PATELLA. 



Plate XXXII. 



Species 90. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella aculeata. Pat. testa snboblongo-ovata, tumi- 

 do-eouoidea, apice antico, radiatim eostatd, cosiis acute 

 compressis, aculeato-sqnamatis ; alba, aiirantio-ferrn- 

 gineo tinctd, intiis albicante, aurantio tinctd. 



The peickly Limpet. Shell somewhat oblong-ovate, 

 tumidly conoid, apex anterior, radiately ribbed, ribs 

 sharply compressed, prickly-scaled ; white, tinged 

 with orange-rust, interior whitish, orange-tinged. 



Hab. ? 



A deeply convex shell, rayed throughout with very cha- 

 racteristic prickly-scaled narrowly compressed ribs. 



Species 91. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella guttata. Pat. testa orblculato-ovatd, subde- 

 pressd, apice antico, radiatim liratd, liris in nodidis 

 irregularibiis disruptis ; albidd, plus minus nigro- 

 tinctd, Hodulis intense nigris, intus carulesceiite, medio 

 nifescente. 



The drop-marked Limpet. Shell orbicularly ovate, 

 rather depressed, apex anterior, radiately ridged, 

 ridges broken up into in-egular nodules; whitish, 

 more or less stained with black, nodules intense 

 black, interior bluish, reddish in the middle. 



D'Orbigny, Moll, des Isles Canaries, vol. ii. p. 98. pi. 7. 

 f. 13, 15. 



Hab. Teneriffe, Canaries. 



The radiating ridges of black nodules in this species, 

 constitute a very characteristic feature. 



Species 92. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella dira. Pat. testa ovatd, erecto-conoided, dense 

 radiatim eostatd et liratd, costis Urisque in verrucidis 

 creberrime disruptis ; intense caruleo-atrd, intus sub- 

 iridescente. 



The dismal Limpet. Shell ovate, erectly conoid, densely 

 radiately ridged and ribbed, ribs and ridges very 



closely broken up into small warts ; dark blue-black, 

 subiridescent in the interior. 

 Hab. ? 



Although a similarity prevails between the figures of 

 this and the preceding species, they are very dift'erent ; P. 

 dira being of deep erectly conical form, rayed thro\ighout 

 with close-set ribs and ridges, crenated with small tumid 

 warts. 



Species 93. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella imbricata. Pat. testa ovatd, timiido-convexd, 

 apice antico, obtuso, radiatim nmlticostatd, costis con- 

 fertis, vix elevatis, nndique dense acute imbricatis ; in- 

 tense caruleo-nigrd, intus jilumbeo-ccBruled, medio au- 

 rantio-ferrugined. 



The tiled Limpet. SheU ovate, tumidly convex, apex 

 anterior, obtuse, radiately many-ridged, ribs close-set, 

 scarcely raised, everywhere densely sharply imbri- 

 cated; dark blue-black, interior lead-blue, orange- 

 rust in the middle. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Of very regular tumidly convex growth, beautifully 

 densely imbricated throughout. 



Species 94. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella squamifeea. Pat. testd ovatd, stibdepressd, 

 crassiusculd, apice fere centrali, radiatim rugose cos- 

 tata et liratd, costis Urisque irregulariler rude squa- 

 matis; albidd, cinereo et nigra tinctd, intus ccerules- 

 cetite-albd. 



The scaly Limpet. SheU ovate, somewhat depressed, 

 rather thick, apex nearly central, radiately roughly 

 ribbed and ridged, ribs and ridges iiTegularly rudely 

 scaled ; whitish, tinged with ash and black, interior 

 bluish-white. 



Hab. ? 



This is a solid ash-coloured shell, roughly sculptured 

 throughout with irregular scaly ribs and ridges. 



January, 1855. 



