PLATE CLXVL 



FIG. I. 



LEPAS SCALPELLUM. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Triton. Shell affixed at the base, multivalve ; the valves 



unequal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell compressed. Valves thirteen, smooth, and seated on a seal)' 



peduncle. 



Lepas Scalpellum : testa comprcssa tredecim valvi Iseviuscula 



pedunculo squamosa insidente. Linn. Fn. 

 Suec. 2121. — Gmel. Syst. Nat. 3210. Sp. 11. 

 Ellis Phil. Trans. 1758. t. 34./. A. page 849., 



Lepas Scalpellum, a very rare and curious species, has beenVound 

 attached to some sea weeds, dredged up on the coast of Weymouth ; 

 a specimen of it affixed to the branches of a coralline that was dis- 



