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punctisąue nullis ; margine dorsali etiam utrinque magis declivi, 

 ventrali convexiore, et extremitate posticd magis obtusd. Long. 

 1-05; lat. 1-50 poli. 

 Hab. Java? Mus. Hanley, &c. 



Tellina ancilla. Tel. testd oblongo-elongatd, converiusculd, ni- 

 tidissimd, candidd, concentrice substriatu, lineisgue obsoletis radi- 

 antibus ornatd ; striolis supra costam umbonalem subobsoletam, 

 remotioribus, distinctis, subimbricatis ; margine ventrali subrecto ; 

 dorsali, antice subdeclivi et convexiusculo, postice subrecto et de- 

 clivi ; lat ere antico prodiicto • postico obtuse cuneiformi ; dentibus 

 lateralibus nullis. Long. 0'45 ; lat. 1 poli. 



Hab. Lord Hood's Island, on fine coral-sand: Cuming. 



Tellina Hiberna: Tel. testd oblongd, solidd, compressiusculd , 

 valde in(Bquilaterali, subnitidd, candidd, lavigatd ; margine vetitrali 

 subrecto ; dorsali antice convexiusciilo et paululum declivi, postici 

 primiim convexo deinde subincu7-vato ; lalere antico producto ; pos- 

 tico brevi, cuneiformi ; ligamento prominulo ; dente laterali antico 

 magno, approximalo. Long. 0*45 ; lat. O" 75 poli. 



Hab. Panama and Bay of Guayaąuil ; six to eleven fathoms, in 

 sandy mud : Cuming. 



Closely allied to T. polita. 



Tellina Deshayesii. Tel. testd T. Spengleri simillimd, sed al- 

 bido-rosed, et lamellis subremotis concentrice ornatd ; margine 

 etiam ventrali magis convexo. Long. O" 60; lat. 1*55 poli. 

 Hab. Red Sea? Mus. Cuming, Deshayes. 



However closely resembling T. Spengleri, it is nevertheless with 

 facility to be distinguished by its regular (and not oblique) concen- 

 tric lamella;. jk 



Tellina tulipa. Tel. testd T. Donacinse simillimd, sed subagui- 

 laterali, et margine dorsali rosei coloris exptrte. Long. 050 ; 

 lat. 0-95 poli. 



Hab. } Mus. Cuming, Walton. 



Extremely likę T. Donacina, but almost equilateral, and devoid of 

 the short vertical ray at the beaks and the rosy dorsal edges which 

 are characteristic of that species. 



Tellina Pharaonis. Tel. testd T. rostratse simillimd, sed solidd, 

 lineisque elevatis concentrice striatd ; umbonibus aurantio-roseis ; 

 sinu postico distincto. Long. TŽO; lat. 3'20 poli. 

 Hab. Red Sea. Mus. Metcalfe. 



This magnificent shell is one of the first fruits of the recent syste- 

 matic investigation of the fauna of the Red Sea. 



Tellina si'inosa. Tel. testd ovatd, soUdiusculd, impolitd, i7i<cqui- 

 laterali, convexiusculd, extus intusąue aluidd, striis minutis con- 

 fertissimis elevatis, concentrice asperatd ; tnargine ventrali ar cuato, 

 postice sursum acclinante ; dorsali postice elevatiore convexo et 

 declivi, antice prope nates acutas subincurvato deinde siibrecto et 



