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the little prominent beaks ; extremities rounded and nearly equally 

 broad ; the fold and flexure obsolete ; the ligament prominent ; 

 two rather indistinct internal rib-hke lines radiating (in the young- 

 only) posteriorward ; cardinal teeth nearly obsolete, the approxi- 

 mate anterior lateral very distinct (when young). 

 San Nicolas, Zebu (Cuming). 



144. Tellina bhodon (pi. lviii. f. 93.) Ilanlcy, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa oblonga, tenuissirna, compressiuscula, nitidissima, larvi, 

 rosea, pellucida, valde inaxjuilaterali, utrinque rotundata ; margine 

 ventrah convexiusculo, antice sursiun accHvi ; dorsali antice con- 

 vexiusculo et vix dedivi, postice subdeclivi ; latere postico brevi 

 subattenuato ; natibus inconspicuis ; flexura costaque umbonali 

 obsoletis ; dente laterali approximate 



Oblong, very inequilateral, extremely thin, rather compressed, 

 smooth, polished, and of an uniform purplish rose-colour; the 

 ventral margin sbghtly convex, and rising in front ; the dorsal 

 but sbghtly convex on either side, scarcely sloping in front, but 

 moderately so behind; the extremities rounded, and the shorter 

 posterior side somewhat attenuated ; beaks not prominent ; the 

 fold and flexure obsolete ; lateral tooth approximate. 



Hab. ? Mus. Cuming. 



145. Tellina Oudakdi (pi. lxvi. f. 262.) Payraud. Cat. 

 Corse, p. 40. t. 1. f. 16, 17, 18 ; Desk ed. Lam. vol. vi. p. 210 ; 

 Hani. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. 1. 14. f. 8. 



" T. testa ovata, compressa, nitida, pellucida, oblique cancellata, 

 lineis transversis albis parvulisque longitudinalibus rubris ornata ; 

 antice et postice radiis luteo-rubescentibus ; intus et extus rubra. 



Ovate, compressed, glossy, transparent, obliquely cancellated, 

 adorned with transverse white lines and small longitudinal red 

 ones ; rays of a yellowish red both in front and behind ; red both 

 within and without." 



I have been obliged to content myself with reprinting the ori- 

 ginal description, and giving a representation of the typical shell 

 deposited in the Museum at Paris, as I am unable to procure a 

 specimen in England for the purpose of comparison. Had it not 

 been for the mention of sculpture on the surface of one of its 

 valves, I should have doubted its distinctiveness as a species. 

 " The valves are furnished with transverse strias in lozenges, ac- 

 companied by a multitude of silvery-white little rays both which are 

 crossed by very delicate longitudinal lines of a deeper red than the 



