens. 



Tellina Senegalensis. Tel. testd T. splendidse similUmd, sed 

 striis sulcisąue crilioribus magisctie confertis ; extremitate etiam 

 posticd, striis arcuatis obliqiiis in utrdgiie vulvithi, ornatd ; supcr- 

 ficie internd purptired, albo postici biradiatd. Long. O'BO ; lat. 1 

 poU. 

 Hab. Senegal. 



An extremely common shell, bearing some slight resemblance to 

 curnaria, and has probably been hitherto neglected, from its close 

 approximation to the splendida of Anton. 



Tellina incarnata. Tel, testd obovatd, aubobligud, inccąuilutcrali, 

 ventricosd, solidd, incarnatd aut albido-rosed, impolitd ; striis ele- 

 vatis concenfricis tenuissimis, strias radiantes elevatas conferlis- 

 sime deciissantibiis ; margine ventrali arcuato, postice stirsiim 

 accliviore ; dorsali untice declivi et prope nates puiihilitm incitrvato, 

 jmstice elevatiore subarcuato et siibito decUnante; ligamento infosso; 

 siiperficie internd flavescente, margines versits subrosed; dentibus 

 lateralibus maximis. Long. O' 70 ; lat. 0*95 poli. 

 Hab. San Nicholas, Zebu ; sandy mud, low water. 

 This graceful species is allied in sculpture to the deciissata of 

 Lamarck, but the shape and colouring easily distinguish it. In 

 almost every adult specimeu the tips of the beaks are chalky \vhite, 

 the umbones yellow, and the ligamental edge rosy. 



Tellina Lyra. Tel, testd ovali, tenui, compressd, nitidiusculd, 

 albd, striis concentricis elevatis ornatd, interstitiis Icevigatis ; tnar- 

 gine ventrali ad utramque extremitatem arcuato, medio convexius- 

 culo ; dorsali postice ultiore, convexo satisgue decUnante, antice 

 prope lunulam excavatam, aut horizontali ant leviter acclivi ; latere 

 antico paululitm longiore, rotundato ; extrcmitate posticd obtusd ; 



