305 



Desk. Lam. vol. vi. p. 208; Haul. Des. Cat. p. 65. sup. t. 14. 

 f. 12. 



T. testa ovali-oblonga, solidiuscula, valde insequilaterali, magis 

 minusve convexa, subnitida, albida, pallide lutea, aurantia aut 

 albido-rosea, striis antice concentricis et medio obliquis confertim 

 ornata ; margine ventrali subrecto aut paululum convexo ; dorsali 

 antice subrecto et paululum declivi, postice satis declivi ; extremi- 

 tate lateris antici producti obtuse rotundata ; extremitate postica 

 magis minusve obtuse cuneiformi ; ligamento prominente ; flexura 

 vix perspicua. 



Var. Pallide lutea, radiis angustis roseis ; striis obliquis majori- 

 bus et fortioribus. 



Oval-oblong, very inequilateral, tolerably strong, more or less 

 convex, rather glossy, whitish pink, pale yellow, or orange, with 

 very delicate striae, which are concentric in front but become ob- 

 lique in the middle ; ventral edge straightish, or not much con- 

 vex; anterior side produced, its extremity rounded, its dorsal 

 edge straightish and but little sloping ; posterior side rather varia- 

 ble in shape, but short, and more or less obtusely wedge-shaped ; 

 ligament prominent ; flexure not quite obsolete. 



Var. Pale yellow with narrow rosy rays, the oblique stria; larger 

 and stronger. 



Isles of Zebu and Ticao, Phdippines, (Cuming) . 



163. Tellina Formosa (pi. lviii. f. 83.) Hanley, Zool. Proc. 

 1844. 



T. testa, obovata, solidiuscula, nitida, convexiuscula, subpellucida, 

 albida, radiis interruptis roseis striisque minutis obliquis confertis 

 undique ornata ; margine ventrali convexo ; dorsali utrinque con- 

 vexiusculo, antice subdeclivi, postice valde declivi ; extremitate 

 lateris antici producti rotundata, lateris postici brevissimi obtusis- 

 sime angulata ; natibus roseis ; ligamento parvo et satis promi- 

 nente ; flexura subobsoleta. 



Obovate, moderately strong, glossy, scarcely convex, somewhat 

 pellucid, white, with numerous narrow rosy interrupted rays, and 

 crowded minute oblique strise; ventral margin convex; dorsal 

 moderately convex on both sides, little sloping in front but greatly 

 so behind ; anterior side produced, its extremity rounded ; poste- 

 rior side short, its extremity very obtusely angulated ; beaks rosy ; 

 ligament small, moderately prominent; flexure nearly obsolete. 



Daleguete, Zebu. 



