PATELLA. 



Plate XXXIV. 



Species 100. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella laciniata. Pat. testa oblongo-ovatd, subacute 

 coHve.vd, lateral iter subcomj)ressu, radiatim dense ele- 

 vato-striatd ; albidd, lineis numerosis tenuibus rujis 

 undiqtie promiscwe reticulato-radiatd, reticulo circa 

 apicem, interrupte pervio, iiitus ciernlescente-alhd. 



The fringed Limpet. Shell obloug-ovate, rather sharply 

 • convex, laterally slightly compressed, radiately densely 

 elevately striated ; whitish, retieulately rayed every- 

 where promiscuously with numerous fine red lines, 

 network round the apex interruptedly open, interior 

 bluish-white. 



Hab. Australia. 



Distinguished by a densely pencilled elongated network 

 of red-brown Hues, which is more or less interruptedly 

 open around the apex. 



Species 101. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella leucoph.ea. Fat. testd rotundato-ovatd, de- 

 pressiusculd, medio subacute elevatd, radiatim obscure 

 costata et striata, costis irregularibus, fere obsoletis ; 

 nigricante-viridi, tiiaculis albis prope marginetn obscure 

 bkeriatim tessellatd, intus viresceide-albd, medio in- 

 tense castaned. 



The white-spotted Limpet. Shell rotundately ovate, 

 rather depressed, somewhat sharply raised in the 

 middle, radiately obscurely ribbed and striated, ribs 

 irregidar, almost obsolete ; very dark green, obscurely 

 tessellated near the margin with two rows of white 

 blotches, interior greenish-white, dark chestnut in 

 the middle. 



NuTTALL, Jay's Catalogue of Shells, p. 38. 



Hab. Upper California. 



A very dark greenish shell, encircled near the margin 

 with two rows of faint whitish blotches. 



Species 102. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella penicillata. Fat. testd ovatd, subplatio-con- 

 vexd, radiatim rugoso-liratd et sulcata, plerumque 

 multo erosd, apice parvo, acuta, antico ; albidd, sulcis 



intense fusco penicillatis, intus albidd, fusco medio et 

 ad marginem lineatd. 



The pencilled Limpet. Shell ovate, rather flatly con- 

 vex, radiately roughly ridged and grooved, generally 

 much eroded, apex small, sharp, anterior; whitish, 

 grooves pencilled with dark brown, interior whitish, 

 Lineated in the middle and at the edge with brown. 



Hab. Valparaiso. 



A rather flatly convex eroded white species, pencilled in 



the radiating grooves with interrupted brown. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella canescens. Pat. testa ovatd, antice subatte- 

 nuatd, convexd, radiatim. rugoso-liratd et sulcata; liris 

 promiscue albis et nigris, intus subpellucidd. 



The grey-haired Limpet. Shell ovate, a little atte- 

 nuated in front, radiately rugosely ridged and grooved ; 

 ridges promiscuously black and white, interior sub- 

 pellucid. 



Hab. ? 



This shell is much worn round the apex, but a very 

 characteristic black and white sculpture covers the remain- 

 iuK surface. 



Species 104. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Patella tenera. Pat. testa ovatd, tenuiculd, depressn, 

 apice parw, acuto, antico, radiatim strictd, striis ele- 

 vatis, subfuniculatis, striis minufis concentricis can- 

 cellatis ; lutescente, nigricante-viridi promiscue macu- 

 latd et variegatd, intus ceeruleacente, subpellucidd. 



The thin Limpet. Shell ovate, rather thin, depressed, 

 apex small, sharp, anterior, radiately striated, strise 

 raised, somewhat corded, cancellated with minute 

 concentric striae ; yellowish, promiscuously spotted 

 and variegated with blackish-gi-een, interior bluish, 

 subtransparent. 



C. B. Adams, Contributions to Conchology. 



Hab. ? 



A depressed yellowish shell, prettily variegated and 

 blotched with blackish-green, which is seen through in 

 the interior. 



March, 1855. 



