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extremely thin greenish ashy epidermis is pereeptible near the lovver 

 margin. 



Tellina Bruguieri. Tel. testd rotundato-trigond, solidd, subcegui- 

 laterali, convextl, impoUtd, intus extusque alhidd, sublcBvigatd, 

 antice obtusa, poslice rotitndatd ; margine ventrali convexo aut 

 subarcuato ; dorsali postice elevatiore, valde declivi et paululum 

 convexo, antice arcuato et declivi; natibus prominentibus, antice 

 incumbottibus ; flcxurd costdque umbonali obsoletis; ligamento 

 infosso ; lunula parvd ; dentibus primariis maximis, lateralibus 

 nullis. Long. l'oO; lat. 1"80 poli. 

 Hab. Ilo-Ilo, isle of Panhay ; hard sand. 



This species is evidently represented at plate 231. figure 2. of the 

 ' Encyclopedie Mėthodiąue,' but as no name accompanies the deline- 

 ation, I have assigned to it its present one, in honour of the illustrious 

 author of the letter-press to that work. 



Tellina gubernaculūm. Tel. testd subovatd, subintecuivalvi, 



tenui, compressiiisculd, Icevi, extus intusgue albidd, valde inceqm- 



laterali ; margine ventrali conveiiusculo, antice sursum acclinante ; 



dorsali, antice magis minusve convexo et declivi, postice recto brevi, 



et subito declivi; extremitate lateris antici longioris attenuato 



rotundatd; extremitate posticd brevissimd, truncato-cuneiformi ; 



fiexura costdcue umbonali obsoletis ; ligamento infosso ; dentibus 



primariis parvis, lateralibus nullis. Long. 1"45 ; lat. l'90poll. 



Hab. Real Liejos, Central America ; in sandy mud, seven fathoms, 



Closely allied to the truncata of Jonas, but that species is much 



thicker and its shorter extremity simply wedge-shaped. 



Tellina formosa. Tel. testd obovatd, convexiusaild, valde incB- 

 guilaterali, albidd, radiis interruptis roseis, striisgue minutis con- 

 fertis obliguis, undigue ornatd ; margine ventrali convexo ; dorsali 

 utringue convexiusculo, antice subdeclivi, postice valde declivi; 

 extremitate lateris antici producti rotundatd, postici brevissimi 

 obtusissime angulatd ; fiexurd subobsoletd ; dentibus lateralibus 

 nullis. Long. 0'43 ; lat. 0-55 poli. 

 Hab. Daleguete, Zebu ; sandy mud at ten fathoms. 

 The absence of lateral teeth, the general shape, the brilliant colour- 

 ing and minute obliąue striae, unite in rendering this unique shell 

 easily distinguishable from any species of this genus. 



Tellina Sol. Tel. testd oblongo-ellipticd, solidiusculd, compressd, 

 nitida, rubro-aurantid, alterd in valvuld concentrice substriatd, 

 alterd sublcevigatd ; margine ventrali convexo, postice sursum ac- 

 clinante ; dorsali utringue subdeclivi, conveiiusculo ; latere antico 

 longiore, ad extremitatem rotundato ; eatremitate posticd in juni- 

 oribus subacuminatd, in adultis obtuse angulatd ; natibus planulatis ; 

 ligamento infosso ; dente laterali unico, antico, distincto. Long. 

 2-40; lat. 4-25 poli. 



Hab. r- } Mus. Cuming, Metcalfe. 



This truly magnificent shell unites the aspect of the acuta of Wood 

 to the brilliant hues of T.foliacea. The concentric striae are ex- 



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