PATELLA. 1017 



membranes give it somewhat the appearance of several shells 

 of that species piled on each other. 



SINENSIS. 4. Shell conical, depressed, nearly smooth, 

 with the summit erect, and the internal ap- 

 pendage oblique. 



Patella Chinensis, or Sinensis. Linnaus Sj/st. Nat. p. 1257. 



Martini, i. p. 154. 1. 13. f. 121 and 122. Schroeter Einl. 



ii. p. 398. Gmelin, p. 3692. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 337. 



Montagu Test. p. 489. 1. 13. f.4. Maton and Racket, 



in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 228. 

 Patella albida. Donovan, iv. 1. 129. 

 Le Bonnet Chinois de la Mediterranee. Favanne, i. p. 560. 



t. 4. f. C 3. 

 Bonatmi Rec. and Kirch. 1. f. 12. Lister Conch, t. 546. 



f. 39. Argenville, t. 2. f. F. Born Mas. Vign. at 



p. 414. f. e. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean. Linnmis. Coasts of Batavia and 

 the Canary Islands. Martini. Provence. Favanne. Great 

 Britain. Montagu, S)'c. 

 Shell half an inch, or sometimes an inch in diameter, and the 

 height is rarely more than half the diameter ; the colour is 

 brownish white^ sometimes faintly striped longitudinally with 

 reddish brown, and the inside glossy ; the margin of the base 

 is circular, and not at all sinuated. 



AURicuLATA. 5. Shell longitudinally grooved and 

 striated, with the summit recurved, and the 

 appendage ear-shaped. 



Patella auriculata. Chemnitz, x. p. 336. t. l68. f. 1628 



and 1629. 

 Patella Auricula. Gmelin, p. 3694. 

 Patella Sinensis, Var. /3. Gmelin, p. 3692. 

 Le Bonnet Chinois raye. Favanne, i. p. 559- t. 4. f. C 2. 

 Petiver Gaz. t. 21. f. 11. Knorr, vi. t.22. f. 1. Martini, 

 i. 1. 13. f. 123 and 124. Humphreys Conch, t. 6. f. 10. 



Inhabits the coasts of the island of Borneo. Petiver. Java 

 and Batavia. Martini. St. Croix and St. Thomas, in the 

 West Indies. Chemnitz. 



This shell appears to be of about the same size as P. Sinensis, 

 and is white, more or less grooved longitudinally, and ra- 

 diated with yellow or dark brown ; the summit is generally 

 brown, and the inside glossy and stained with brown about 

 the appendage. Patella auricularia of the Portland Cata- 



