258 



Var. More depressed, the sulci less coarse and only visible near 

 the ventral margin. 



Isle of Ticao, Philippines. 



65. Tellina remies (pi. lxiv. f. 226.) Lin. Sys. 1119; Lin. 

 Mus. Ulr. p.482; Chem. vol.6, f. 113; Wood, Gen. Conch, p.182. 

 t. 38. f. 1 ; Dillw. D. Cat. p. 94 ; Hani. Des. Cat. p. 67. sup. 1. 1. 

 f. 2 ; T. sulcata, Lam. no. 32 ; T. convexa, Wood, Ind. Test. Sup. 

 1. 1. f. 2. 



T. testa suborbiculari, solidissima, inEequivalvi, sequilaterali, 

 ventricosa, subimpolita, extus intusque albida,, epidermide tenui 

 fulvo-cinerea aut fulvo-fusca induta ; superne concentrice striolata, 

 inferne concentrice sulcata, sulcis latis, profundis, rudibus ; mar- 

 gine ventrali valde arcuate ; dorsali utrinque subrecto, antice pau- 

 lulum, postice satis declivi ; latere antico rotundato ; postico su- 

 perne subangulato ; ligamento satis magno, prominente ; lunula 

 nulla ; natibus obtusis et recte incurvatis ; fiexura ventrali conspi- 

 cua ; costa umbonali subobsoleta ; dentibus magnis, validis, antico 

 laterali quamplurimum approximato, postico permagno subremoto. 



Suborbicular, very solid, inequivalve, equilateral, ventricose, 

 scarcely glossy, whitish both within and without (covered when 

 fresh with a dull yellowish brown epidermis), most delicately stri- 

 ated concentrically near the obtuse and incurved beaks, but very 

 coarsely grooved towards the regularly arcuated ventral edge ; an- 

 terior side rounded, its dorsal edge nearly straight or very slightly 

 convex and but httle sloping ; posterior side subangulated above, 

 its dorsal edge moderately declining and straight or subretuse ; 

 fold obscure, flexure conspicuous ; ligament large and prominent ; 

 no lunule ; teeth large and strong, the front lateral as close as 

 possible, the hinder very large and rather distant. 



Baclyon, Isle of Bohol (Cuming) ; Amboyna ; Australia. 



66. Tellina cyuenoidea (pi. lvi. f. 31) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa suborbiculari, solidiuscula, inaequivalvi, valde inaequi- 

 laterali, subventricosa, sordide alba (intus sub umbonibus pur- 

 purea), concentrice costellata; striis minutis ohhque radiantibus 

 costellas confertas postice decussantibus ; margine ventrali ar- 

 cuato; dorsali utrinque valde et subrecte declivi, antice brevi, 

 postice longiore ; latere antico breviore, obtuse rotundato ; extre- 

 mitate postica, obtusa, paululum attenuata, ; natibus prominentibus ; 

 lunula distincta ; ligamento infosso ; fiexura costaque umbonali 



