264 INTRODUCTION TO CONCHOLOGY. 



beautiful little Limas constructed their coral cottages,, and 

 lined them with well-wrought tapestry, in the peaceful bay 

 of Lamlash/' 



Pecteus are very numerous, and may be divided into 

 groups or sections, according to the inequality of the ears 

 and valves. In some, both valves are flat ; in others, both 

 are convex; in others, again, one valve is flat, the other 

 convex. 



They are commonly known by the name of Scallops, 

 but their original and most popular title is that of the 

 Conibs) les Peignes of the Prench; Pectines of the Latin; 

 and Krfz^es- of the Greek. Their shells exhibit a most vivid 

 array of colours, and the upper valve is usually more beau- 

 tifully painted than the lower; the umboes approximate 

 without the least indication of any disc or area, and in this 

 respect they difi^er from all others of their brethren. 



Some few species are provided with a byssus, although 

 invariably small ; and the Peden pusio is generally found 

 attached to some marine substance by the lower valve. 



Pectens are very generally diffused. They are met with 

 on the shores of almost every ocean. Pilgrims found them 

 on the shores of Palestine, and placed them in their hats, 

 as tokens that they had crossed the sea on their way to 



