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Hah. ? Mus. Metcalfe. 



A beautiful shell, which rerainds one slightly of the rosea of 

 Spengler, and closely resembles a produced and flattened specimen 

 of Tellina cuspis. 



Tellina Lilium. Tel. testd ovato-oblongd, tenuiuscvld, subven- 

 iricosd, extus intusęue albd, concentrice substriatd ; striis supra 

 costam umbonalem elevatis ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali 

 antice subrecio pattlulumęue decHvi ; latere antico producto, inferni 

 ad extremitatem obliąue rotundato ; latere postico, brevi, cunei- 

 formi; dentibus lateralibus nuUis. Long. OoO; lat. O'SO poli. 

 Hdb. Isle of Buriąs, sandy mud, low water; and isle of. Negros, 

 coral sand, seven fathoms : Cuming. 



One of the many species which are destitute of any striking cha- 

 racteristics. 



Tellina plebeia. Tel. testd subovatd, convexd, Iccvigatd, inttis 

 extnsque albidd, umbonibus hyalinis et rubro-aurantiis ; margine 

 ventrali convexo aut subarcuato ; dorsali, antice prope nates recto 

 etpaululum declivi, postice recto satisqtie declivi ; latere antico lon- 

 giore, rotundato ; extremitate posticd obtuse angulatd ,• ligamento 

 infosso ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. Long. l'lo ; lat. 1"70 poli. 



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



Very closely sJIied to the umbonella of Lamarck. 



Tellina Aurora. Tel. testd T. Psammotellse simillimd, convexiore 

 autem, et umbonibus rubro-aurantiis ; ligamento infosso ; dentibus 

 lateralibus nullis. Long. 0*75 ; lat. r23 poli. 



Hab. Panama ; soft sandy mud, ten fathoms : Cuming. 



Both this and the succeeding species are not unlike Chemnitz's 

 figure of T. oblonga, but the description by no means accords. 



Tellina lucerna. Tel. testd oblongd, subventricosd, lavigatd, 

 albidd, umbonibus aurantiis, antice longiore et rotundatd, postice 

 obtuse cuneiformi; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali, antice pau- 

 liilum et postice satis declivi, utringue subrecto ; ligamento subin- 

 fosso ; disco interno aurantio ; dentibus lateralibus nullis. Long. 

 0-90; lat. 1-42 poli. 

 Hab. Isle of Negros and Isle of Misamis ; sandy mud, low water : 

 Isle of Panay, hard sand : Cuming, 



Tellina scalpellum. Tel. testd oblongd, tenuissimd, compressd, 

 nitidissimd, valde inaguilaterali, rosed, pellucidd, svblcevigatd ; 

 margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali antico paululum declivi et sub- 

 recto ; latere postico brevi et obtuse subcuneiformi ; extremitate 

 anticd rotundatd; ligamento parvo, prominulo ; dentibus laterali- 

 bus nullis. Long. 0"25 ; lat. OoO poli. 



Hab. Isle of Zebu ; sandy mud, lo\v water : Cuming. 



More produced than in the majority of the smaller species, and of 

 a peculiarly deep rose-colour. 



Tellina Diana. T. testd T. Galathese simillimd, subovatd autem, 



