PATELLA. 



Plate XXXV. 



Species 105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



PATELL-i FUNGUS. Pat. testcl ovuld, dep-esso-conoided, 

 apice elevato, subcentrali, radiatim dense costatd et 

 liraid, costis Urisque auguatis, parvis, undique tenui- 

 nodnlatis ; sordide cinered, circa apicem et prope mar- 

 ginem riifescaite-fusco punctata, noduUs atbicaiitibus, 

 iiitics semipellucido-iridesccnte. 



The fungus Limpet. Shell ovate, depressly conoid, 

 apex raised, subcentral, radintely densely I'ibijed and 

 ridged, ribs and ridges narrow, small, everywliei-e 

 finely noduled ; dull asb, dotted round the apex and 

 near the margin with reddish-broivn, with nodules 

 whitish, interior semi-transparent, iridescent. 



Tectura fungus, Meuschen. 



Hah. West Indies. 



A dull ash depressly conoid sheU, densely rayed with 

 finely noduled ribs and ridges, sparingly marked with 

 reddish-brown dots, which are seen most distinctly in the 

 interior of the shell. 



Species lOG. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella floccata. Pat. testa ovatd, convexo-depressd, 

 apice antice inclinato, plaiiato, radiatim tenuiliratd, 

 liris Jilosis, subundatis, striis concentficis eximie ere- 

 nnlatis ; olivaceo-viridi, Jloccis alhis profuse aspersd, 

 intus vivide caruleo-viridi. 



The snow-flake Limpet. Shell ovate, convexly de- 

 pressed, apex inclined anteriorly, flattened, radiately 

 finely ridged, ridges thread-like, slightly waved, de- 

 licately crenulated with concentric stri^; olive-green, 

 profusely sprinkled with white flakes, interior vivid 

 blue-green. 



Hah. New Zealand; Earl. 



A delicate rather compressly convex species, sculptured 

 with fine thvead-like slightly waved ridges, and profusely 

 radiately dashed with white flakes upon a dark olive-greeu 

 ground. 



Species 107. (Mus. Cuming.) 



P.ATELL.A UMBONATA. Pat. testd globoso-convexu, apice 

 omninu antico, acute uncinato, radiatim liratd, liris 

 paucis, irregularibua, ohtuse crenatis ; ciuereo-nigrd, 

 puuctis albis impressis sculpturatd, puncti-i magis n/i- 

 merosis versus margineni, intus carulesceiite-alhd, me- 

 dio castaned. 



The umboed Limpet. Shell globosely convex, apex 

 altogether anterior, sharply hooked, radiately ridged, 

 ridges few, irregular, obtusely crenated ; ash-black. 



sculptured with white impressed punctures, punctures 

 more numerous towards the margin, interior bluish- 

 white, chestnut in the middle. 



NuTTALL, Jay's Catalogue of Shells, p. 37. 



Hah. Upper California. 



A globosely convex species, with the apex sharply in- 

 clined over the front, of a rough ash-black substance, 

 eliipped, as it were, with white punctures, which are more 

 numerous as they approach the basal margin. 



Species 108. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella affinis. Pat. testd ohlongo-ovntd, depressd, 

 apice valde antico, parvo, snhacuio, radiatim. liratd et 

 striata, liris striisqne numerosis, ohtusis, suhundatis ; 

 nigricanle-olivaced, radiis latis oblique sanguineo-m.a- 

 culaiis oruatd, intus subpullucido-iridescente. 



The allied Limpet. Shell oblong-ovate, depressed, 

 apex very anterior, small, rather sharp, radiately 

 ridged and striated, ridges and strire numerous, ob- 

 tuse, slightly waved ; dark olive, ornamented with 

 obliquely blood-blotched broad rays, interior sub- 

 transparent, iridescent. 



Hah. New Zealand. 



Two or three species, it will be seen, have been described 

 of this same typical form from New Zealand, all essentially 

 distinct in regard to sculpture. In the present species the 

 surface is carved throughout witii simple smooth slightly 

 waved close-set ridges and strias. 



Species 109. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella pruinosa. Pat. testd suhdepresso-ovatd, corned, 

 apice antico, minute acute uncinato, radiatim tenuis- 

 sime liratd, liris irregularihus, undatis, striis minutis 

 concentricis decussatis ; subpellucido-oUvaced, punctis 

 vivide caruleo-viridihus radiatd, macidis nigricante- 

 olivaceis antice tinctd. 



The frosted Limpet. Shell subdepressly ovate, horny, 

 apex anterior, minutely sharply hooked, radiately 

 very finely ridged, ridges irregular, slightly waved, 

 decussated with minute concentric stria; ; suljpel- 

 lucid-olive, rayed with bright blue-greeii dots, and 

 stained in front with dark olive blotches. 



Keauss, Siklafric. Mollusken, p. 56. pi. 3. f. 9. 



Hub. Table Bay. 



A semitrans)jarent horny depressly ovate shell, witli a 

 small sharply hooked apex, comparatively smooth, distin- 

 guished by a peculiar rayed sprinkling of blue-green dots 

 of a bright metallic hue. 



March, 1855. 



