Lhe Natural Hiftory off JAMAICA. 
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Of Nerits. 
1. Evita utringue dentatus ore citrino, eleganter cr undatim VAY Leg At tS. 
Lift. Hist. Conchyl. Tab. 600. N°. 17. Aw Nerita albidus, ore Cts 
trino, minutulis fafcirs, inequalibus depittus. ¢j.ib. Tab. 603. N° 21. Opregte 
Wiidmoud. Ramph. Thef. Anim. Tab. 22. N° 8: Cochlea marina exotica mar- 
morea. Fab. Col. purp. p. 18,19, 20. 
This is more than an Inch long, half as broad, white, thick, and all o- 
ver mark’d with undulated and varioufly fhap’d Fa/cre or Belts of a dark 
brown Cclour. The Mouth ts tooth’d towards the Volute and yellow. It 
hath ewo or three fcarce appearing Spire or Circumvolutions, and is all 
over fmooth. 
I found it in ‘famaica with black and purplifh Fafcie, and have it 
with yellow and reddifh Fa/cze. It comes alfo from the Ifland Mauré- 
tias near Madagafcar. 7 
Il. Nerita Capillaceis nigris linets undarum modo crifpatis eleganter depictus. 
Lift. Hift. Conchyl. Tab.605. N°: 32. Nerita major-reticulatus. Lift. Hift. 
Conchyl. Tab. 605. N° 30. 
This Shell is near an Inch long, more than half as broad, the Circum- 
volutions are raifed or extant fome length and taper. It hath Teeth on 
the Side of the Mouth next the Clavicle, and hath many undulated, 
black or purple and bluifh Lines upon it, very thick, with fome whire 
Spots, whereof fome are larger and fome {maller. The Mouth is cover’d 
with a long Operculum. 
‘ J found it in Famatca. 
It. Nerita flaviatilis levis, totus niger, ore edentulo luteo. List. Hist, 
Coachyl. Tab. mut. 143. N°: 37. depict. 
This Shell is thin, light, black and fhining, about half an Inch long 
and a quarter broad. It is as tothe Circumvolutions the fame as the 
other erit2, having one or two oppofite to the Mouth, which 1s yel- 
lowifh, long, without Teeth, and fhut up with an Operculum of the 
fame Shape. 
I found it at the Mouth of a River running into Port-Royal Har- 
bour. 
IV. Nerita reticulatus. Lift. Hiff. Conchyl. Tab. 604. N° 28. Nerita 
Barbadenfis inicar plume eleganier maculata. Pet. Gaz. Nat. Tab. 11. Fig. 4. 
Barbadoes Partridge Nerit. Cat. Claff. ce Top. p.94. N® 580. Nerttala 
Brafil, nitide panctata. Ej. Gaz. Nat. Tab.67, 4. Neritula Brafitia NOT Ay 
panctalis albis. Ej. 1b. 125. 67. 5. Claff. co Top. N° 568. 571. Varieues 
ot Nerit Shelis from Brefile. Nertta ebent nigredinem juperans tacteo colore 
panébata, Boa. p. 141. N° 218. Maf. Kercher. p. 462.N% 218. 
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