368 Zuological Society. 



Tellixa inorn'ata. Tel. testd ov at o- oblong d, subtenui, subventj-i- 

 cosd, impolitd, subxqvilaterali, sordide albkld, epidermide tenui et 

 c'uieredindutd, hevigaid ; marginis ventralis parte media recta aut 

 subretusd; dorsalis parte anticd convexiusculd et panlulum declivi, 

 parte posticd siibdedivl ; extremitate anticd rotundatd, posticd 

 attenuato-rotundatd -flexurd, costdque umbonali, obsoletis ; dentibus 

 luteruUbus nulUs. Long. 0-S2 ; lat. 1*30. 



Hub. Conception, Chili ; soft mud, six fathoms. 



A fossil-hke shell, which is devoid of striking characteristics, and 

 much resembles an elongated Edentula. 



Tellixa CYGxrs. Tel. testd ovatd aut ovato-oblongd, soUdinsculd, 

 subcpqiiilateraU, convexd, extus nitidd, intusque candidd, concentrice 

 substriutd ; margine venfrali convexiuscido ; dorsali anticc sub- 

 recto et pauhdinn declivi, postice recto et valde declivi ; extremi- 

 tate anticd rotundato-obtusd, posticd cuneiformi, subrostratd ; 

 flexurd ventrali distinctd ; Ugamento infosso ; stiperjicie interna 

 submargaritaced ; dentibus lateralibus nultis. Long. 0"40 ; lat. 

 0-63 poll. 



Hab. Bias, isle of Negros ; coral sand, seven fathoms. 



Closely resembling corbuloides in shape, but narrower, possessing 

 distinct concentric striae, and devoid of lateral teeth. 



Tellixa Dojibei. Tel. testd obovatd, incequilaterali, solidd aut 

 soiidiusculd, convexd aut subventricosd, impolitd, Iccvigatd, albidd, 

 natibus rosea tinctis ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali antice 

 subdeclivi et convexo, postice subrecto satisque declivi ; extremitate 

 anticd rotundatd, posticd brevi, subangulatd ; Ugamento infosso; 

 costd umbonali et flexurd distinctis ; disco interna aurantio-roseo ; 

 dentibus lateralibus nvllis. Long. 1'60; lat. 2 poll. 



Hab. Panama ; twelve fathoms, sandy mud. 



Allied to the umbonella of Lamarck, but with the fold and flexure 

 more distinctly marked. 



Sept. 10. — William Horton Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



Continuation of a paper on the new species of the genus Tellina, 

 by Sylvanus Hanley. Esq. : — 



Tellina miles. Tel. testa T. cuspidi affini, sed oblongd, rostratd, 

 et magis compressd ; margine antico dorsali vix paululiim declivi; 

 ventrali convexo ; valvuld alterd lineis elevatis concentricis undique 

 striatd. Long. 090 ; lat. 1-88 poll. 



Hab. ? M us. Metcalfe. 



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

 Spengler, and closely resembles a produced and flattened specimen 

 of Tellina cusp is. 



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

 tricosd, extus intusque albd, concentrice substriatd ; striis supra 

 costam umbonalem elevatis ; margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali 

 antice subrecto paululumque declivi ; latere antico product o, in/erne 



