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Var. testa radiorum experte ; natibus roseis. 



Elongated-oblong, more or less ventricose, solid, not twisted, of 

 a higldy polished smooth white, with zones of very pale yellow, 

 and generally with broad rosy rays ; ventral margin scarcely con- 

 vex ; anterior side rather the longer, its dorsal edge scarcely sloping, 

 its extremity rounded ; posterior side slightly attenuated, its extre- 

 mity obtusely subangulated, its dorsal edge nearly straight and 

 but slightly sloping ; ligament short, large, and prominent ; lunule 

 distinct, elongated-lanceolate ; inside yellowish ; lateral teeth strong 

 and nearly equidistant. 



West Indies. 



45. Tellina Brasiliana (pi. lxii. f. 179.)- Spengler, Skriv. 

 Nat. Selskab. Kiobenh. 1798; T. semizonalis, Lam. no. 3; Deles, 

 t, 6. f. 1 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 61. sup. t. 11. f. 60. 



T. testa oblongo-elongata, insequilaterali, solida, convexiuscula, 

 nitida, pallide roseo-violacea, laevigata ; margine ventraJi subrecto ; 

 dorsali antice vix dechvi et paululum convexiusculo, postice de- 

 cHvi et subrecto; latere antico longiore, producto; extremitate 

 postica obtuse angulata ; costa umbonaH obtusa, ; lunula lanceolate 

 anti-usta; superficie interna roseo-purpurascente, rachis duobus 

 pallidioribus aut albis ad extremitatem posticam ornata ; dentibus 

 laterahbus remotis, postico parvo. 



Elongated-oblong, inequilateral, solid, slightly convex, glossy, 

 pale lilac, smooth; ventral margin nearly straight, slightly as- 

 cending in front, its flexure distinct ; the umbonal ridge obtuse ; 

 anterior side much the longer, its dorsal slope very gentle ; pos- 

 terior extremity obtusely angulated, the dorsal edge nearly straight 

 and moderately sloping ; a narrow lanceolate lunule ; the inside of 

 a purplish crimson with two pale or white rays at the posterior 

 extremity ; teeth remote, equidistant, the posterior one small and 

 rather indistinct. 



Brazil (fide Spengler). 



46. Tellina pudica (pl.lvi. f. 7.) Ranley, Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa parva, solida, ovato-subtrigona, subaequilaterali, nitida, 

 Candida, sublrevigata, tenuissime concentrice striata ; margine ven- 

 traH antice arcuato, postice subito sursum acclinato ; dorsali 

 utrinque valde dechvi, antice convexo, postice elongato et subrecto; 

 latere antico paululum breviore, subvcntricoso, rotundato ; postico 

 compresso, rostrato ; extremitate postica subacuminata ; natibus 

 prominentibus ; rlexura ventrali costfupie umbonali subinconspi- 



