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LISTER S TELLEN. 



44. Tellina pectinata. T. testa rotundata, plana, tenui, subfusca, longi- 

 tudinaliter striata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3236. 



Shell rounded, flat, thin, brownish, longitudinally striated. 

 List. Conch, pi. 300. f. 137. 



This is an obscure species, figured only by Lister, 

 who described it as of a yellowish colour, and chan- 

 nelled on each side from the beak. Length two inches 

 and a quarter, breadth two inches and a half. 



Among Lister's notes, it is mentioned as an East In- 

 dian shell. 



NARROW TELLEN. 



45. Tellina angusta. T. testa planiuscula, rubra, albo-radiata, altero 

 fine acuminata, altero rotundata. Linn. Gmel. p. 3236. 



Shell flattish, red with white rays, one end pointed, the other rounded. 

 List. Conch, pi. 383. f. 226. 



A narrow shell, rather less than half an inch long, 

 and an inch broad. 



MADAGASCAR TELLEN. 

 PL 39./. 2, 3. Mr. Jennings. 



46. Tellina Madagascariensis. T. testa ovali, altero fine subacuminata. 



Linn. Gmel. p. 3237. 

 Shell oval, somewhat pointed at one end. 

 List. Conch, pi. 386. f. 233. 



A thick, heavy, compressed shell, of a flesh colour, 

 with a rosy tip and margin. One end is rounded, the 



