820 MESSRS. MELVILL AND STANDKN ON [NoV. 13, 



Tellina (Mceua) methoma Melv. 



M.O. Loca], but abundant where occuvring, from 2 fivthonis, 

 mud. 



Tellina (Mcera) miracyllium *, sp. n. (Plate LVI. fig. 4.) 



T. testa oblovga, pallide carnea vel delicatissime punicea, vel, 

 ■interdv/in, cinereo-cdhescente, 2yosiice ahbreviata, antice late 

 rotundata, hta'tpulaterali, cequivalvi, imdique concentrice 

 iemiissime slriatula, convexa ; margine dorsali antico leniter 

 declirA, postici imdto h'einore, ventrali oblongo-rotnoidato ; 

 ■ iwibonibus parvis, contigim ; dentibus cardinalihus duobus, 

 parvis, lateralibus elovgatis ; 2iagi'>i(i' interna alba, interdutn 

 pallide ochraceo-sv.ffusa. 

 Alt. 8, lat. 11, diam. 4-50 mm. 



//«&. Persinn Gulf. Shaikh Shuaib Island ; 10-15 fathoms 

 (1898). Koweit; 10 fathoms (1901). 



Allied to T. lechriogramma Melv., semen, Hanley, aiid dUata 

 E. A. Smith t ; and to this last, ;i native of Cape Yoi'k, 

 N.E. Australia, it seems to approximate most nearly. Our species 

 would seem to be of stouter build, the posterior dorsal slope not 

 being so markedly oblique. In the first-named ally (lechriogramma) 

 the concentric lines are more slanting, as the name denotes. 



Tellina (Mcera) obtusalis Desh. 

 I. Karachi. 



Tellina (Mcera) moM.EA Phil. 



P.G. ifc M.O. Dredged in several places in 5-20 fathoms, mud. 



The discoveiy of this species is particularly interesting, as being 

 a native of Europe, including Great Biitainand the Mediteiranean 

 Sea. 



Tellina (Mcera) rhomboides Quoy. 



P.G. Gulf of Oman, Maskat. Dredged at 10 fathoms, muddy 

 sand. 



Tellina (Mcera) bosamunda, sp. n. (Plate LVI. fig. 1.) 



T. testa parva, oiitidissima, Icete carnea vel ocJiracea, oblonga, 

 valde ina'quilaterali, postice abbreviata, antice leniter elongata, 

 ihoidiq^he arete et sid)tilissime concentrice striata ; dentihus car- 

 dinalibus duobus cooitiguis, lateralibus cooispicnds, elongcotidis, 

 pra'cipue jwstice, pagina interna nitida, pallide carnea. 



Alt. 4, lat. 6, diam. 2 mm. 



Hab. Persian Gulf (no particular locality given). 



The small size will distinguish from its allies this shining, 

 briglvtly-coloured little species, of which we have seen several 

 examples, all precisely alike both in size and the two shades of 



* f-U'tpaKiWin)'^ ;i child. 



t Reii. 'fhiilleiiiior' FAperl., Zoology, vol. xiii. p. 108, jil. iv. iig-s. 7-7 b. 



