Entomological Society. 437 



Hab. Senegal. Cuming, Mctculfc. 



Not very unlike a thin Solidtila, but provided with latenal teeth. 



Tellina chinensis. Tel. testd ovali, soUdiusculd , convexd, suh- 

 iiKCquUaterali, impolitd, intus cjctusque cund'uld, Imngatd ; margine 

 vrjitrali subrecto ; dor.'Hili, antic'e convexiusculo et panhilum declivi, 

 postlv'it subrecto satistjtic declivi ; cxtremitate posticd obltisd ; latere 

 antico longiorc, rotuiidatu ; ligamento — ."; costd umbonali obso- 

 letd ; dcntibus lutcralibus iiitHis. Long. O'G'2; lut. 1 poll. 



Hab. China. Mus. Britannicum. 



Tellixa ALA. Tel. testd ovatd, soUdiusculd, subinaquivalvi, sub- 

 cequilalerali, nitidd, convexiusculd, extus intusque albidd {radio 

 brevi pallide aurantio in adultis ornutd), concentrice substriatd ; 

 margine vcntrali magis minusve convcxo ; dorsali antice convexo et 

 subdecUvi, posticc declivi et prope nates subretuso ; latere antico, 

 rotundato, longiorc ; postico angnlalo, subrostruto ;flexurd costdque 

 umbonali conspiciiis ; ligamento subinfosso ; cardiac, dentibus pri- 

 mariis parvis, et nonnunquam dente laterali antico rudimentali, in- 

 structo. 

 Var. Testd ovato-trigond, solidd, convexd, leevi aut sublavigatd, ne- 

 quaquatn subrostratd ; flexurd costdque umbonali subinconspicuis. 

 Long. 1-20 ; lat. 1-75 poll. Var. long. 1-20 ; lat. 1-50 poll. 

 Hub. Ceylon ? Mus. Metcalfe, Cuming, Hanley. 

 An extremely variable species, with somewhat the aspect of Nym- 

 phalis, but easily distinguished by its lesser convexity, and in general 

 by the presence of a pale orange streak on either side of the umbones, 

 or in the young by the slight rostrum and the possession of regular 

 concentric striae, 



Tellina Irus. Tel. testd ovatd aut obovatd, crassd (in adultis), 

 subventricosd, subeequilaterali, impolitd. extus intusque albidd, con- 

 centric^ rugulosd; rugis interruptis minimis, conferlissimis, sub- 

 elevatis ; margine ventrali magis minusve arcuato ; dorsali antice 

 convexo et subdecUvi, posticc convexiusculo, elongato et declivi; 

 latere antico paululum breviore, rotundato ; postico inferne angu- 

 lato ; lunuld {in adultis) parvd, profunda ; ligamento infosso ; 

 costd umbonali snbobsoletd; dentibus satis magnis. Long. 1*10; 

 lat. 1-40 poll. 



Hab. .'' Mus. Cuming, Walton. 



Evidently a perforating species, and allied to the Petricola ochro- 

 leuca of Lamarck, the true Tellina frag His of Linnaeus's own collec- 

 tion. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



April 3rd, 1843. — George Newport, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. W. W. Saunders exhibited a case of New Holland insects, 

 some being of great rarity, including a new species of Rhipicera of 

 large size. 



Mr. F. Bond exhibited some specimens of Pachyrhynchi from the 



