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aurantio plūs minusve tinctd ; columelld leevi ; canali hreviusculo, 

 reatrvo ; aperturd pai~vd, ovato-rotundatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Ranella, pi. 8. f. 48. 



Hah. Islands of Capul and Ticao, Philippines ; Cuming. 

 This shell has somewliat the forra and general character of the 

 Ranella bitubercularis , thougli it is of more solid growth and of a pe- 

 culiar orange-yellow colour. 



" A continuation of a paper by Sylvanus Hanley, Esq., on new 

 species of the genus Tellina, chlefly coUected by Hugh Cuming, Esq. 

 in the Philippine Islands and Central America" : — 



Tellina Rodon. Tel. testd ohlongd, ienuissimd, compressiusculd , 

 l(Bvi, nitidissimd, rosed,pellucidd, valde inceąuilaterali, ntrincue ro- 

 tundatd ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali anfice vix declivi 

 et convexiusculo, postice subdeclivi ; latere postico brevi, subatte- 

 nuato ; fiexurd obsoletd; dente laterali approxiviato, antico. Long. 

 0-38; lat. 0-83 poli. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Allied to coccinea, but more elongated and glossy. 



Tellina lux. Tel. testd sitbovali, tenui, pellucidd, compressd, 

 nitidd, am'antid, sublčEvigatd, incequUateraU ; margine ventrali con- 

 vexiusailo ; dorsali utringue subdeclivi, antice convexiusculo, pos- 

 tice brevi et incurvato ; latere postico breviore obtusissitne biangu- 

 lato ; extreniitate anticd obtuse rotundatd ; flexurd nulld ; dente 

 laterali antico, approximato, distincto. Long. 0-55 ; lat. O' 80 poli. 



Hab. Philippines. Mus. Hanley. 



Two specimens of this rare shell, which possesses the general ap- 

 pearance of T. psammotella, were selected by me from a large number 

 of T. Philippinarum. 



Tellina hilaris. Tel. testd oblongo-cuneiformi, tenui, compres- 

 siusculd, inaguilaterali, nitidd, leevi, rosed, albo biradiatd ; radiis 

 latis, subrnediis ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali anticft 

 declivi, postice subrecto et valde declivi ; extremitate lateris antici 

 longioris rotundatd ; cxtremitate posticd brevi, cuneiformi ; flex- 

 urd obsoletd ; dente laterali unico, parvo, subapproximato. Long. 

 0-37 ; lat. 0-62 poli. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Possessing the general coutour of T. tenera, but more elongated 

 and wedge-shaped. The colouring is rich and peculiar, being deep 

 rose-colour, adorned \vith two broad \vhite rays, one leaning forvvards 

 and the other with a posterior inclination. I suspect it comes to us 

 from the Philippine Islands. 



Tellina juvenilis. Tel. testd ovato-subtrigond, tenui, pellucidd, 

 nitidd, compressiusculd, rubro-aurantid, lavigatd, incEcuilaterali ; 

 margine ventrali convexo aut convexiusculo ; dorsali antice sub- 

 recto declivi, postice convexo et valde declivi ; latere antico longiore, 

 subattenuato, rotundato ; postico brevi et obtuse subeuneiformi ; 



