PATELLA. 



Plate XXVII. 



Species 69. (Pig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella toreuma. Pat. testa oMontjo-ovata, antice siib- 

 attemiatd, depressissimd, apice valde antico, dense ra- 

 diatim liratd, liris alternatim majoribtis, stibcrenatis ; 

 virescenfe aut luted, purpurea et opaco-albo radiatim 

 variegatd et punctata, intus plus minus iridescente- 

 albd, subpellucidd. 



The chased Limpet. Shell oblong-ovate, slightly at- 

 tenuated in front, very depressed, apex very anterior, 

 densely radiately ridged, ridges alternately larger, 

 subcrenated ; greenish or yellowish, radiately varie- 

 gated and dotted with purple and opake-white, in- 

 terior more or less iridescent-white, subtransparent. 



Hob. Monterey, California ; Hartweg. 



A beautifully painted and neatly sculptured shell, of 

 attenuated oblong form, very depressed, with the apex 

 inclined very anteriorly. 



Species 70. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella testddinalis. Pat. testa ovatd, suboblongd, 

 acute elevatd, lateraliter subcompressd, undique tenuis- 

 sime cancellato-striatd ; virescente-albd vel luted, cos- 

 tamo et n'ujro reticulato-maculaid, intus ccerulescente- 

 albd, nmrijiue latimaculatd, medio castaneo-tinctd. 



The little toetoise- shell Limpet. Shell ovate, 

 rather oblong, sharply raised, laterally slightly com- 

 pressed, everywhere finely cancellately striated ; 

 greenish-white or yellow, reticulately mottled with 

 chestnut and black, interior bluish-white, broadly 

 mottled at the margin, chestnut - stained in the 

 middle. 



MuLLER, Prodromus Zool. Dan. p. 237. 

 Patella tesselluta, Miiller. 

 Patella testudiiiaria Grwnlandica, Chemnitz. 

 Patella Clealaudi, Sowerby. 



Patella amcena, Say. 

 Patella clypeus, Brown. 

 Lottia testndiualis, Forbes. 

 Patelloides testudinalia, Lea. 

 Aemaa testudinalis, Hanley. 

 Patelloidea amcena, Couthony. 

 Lottia Antillarum, Sowerby. 

 Hal. Northern Seas. 



This little tortoise-shell painted species prevails through- 

 out the northern European and American Seas, usually 

 much smaller, however, than the specimen here figured, 

 which is from East Port Maine, United States. It is 

 found plentifully in Greenland, and was dredged abun- 

 dantly in Wellington Channel by Captain Sir E. Belcher, 

 during the recent Arctic searching expedition of the As- 

 sistance and Eesolute. 



Species 71. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella Earlii. Pat. testa rotundato-ovatd, antice sub- 

 aitenuatd, convexo-elevatd, apice antice inclinato, ra- 

 diatim liratd, liris parvis, perpaucis, distantibus, in- 

 terstitiis irregnlariter elevato-striatis ; virescente, oli- 

 vaceo-niyricante late undato-variegatd, intus pellucido- 

 iridescente, medio lac ted. 



Earl's Limpet. Shell rotundately ovate, slightly at- 

 tenuated in front, convexly raised, apex inclined an- 

 teriorly, radiately ridged, ridges small, very few and 

 distant, with the interstices iiTCgularly elevately stri- 

 ated ; pale green, broadly wave-variegated with olive- 

 black, interior transparently iridescent, milk-white 

 in the middle. 



Hab. New Zealand ; Earl. 



This is of the same local typical form as P. redimiculum, 

 but peculiar in its high rounded growth and broad waved 

 painting. 



January, 1855. 



