OSBECK'S VOYAGE, 



March the 18th. 



To-day I got the Meloc varicgata from a gen- 

 tleman who had been near IJla. He faid, that 

 when he faw this infect, the Spaniards about 

 him advifed him not to take it into his hand, 

 on account of its bite being poiibnous. They 

 feigned to take great precaution in catching 

 this pretended noxious animal ; probably in 

 hopes of receiving a reward from ftrangers. 



Euphorbia /errata t I likewife received 

 from the fame place : its wnbclla imiverfalis 

 was trifid, triphyllous,. with a cordate, lanceo~ 

 lated, reflected leaf. 



And alfo the Scilla Peruviana'. 



March the 20th. 



On weighing the anchor, fome crabs were 

 pulled up j they were Cancer brachyurus, hir- 

 JutiJfimuSy fubovatus ; and likewife 



Chiton lave, which Petiver calls Ofca- 

 hrion : the Jhell is carinated, and confifts of 

 eight trar.fvcrfal pieces, which are furrowed 



tranfverfly j 



