992 NERITA. 



La Nerite verte. Favanne, ii. p. 244. t. 10. lower fig. R. ? 

 Inhabits the coasts of New Zealand. Favanne '^ 

 Linnaeus has described his N. bidens to be as large as a pea, of 

 a black or reddish colour, and obsoletely striated, and Fa- 

 vanne considered his Nerite verte to be the same ; the latter 

 is described to be about foiu' or five lines long, and eight or 

 nine broad, of a yellowish green colour, or sometimes white, 

 and has a spire consisting of one and a half or two whirls, 

 which form an obtuse summit. 



FLAVESCENS. 33. Shell smooth, yellowish varie- 

 gated with white, and three black bands ; 

 inner lip two-toothed, and the outer lij3 

 slightly striated. 



Nerita flavescens. Chemnitz, x. p. 304. t. 165. f. 1594 and 

 1595. 



Nerita bidens, Var. |3. Gmelin, p. 5679- 



Nerita, No. 69. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 329- 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about ten lines long, and the breadth by Chemnitz's 



figures appears to exceed the length ; the colour is yellowish 

 • mottled with white, and marked with three black bands ; 



the aperture is semi-circular, and the throat yellowish. 



Gmelin considered this shell to be a Variety of N. bidens, 



but neither Chemnitz or Schreibers have entertained this 



opinion. 



viRiDis. 34. Shell smooth and green, with the in- 

 ner lip crenulated in the middle. 



Nerita viridis. Linnaus S^st. Nat. p. 1254. Born Mas. 



p. 403. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 291. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. 



p. 73. 1. 124. f. 1089. Gmelin, p. 3679- Schreibers 



Conch, i. p. 326. 

 Nerita fluviatilis subviridis dentata. Schroeter Fluss. p. 2 1 1 . 



t. 5. f. 11.? 

 Le petit Pois vert, Favanne, ii. p. 245. t. 10. lower fig. 8c. 

 Lister Conch, t. 601. f. 18. 

 Inhabits Minorca and Jamaica. Linnaiis. St. Domingo, 

 Martinique, Barbadoes, Jamaica, and the coasts of Virginia. 

 Favanne. Fresh waters in St. Croix and St. Thomas. 

 ' Chemnitz. 



Shell about two lines long, and not much more than half as 

 broad, generally of an uniform pale green colour, or marked 

 with only a few small white spots, and sometimes with mi- 



