364 Zoological Society. 



tundatd ; margine ventrali convexiuscido ; dorsali antice vix declivi 

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

 miato ; flejcurd obsoletd; dente latercdi approximato, antico. Long. 

 0-38; lat. 0-83 poll. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



Allied to coccinea, but more elongated and glossy. 



Tellina lux. Tel. testa subovali, tenia, pellucidd, compressd, 

 nitidd, aurantid, siibleevigatd, inccquilaterali ; margine veiitrali con- 

 vexiusculo ; dorsali utrinque subdeclivi, antice convexiusculo, pos- 

 tice brevi et incurvato ; latere postico breviore obtusissime biangu- 

 lato ; extremitate anticd obtuse rotundatd ; flexurd nulld ; dente 

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

 poll. 

 Hab. Philippines. Mus. Hanle}\ 



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. testa oblongo-cwieiformi, tetiui, compres- 

 siusculd, incequilaterali, nitidd, Icevi, rosed, albo biradiutd ; radiis 

 latis, submediis ; margine ventrali convexiusculo ; dorsali antice 

 declivi, postice subrecto et valde declivi ; extremitate lateris untici 

 longioris rotundatd ; extremitate posticd brevi, ciineiformi ; flex- 

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

 0-37 ; lat. 062 polL 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



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

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

 rose-colour, adorned with two broad white rays, one leaning forwards 

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

 from the Philippine Islands. 



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

 nitidd, compressiusculd, rubro-aurantid, Icevigatd, incsquilaterali ; 

 margine ventrali convexo uut convexiusculo ; dorsali antice sub- 

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

 subatienuafo, rotundato ; postico brevi et obtuse siibcuneiformi ; 

 costd umbonali et flexurd subobsoletis ; dente laterali parvo, an- 

 tico. Long. 0"45 ; lat. 0"60 poll. 



Hab. Philippines. 



Closely resembling the Mediterranean variety of T. tenuis. 



Tellina vestalis. Tel. testa oblongo-angustd, tenuissitnd, convex- 

 iusculd, nitidd, leevi, intus exiusque nived, incBquilaterali ; margine 

 ventrali subrecto, paululian convexiusculo; dorsali antice minime 

 declivi et paululum convexiusculo, postice prope ligamentmn exca- 

 veto, deinde declivi; extremitate lateris untici longioris rotundatd ; 

 extremitate posticd subemarginatd, subattenuatd, obtuse biangulatd ; 

 flexurd obsoletd ; dente laterali antico, approximato . Long. 0'60 ; 

 lat. M3 poll. 



Hab. Isle of Negros ; in coral sand, at seven fathoms : isle of Lu- 

 zon ; in sandy mud, at six fathoms. 



Closely allied to the Tellinides fruncatuhis of Sowerby. 



