436 Zoological Society. 



bidd rosea perclegantc?- radiatd ; radils latis, hand interruptis ; 

 margine dorsali ulbido. Long. 0"30 ; lat. 070 poll. 

 Hab. ? (Cuming.) 



Tellina Owenii. Tel. testd ovato-oblongd, solidiusculd , subimpo- 

 litd, compressd , eequilaterali, albidd, concentric^ et confertissime 

 striatd ; margine ventrali valdc arcuato ; dorsali utrinque subde- 

 clivi, antice subrecto, postice incurvato et lameUis subdentato ; ex- 

 tremitate untied rotundatd ; latere postico acuminata, subrostrata ; 

 castd umbonali canspicud ; natibus acutis ,- ligamenta infassa ; disco 

 interna, aurantio ; dentibus lateralibus subcequidistantibus. Long. 

 1-25; lat. 2 poll. 

 Hab. Africa. Mus. Zool. See, Brit. Mus. 



A verj' rare and beautiful shell, whose contour is that of squalida 

 and sculpture that of Pharaonis. I have named it in honour of its 

 discoverer, Captain Owen. 



Tellina semen. Tel. testd ovatd aut ovali, crassd, imcquilaterali, 

 subventricosd, nitidd, albidd {intus submargaritaced), antice rotun- 

 datd, pastice obtusd, concentrice striatd; striis antice subimbricatis 

 confertissimisque, postice remotioribus et elevatis ; margine ven- 

 trali canvexo ; dorsali utrinque magis minusve convexo, postice 

 declivi, antice declivi aut subdeclivi ; latere antica multo langiore ; 

 ligamenta minima, prominulo ; fiexurd subabsoletd ; dentibus late- 

 ralibus conspicuis, postico magis approximato. Long. 0"25 ; lat. 

 0-50 poll. 

 Hab. Corregidor ; sandy mud, twelve fathoms. (Cuming.) 

 Almost a Donax, but possessing a slight flexuosity which is not 

 to be met with in that genus. .>«*w^ :..«.. ^..^.v^o 



Tellina nobilis. Tel. testd ovali, solidiusculd, vonvexd, ina^ui- 

 laterali, nitidissimd, lavigatd, intus extusque rased ; margine ven- 

 trali convexiuscula, medio plerumque subrecto ; dorsali, antice vix 

 declivi et convexiuscula, pastice subdeclioi et subrecto aut canvex- 

 iusculo ; latere antica langiore, ad extrcmitatem obtuse rotundata ; 

 postico obtuse angulato ; natibus obtusis ; flexurd costdque umbo- 

 nali subabsoletis ; ligamenta prominulo ; dentibus cardinalibus par- 

 vis, lateralibus nullis. Long. 1 ; lat. I'SO poll. 

 Hab. Orion, province of Bataan, isle of Luzon ; fine black sand, at 

 low water. Mus. Cuming, Hanley. 



The extreme link between Tellina and Psammobia, and not readily 

 confounded with any of its division, owing to the general absence of 

 colour in those Tellens which are destitute of lateral teeth. 



Tellina puella. Tel. testd abovatd, incequilaterali, tenui, ventri- 

 cosd, leevi, nitidiusculd, extus intusque albida-rosed ; margine ven- 

 trali antice arcuato, postice sursum acclinante ; dorsali, antice can- 

 vexo, paululumque declivi, postice convexiuscula et valde declivi ; 

 latere antica langiore, rotundata ; postico brevi, angustato, angu- 

 lato ; costd umbonali subabsoletd ; flexurd ventrali, satis canspicud ; 

 natibus obtusis ; ligamenta prominulo ; dentibus parvis ; lateralibus 

 rcmatis, subcequidistantibus. Long. Oo ; lat. 6 poll. 



