PATELLA, 



Plate XV. 



Species 33. (Fig. c, h, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella decora. Pat. testd ovatd, seniujloboso-concava, 

 apici! cmiice multo incUnato, radiatim costatd, codis 

 angustis, roUmdatis, vLv eJevatis, distanlibus, interdi- 

 tiis undato-striatis, striis concentricis obsolete deciis- 

 satis; vh-escente-oUvaced vel luted, codis nigro vet 

 mngidneo maculatis, intns pelhwido-cmered. 



The comely Limpet. Shell ovate, semiglobosely con- 

 nave, apex much inclined anteriorly, radiately ribbed, 

 ribs narrow, rounded, but little raised, distant, in- 

 terstices wave-striated, obsoletely decussated with 

 concentric striae ; greenish-olive or yellow, ribs 

 blotched with black or blood-colour, interior trans- 

 parent-ash. 



Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, pi. 3. f. 5. 



flab. New Zealand ; Earl. 



Of a pecuKar semiglobose form, with the apex very 

 much inclined to the anterior, rayed with ribs, blotched 

 with black and blood-like gouts. 



Species 84. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella Candei. Fat. testd ovatd, subconoided, versus 

 marginem leviter compressd, obsolete nodoso-clathratd, 

 plermnque vmlto erosd, liiieis coi/cenfricis albis mida- 

 tis formantibus ; intus extiisque semipdlucide I'wido- 

 olivaced, nucleo albo. 



Cande's Limpet. Shell ovate, subconoid, slightly com- 

 pressed towards the margin, obsoletely nodosely lat- 



ticed, generally much eroded, forming concentric 

 waved white lines ; semitransparent livid olive with- 

 in and without, nucleus white. 



D'Orbigny, Moll, des Isles Canaries. 



Ilab. Canary Islauds. 



A semitransparent livid-olive shell, obsoletely nodosely 

 latticed, but generally very much worn and eroded, leaving 

 characteristic white waved lines. 



Species 35. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella esusta. Pat. testd ovatd, antice snbatte- 

 niiatd, plauulato - convexd, subexpaiisd, apice antice 

 incUnato, radiatim costatd, costis, cum superjicie, ru- 

 dibus, irregularibus, obscure muricato-squamatis, in- 

 terstitiis liris concentricis subdistantibus obsolete cla- 

 tliratis ; iistulato-nigrd, rufo-tinctd, intus marmoreo- 

 albd, margine remote denticulato, purpnreo-nigro. 



The burnt Limpet. Shell ovate, a little attenuated in 

 front, flatly convex, rather spread, apex inclined an- 

 teriorly, radiately ribbed, ribs (with the surface) rude, 

 irregular, obscurely prickly-scaled, interstices obso- 

 letely latticed with rather distant concentric ridges ; 

 burnt-black, red-tinged, interior marble-white, edo-e 

 remotely denticulated, purple-black. 



Hab. ? 



An extremely characteristic species, marble-white with- 

 in, reddish-burnt black without, but of singular rude irre- 

 gular obsoletely latticed sculptiu'e. 



October, 1854. 



