Historical Account of Testaceological Writers. 137 
Ail elegant little work relative to the ova of Testacea was pub- 
lished by 
MARSIGLL 
It bears the title of " Relatione del Ritrovamento delV nova di 
Chiocciole di A. F. M. in una Lett era a I Sign. Mar cello Malphigi." 
One plate only accompanies it. We ought to observe that this 
author makes very honourable mention of our countryman Lister. 
Some observations on Marsigli's account of these ova were pub- 
lished by a few years afterwards FULBERTI, whose work is 
commonly found in the same volume with the former. 
Among the Observazioni Naturali of 
BOCCONE 
there occur some remarks relative to Testacea, which are not un- 
interesting. Boccone seems to be the first author who has de- 
scribed fully the Lepas diadema of Linnaeus, which, from its 
been seen adhering to the back of a whale, was denominated 
Pediculus ceti. 
An anatomical description of the common muscle was pub- 
lished the same year in the Leipsic Commentaries by 
DE HEIDE, 
which description also appears in Valentini's Amphiiheatrum Zoo- 
tomicum. 
The purple fish was described at considerable length in the 
Philosophical Transactions by 
COLE, 
who has taken considerable pains in pointing out the mode of ob- 
taining, and the nature of, this celebrated dye. Buccinum Lapillus, 
the species alluded to by this author, is figured in an annexed 
plate. This tract was reprinted in 1689," and sold separately. 
vol. vii. t LISTER. 
