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Tapes oncodes, sp. nov. (PL 7, f. 34). 



T. fcsto r«iz', sordid e alba, tenui, inflata, concentrice 

 rudiplicata et lineata, antice rotunda, postice oblonga, producta, 

 umbonibns convexis, margine dorsali postice rectiusculo, antice 

 declivi, margine ventrali subconvexo, fere recto. 



Alt. 29, lat. 47, diam. 25 mm. 



Hob. Mekran Coast. 



A coarse, dirty white shell, but of light make, and not 

 unlike some forms of T. pidlastra L. Many specimens. 



(SyKooSrjs, inflated.) 



Tellina (M^ra) methoria, sp. nov. (PL 7, f. 31). 



T. testa parva, alba, nitida, perlcevi, pidchrc prismatica, 

 subtrapeziformi, antice oblonga, declivi, postice truncata, 

 brevi, margine ventrali paidhdum sinnosa, umbonibns parvis, 

 dorsaliter utrinque declivi, valvis delicatissime spiraliter con- 

 centrice striatidis. 



Alt. 8, lat. 12, diam. 4*50 mm. 



Hob. Dredged at 2 fathoms off Mekran Coast. 



A shining white shell, very smooth, with beautiful 

 prismatic reflections. With aid of a lens the surface of 

 both valves is seen to be very finely spirally striate ; the 

 umbones are very small, posterior margin truncate, and 

 very contracted ; the anterior is oblong, somewhat slant- 

 ing, the ventral a very little sinuous. 



Many specimens allied to T. lechriogramma Melv., 

 which, described four years ago from Bombay, has been 

 found to have a wide distribution further north, Mr. 

 Townsend having dredged beautiful specimens, some 

 with a flesh-coloured tinge. Our shell, however, differs 

 from this in shape, sculpture, and presence of prismatic 

 reflections. 



(/meOopios, akin to, i.e., lechriogramma.) 



