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sloping ; hinder side very short, its extremity obtuse but slightly 

 angulated above, its dorsal edge moderately sloping ; beaks acute ; 

 a distinct lunule ; inside yellowish ; lateral tooth moderately dis- 

 tant. 

 Ceylon. 



105. Tellina pumila (pi. lvii. f. 41.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa T. Philippinarum simillima, sed angustiore; margine 

 ventrali medio subrecto ; dorsali utrincpie recto aut subconcavo, 

 antice paululum declivi; margine antico recto, verticali; latere 

 postico cuneiformi. 



Bearing a very close resemblance to T. PMlippmarum, but deci- 

 dedly narrower ; both dorsal edges (except in the young) straight 

 or even concave, and the front one which is longer and less sloping 

 than in the next species, forming an angle with the straight and 

 direct anterior margin ; the hinder extremity wedge-shaped, the 

 ventral margin (which is nearly straight in the middle) not being 

 elevated posteriorly. 



Valparaiso. 



106. Tellina Philippinarum (pi. lvii. f. 55, 56.) Hanley, 

 Zool. Proc. 1844. 



T. testa ovata aut subovata, tenui, subsequilaterali, intus extusque 

 Candida, (sa;pe umbones versus incarnata aut pallide aurantia), 

 submargaritacea, concentrice et tenuissime striata ; margine ven- 

 trali arcuato, postice sursum acclivi ; dorsali antice brevi "recto 

 subdeclivi, postice declivi et convexiusculo ; extremitate antica 

 obtusa; latere postico subcuneiformi, aut obsolete subangulato; 

 ligamento prominido; concavitate dorsali antica lunulam simu- 

 lante; dente laterali subapproximato, (in junioribus subobsoleto). 



Ovate or subovate, thin, subequilateral, rather depressed, whitish 

 (with a pearly r gloss), often tinged near the beaks with flesh- 

 colour or pale orange, most delicately striated concentrically ; ven- 

 tral edge arcuated, inclining upward towards the posterior side, 

 which varies from subcuneiform to obsoletely subangulated ; ante- 

 rior side very slightly the longer, its dorsal edge slightly sloping 

 and not convex, its extremity obtuse ; an obsolete lunule ; a dis- 

 tinct subapproximate lateral tooth which is nearly obsolete in the 

 young. 



Philippines. 



107. Tellina culter (pi. lvii. f. 51.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



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