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glicorum (SieUcro ob^cruflnte) excrefcit, mihiqiie ipfi inter mi- 

 jmres phires, quadripoUicaris , licct ficcus, e Curilis infulis 

 adlatus eli. 



Fornia ficcati , Chitones vulgares refert; fed oHlcula 

 fcuti {fig. 26.) obduda corio cartilaginofo, extus fcabro et fub- 

 verrucofo, continuato que margini vndique fcutum am.bienti , cras- 

 fo, arguto, cartilagineo, fubtus plano, laeui. 



Pes fubtus (fig. 28-) lanceohitus, circumferentia fcuti 

 multo m.inor, et fere triplo angullior, poftice fubacutus, an- 

 tice obtufus. Os in corpufculo plano , calcis equinae formaiij 



refcrcntc, a pede diftin<fto («)• 



Inter pedem et marginem fcuti fofla ambiens imprclfa, 

 intra quam fiuduat limbus fciito interius adnatus (^ ^.), pedi- 

 natus barbulis moIJibus, compreffis, confertis, branchias pifci- 

 um ruditer rcfercntibus , fimiliique forfitau fiunftioni deftinatis. 



Scutnm corio denudatum (fig. 27.) et a circumadna- 

 to m.argine canilaginofo fepararum. , fcn fceleton animalis , 

 conftat oflfcuHs odonis albis, lapideac indolis , fragiiillimis , 

 imbricatis; quorum primum (fig. 3^.) forma fere vngulae 

 equinae len patellac uiniidiatae, reniforme, margine antico le- 

 viter crcnatum et fupra per ambitnm fubtilifnme ftriatum; in- 

 termedia (b. b.) 2 ad 7, quorum maximum quartum, quafi e 

 diiobus planis orbiculatis compofita, angulo obtufo coadunatis 

 (fig. 29.), margine pracfertim poftico extcnuatis integris, dif- 

 co ct fymphyfi incraffatis, fupraque transuerfa infcriptioue ob- 

 folete turgefccnte inftrudis. 



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