PATELLA. 



Plate XXXVI. 



Species 110. (Mus. Cuming.) 



PATELL.i LENTIGINOSA. Pat. testd ovatd, coHvexd, apice 

 untice iucUnato, obtiiso, radialim striata, slriis pl/in 

 minus erosis ; alhidd,niyro-castanco interrupti radinid 

 et promiscite nndato-lei/tiffiiwsd, intus caridescente- 

 albd. 



The freckled Limpet. Shell ovate, convex, apex in- 

 clined anteriorly, obtuse, radiately striated, striae 

 inore or less eroded ; whitish, interruptedly rayed 

 and promiscuously wave-freckled with blackish-chest- 

 nut, interior bluish-white. 



Ilab. ? 



This species is particularly well charactei'ized by the 

 promiscuous wave-freckled style of its dark chestnut 

 painting. 



Species 111. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella aeaneosa. Pat. testd suhohlongo-ovatd, antice 

 attenuatd, teuuiculd, lateraliter compressd, apice sub- 

 acute acuminato, antico, 7'adiatim dense striata, striis 

 funiculatis, striis concentricis minute crenulatis ; oli- 

 vaceo-viridi, lineis opaco-albis numerosis conspicue ra- 

 diatu, intus seimpellucidd. 



The cobweb Limpet. Shell suboblong-ovate, ■ attenu- 

 ated in front, rather thin, compressed at the sides, 

 apex rather sharply acuminated, anterior, radiately 

 densely striated, stria; corded, minutely crenulated 

 with concentric striae ; olive-green, conspicuously 

 rayed with numerous opake-white lines, interior se- 

 mitransparent. 



liab. Australia. 



A somewhat depressed species, pinched and sharply 

 pointed towards the apex, wliich inclines very much to the 

 front, and of a dull greenish-olive colour, curiously rayed 

 throughout with fine opake-white lines. 



Species 112. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella Okegoxa. Pat. testd r/loboso-conoided, apice 

 antico, acute acuminato, uncinato, radiatim obtu.se cos- 

 tatd, costis nodatis, subcorrugatis ; nigrd, punctis albis 

 numerosis, interdum nigro et alio strigatd, intus cceru- 

 lescenie-albd, medio intense castaned. 



The Oregon Limpet. Shell globosely conoid, apex an- 

 terior, sharply acuminated, hooked, radiately ob- 



tusely ribbed, ribs noduled, slightly wrinkled ; black, 

 marked with numerous white punctures, streaked 

 with black and white, interior bluish-white, deep 

 chestnut in the middle. 



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



Hab. Mouth of the Oregon Eiver, Upper California. 



Of the same peculiar type as P. umbonata of the pre- 

 ceding Plate, and possibly only a variety of that species. 

 It is rayed with more prominent swollen ribs, and is more 

 sharply acuminated and hooked at the apex. 



Species 113. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella Borneensis. Pat. testd rotundato-ovatd, sub- 

 dcprcssd, apice subcentrali, obtuso, radiatim obscure 

 striata, striis plus tninus erosis ; atrd, radiis irregu- 

 laribiis albis nigro-interruptis ornatd, intus cesrules- 

 cente, medio pallide castaned, margine nigro, lato. 



The Bokneo Limpet. Shell rotundately ovate, rather 

 depressed, apex nearly central, obtuse, radiately ob- 

 scurely striated, striae more or less eroded ; black, 

 ornamented with irregular black interrupted white 

 rays, interior bluish, light chestnut in the middle, 

 margin black, broad. 



Hab. North coast of Borneo. 



A depressed, rudely formed species, dull black, irregularly 

 rayed with white rays interrupted with black, the interior 

 being of a blue tinge, with an unusually broad black 

 border. 



Species 114. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Patella stellaeis. Pat. testd subdepresso-ovatd, apice 

 centrali, costis septem peramplis tumidis radiatis, ad 

 marginem prolongatis, interstitiis lira angustd brevi ; 

 sordide alba, intus albd, medio pallid^ castaneo-rufd. 



The star Limpet. Shell subdepressly ovate, apex cen- 

 tral, with seven large swollen radiating ribs, pro- 

 longed over the margin, interstices with a short nar- 

 row ridge ; dull white, interior white, pale chestuut- 

 red in the middle. 



Patelloida stellaris, Quoy and Gaimard, Moll. Voy. de 

 I'Astrolabe, vol. iii. p. 356. pi. 71. f. 1-4. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Distinguished from all other species of the genus, by 

 its peculiarly swollen stellar radiating ribs. 



March, 1855. 



