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

 fonni ; dentibus latcralibus nii/lis. Long. OoU ; lat. ()"8U poll. 

 Hab. Isle of Burks, siuidy mud, low wiitcr ; 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 siibovatd, convexd, Lwiyald, intus 

 extusqne albidd, umbonibus hycdiins et vuhro-aurantih ; maryine 

 ventrali convexo ant subarcitato ; dorsall, antice. prope nates recto 

 etpaululiim declivi, posticr recto satisque declivi ; latere antlco lon- 

 giore, rotundato ; extremitate posticd obtuse a/igulatd ; ligamento 

 infosso ; dentibus lateralibus tnillis. Long. 1"15 ; lat. 1"70 poll. 



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



Very closely allied 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. 1"'23 poll. 



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



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

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



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

 albidd, umbonibus aurantiis, antice longiore et rotundatd, post ice 

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

 lulii7ti et postice satis declivi, utrinque subrecto ; ligamento subin- 

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

 0-90; lat. 1-42 poll. 

 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 inccquilaterali, rosed, pellucidd, sublccvigatd ; 

 margine ventrali subrecto ; dorsali antico paululum declivi et sub- 

 recto ; latere postico brevi et obtuse subcunciforiyii ; extremitate 

 untied rotundatd ; ligamento parvo, prominulo ; dentibus laterali- 

 bus nullis. Long. 0'25 ; lat. OoO poll. 

 Hab. Isle of Zebu ; sandy mud, low water: Cuming. 

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

 a peculiarly deep rose-colour. 



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

 punctisque nullis ; margine dorsali etiam utrinque mayis declivi, 

 ventrali convexiore, et extremitate posticd mayis obtusd. Long. 

 1-05; lat. 1-50 poll. 



Hab. Java? Mus. Hanley, &c. 



Tellina ancilla. Tel. testd oblonyo-elonyatd, convexiusculd, ni- 

 tidissimd, candidd, concentrice substriatd, lineisque obsoletis radi- 

 antibus ornatd ; striolis supra costam umbonalem subobsoletam, 

 remotioribus, distinctis, subimbricatis ; maryine ventrali subrecto ; 

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



