180 Mr. Montacu’s Account of some new and rare 
the top: the pedunele is longer than the body, increasing im 
size towards the base, where it spreads considerably for the pur-- 
» pose of adhesion: the colour is white, clouded or rather irregu- 
larly marked with three broken stripes of purplish- brown on each. 
side the body; the peduncle is also similarly striped : at the 
lower part of the aperture on each side is a small linear valve ; 
on the upper part are two others much smaller, linear, and 
curved ; and on the middle of the back is a very minute dorsal 
valve, scarcely visible to the naked eye; these valves are chiefly 
distinguished by being white. The horns or auricles are large,. 
and convex in front, where they are mottled with purplish-brown ; 
behind they are canaliculated. 
Length of the body three-fourths of an inch; of the auricles: 
three-eighths ; of the peduncle an inch and a quarter. In some 
points of view, when examined by a lens, a fine iridescent colour. 
is observable. 
Taken alive from the bottom of a transport stranded on the 
coast of Devon. ; 
The scientific Conchologist will at first conceive that he has in: 
this species identified Lepas aurita of Linneus: be that as it 
may; it would be totally inconsistent with the present view of 
the subject, to doubt that that species did actually possess eight 
valves round the mouth: unless, therefore, it can be imagined: 
that Linnzeus was deceived, the present species cannot be referred. 
to the L. aurita of that author. Chemnitz appears to have given a. 
bad figure of our shell, which he refers to the Linnzan L.aurita,. 
although he could not discover more than two valves, and those 
were at the opening; but probably was induced so to do from no- 
other cause than that his species had auricles; for he expresses 
his surprise that Iinneeus should have discovered no less than. 
dt valves round the mouth, and which seems to have left some 
. doubt 
