280 SUTER 
NEOLEPTON Monterosato, 1875. 
NEOLEPTON ANTIPODUM FAlhol. 
Kellia antipodum Filh., Comptes Rend., xei., 1880, p. 1095. 
Neolepton antipodum Filh.: Hedley, Trans. N.Z. Inst., xxxviii.. 
1906, p. 74, pl. 1., fig. 5. 
Station 4. 
Family TELLINIDAS. 
TELLINA (Linné) Lamarck, 1799. 
TELLINA (s. str.) URINATORIA, Sp. Nov. 
Shell small, thin, compressed, transversely oval, very inequi- 
lateral, white, convex at both ends. Beaks at about anterior 
third of length, acute, slghtly raised, directed forwards. 
Anterior end short, convex, the dorsal margin oblique, slightly 
rounded. Posterior end produced, rounded, the dorsal margin 
straight, very slowly descending; basal margin broadly convex, 
slightly ascending anteriorly. Sculptwre consisting of very fine 
and close concentric lines, crossed by microscopic radiate striz. 
Colour white. Interior white, polished smooth. Hinge: 2 
cardinal teeth in each valve, the anterior left and posterior right 
stouter, triangular, cleft at the top; 2 laterals in each valve, the 
anterior teeth nearer the cardinals. Adductor scars unequal. 
Pallial sinus large, reaching the anterior adductor sear. 
Length, 7.5mm.; height, 5mm.; diameter, 2.3mm. 
Type in the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch. 
Dredge Station A, 
Family SEMELIDA. 
LEPTOMYA A. Adams, 1864. 
LEPTOMYA LINTEA Hutton. 
Tellina lintea Hutt., Cat. Mar. Moll., 1873, p. 67. 
T. decussata Hutt., t.c., p. 67 (not of Lamarck). 
T. subovata Hutt., t.c., p. 67 (not of Sowerby). 
T. strangei Hutt., Journ. de Conch., xxvi., 1878, p. 47 (not of 
Deshayes). 
T. retiaria Hutt., Trans. N.Z. Inst., xvii., 1885, p. 322. 
Leptomya lintea Hutt.: Suter, Proc. Mal. Soe., vii., 1907, p. 218, 
pl. xviii., figs. 10-10e. 
Dredge Station C. 
