PATELLA. 1059 



CAFFRA. 90. Shell ovate, with the sides compres- 

 sed towards one end, and striated and rayed 

 with black ; perforation nearly central and 

 sub-ovate. 



Patella Caffra. GmeMn, p. 3730. 

 f Patella, No. 154. Scliroeter Einl. ii. p. 506. 

 Martini, i. p. 13?. t. 1 1 . f. 95. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Cape of Good Hope. Martini. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, seven lines high, and one 

 inch broad in the broadest part, but the sides are somewhat 

 compressed, and become gradually narrower towards one 

 end ; it is slightly ribbed longitudinally, and marked with 

 minute transverse striae ; the colour is greyish or dirty white, 

 with numerous narrow black rays in pairs or fours, and the 

 inside is w hite tinged with green ; the inner margin is slightly 

 crenated. 



PILEOLUS. 97. Shell oblong, with longitudinal 

 striae, and the sides compressed ; perforation 

 circular and sub-marginal. 



Patella pileata, seu Pileolus. Chemnitz, xi. p. 183. t. 197. 



f. 1922. 

 Humphreys Conch, t. 7. f. 2. .'' 



Inhabits • 



This shell appears by Chemnitz's figure to be about an inch 

 long, and half as high, and of a brownish yellow colour, with 

 a few darker transverse stripes ; the summit is much nearer 

 to one end than to the other, and has a circular perforation 

 on the posterior side. 



scuTELLUM. 98. Shell sub-oval, with longitudinal 

 striae, and transverse elevated belts ; sides 

 compressed near the middle, and the perfora- 

 tion large. 



Patella Scutellum. Gmelin, p. 3731. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 363. 

 Patella nimbosa, Var. Martini, i. p. 134. 

 Patella, No. l66. Schroeter Einl ii. p. 512. t. 6. f. 11. 

 Le Comprime a trou de serrure. Favanne, i. p. 527. t. 3. 



f. A 1. 

 Petiver Gaz. t. 3. f. 11. Meuschen Nalurf. xviii. p. 11. 

 t. 2. f. 2 and 3. ? 

 Inhabits the coast of the Falkland Islands. Eavanne. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, eltvcn lines broad, and 



