Historical Account of Testaceological Writers, l6l 



sions of the sea, were eaten through in a few months. The da- 

 mage occasioned bv so extraordinary a corrosion of the timber 

 Avas immense, and the people of Holland were thrown into the 

 utmost consternation. Luckil}', however, adequate remedies were 

 ultimately discovered ; and it Avas by the accounts which came 

 from the pens of Rousset, Putoneus, Belkmeer, Massuet, but more 

 particularly SELLIUS, 



that naturalists now had an opportunity of learning very fully the 



history of the Teredo, The work of Sellius is entitled " Historia 



Naturalis Teredinis, seu Xylophagi Marini." It is illustrated by 



two plates, and contains much learning, as well as curious detail 



of facts relative to the structure and habits of the animal. 



The following year 



FISCHER, 



of Konisberg, published a synoptical .table of shells, which is 

 contained in the work of Klein on Echini. It is divided into three 

 parts, Cochlea, Concha, and Foljjconchce, each of these being subdi- 

 vided into classes and genera. The names of most of the latter have 

 been retained by Linnaeus to designate his species; but, in fact, 

 they have been in pretty general use from the time of Rumphius. 

 The 2d edition of the Bibliotheca Appendix; of 



BYTEMEISTER 



contains two plates of shells (viz. 11. and 12.), which are executed 

 with great accuracy. It is to be lamented that they are not ac- 

 companied by some description. 

 In a work published by 



DESLANDES 



are two dissertations; one on the subject of Barnacles, and the 



other " sur les Vers qui rongent le Bois des Vaisseaiix." From the na- 



voL. VII. Y tare 



