beft, we cannot boaft of the rich bolourings which the fhells of the
Meiitefianean^n|hInHian fhdres afford the ddlhfeions o f tfefc curious.
. Some.'hdwever we 'have %oo' fare; and- beautiful 'to be pafled^bvex
infilence; thofe-rhoft worthy 'of notice^Swhich have fallen in5 ihe
way >of my obfervation, are the following
Plate xxviii. Fig.'i. Of the univalve kind, we have the bhie-Tayed
limpet, okthe oral pellucid limpet, ’dotted'with' blue lines: lengthways
ff orri the vertex to the margin; 'Patella minima, ~lesvisj -ovata,
fpellucida cceruleis- a quatuor “ad nqtiepi: -linedlis glegantipfiim injightia.
Trem Falmouth Harbour-and the Land’s-'End'.;-.
i-i . The' radiated beijKed ‘limpet with art oval ajtex-, P a te lh ra -
didta-, infldto apke Ipt^uldt^W ^lhefcenfe. FromWhitfend Bay: ’
hi. Rough-ridged limpet^'^^//«j^/h rugofy,gJpera-, o f ice
acaminatog Mount s-Bay;/
^arW'*The . fool’s-cap, o f a pale ^dffbm-eolour^^rarely found on
the Englifh fhores; when tafcen up vvith the animal in it, there ;is
a-' metabrane at its margin b y which it' adhdfes^to the fuf>je£t it
ehuieg to fetde on. Ffom the Land V-End and'Heyl Mouth.! Pa-
-tella rugofa, alba, vertice admodum adunco.
v. Smooth tooth-fhell, the/bajfe"Of a^-wqjter£ yE^ateftkeo^
cufvum, album. 'LatM’siEnd.
- ' WI-. The-^wayy feinted -trochus, pearl-colbured-^t^^^t'^OT^/i-
Iwatus,;crebrip^riis tl^dnfyerfe et undatim dijipdjtits^o^tus.
thien fends. ' - --
- vii. The pearl-colcrtifed, Jfeiated, pafjillaCeous- tOp^fhell ; -Trochus
plantar, creberfimis Jlrii^plmdidis'■ papillateis dortattis-.- ■ -ylbtdl^l
The Nimtilus is very 5^ ^ ir iJ€3®rnwall, atld the JTduterd& the
Ipeeimen’whieh T have, not7 tfifte-’ quarters o f an inch diameter.
The white ruddy-fpotted fhail with
Talha, Lunaris, 'rufefcens fafciis maculatis diJlinEla. Tbid. }
The finooth ’flat-twirled river-inail i ' ’CtfeMea-' Pendlmmdsd
ffnrd tin a tantum maeulatd diftin£tl& (-Ibid.
vin. The cornu-ammonis fnail; C^ld^pornk^tilMionis; ■
ix. The high ftriated white cochldSijj'br baftard ven tie-trap;
Cochlea alba, Jlriis raris' admodum ■ jtminemmmudd^periiia. ‘^Ffcfth
the Land’s-End.
N .B . Thefamous ven tie-trap, fold lately at London for eighteen:
guineas, was a fpeeies of this kind'‘but larger, and-the
: parts lefs conneffed with the-body. '
• -X. The yellow canulated whelke with black furrows; Turbo«
luteus, feptem fulcis parattdk-nigris diJUnElus. Land’s-End.
The finall red and white variegated whelke ; Turbo" Minimus,
hevis, variegatus, albo-fubicundus. Whitfand -Bay! -
« Or Turben.
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