Historical Account of Testaceological Writers. X6\ 
sions of the sea, were eaten through in a few months. The da- 
mage occasioned by so extraordinary a corrosion of the timber 
was immense, and the people of Holland were thrown into the 
utmost consternation. Luckily, however, adequate remedies were 
ultimately discovered ; and it was by the accounts which came 
from the pens of Rousset, Putoneus, Belkmeer, Massuet, but more 
particularly SELLIUS, 
that naturalists now had an opportunity of learning very fully the 
history of the Teredo. The work of Sellius is entitled " Historia 
Naturalis Teredinis, sen Xylophagi Marini" It is illustrated by 
two plates, and contains much learning, as well as curious detail 
of facts relative to the structure and habits of the animal. 
The following year 
FISCHER, 
of Konisberg, published a synoptical table of shells, which is 
contained in the work of Klein on Echini. It is divided into three 
parts, Cochlea, Co?icha, and Polyconchce, each of these being subdi- 
vided into classes and genera. The names of most of the latter have 
been retained by Linnaeus to designate his species; but, in fact, 
they have been in pretty general use from the time of Rumphius. 
The 2d edition of the Bibliothecce Appendix of 
BYTEMEISTER 
contains two plates of shells (viz. 11. and 12.), which are executed 
with great accuracy. It is to be lamented that they are not ac- 
companied by some description. 
In a work published by 
DESLANDES 
are two dissertations; one on the subject of Barnacles, and the 
other " sur les Vers qui rongent le Bois des Vaisseaux." From the na- 
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