10 CHITON. 



minimus. 25. Shell with eight smooth black, mealy 

 valves, and a transverse white band on each. 



Chiton minimus. Chemnitz, viii. p. 289. t. 96. f. 814. 

 Gmelin, p. 5205. Wood's Conch, p. 19. 



Chiton, No. 12. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 506. 

 Inhabits the North Sea at Bergen. Chemnitz. 

 Shell but little more than half an inch long, and about half as 



broad ; the colour is black, sprinkled with minute mealy dots 



in patches, and marked with a white transverse band on each 



valve. 



cimex. 26. Shell with eight carinated, diaphanous, 

 banded valves, and the two terminal valves 

 finely punctured. 



Chiton cimex. Chemnitz, viii. p. 289- t. 96. f. 815. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3206. Wood's Conch, p. 19. 



Chiton, No. 13. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 507. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Norway. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about three quarters of an inch long, and rather more 



than half as broad ; colour pale reddish brown, with darker 



longitudinal stripes ; inside whitish ash-colour with blackish 



bands. 



assllus. 27. Shell with eight convex black valves, 

 yellowish at the edge and marked with a yel- 

 lowish spot on each. 



Chiton Asellus. Chemnitz, viii. p. 290. t. 96. f. 816. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3206. Wood's Conch, p. 19. 



Chiton, No. 14. Schroeter Einl. hi. p. 507. 



Enc. Method, t. 16 1. f. 12. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Norway, and is often found adhering to 



Mvtilus modiolus. Chemnitz. 

 Shell nearly three quarters of an inch long, and about half as 



broad, black, with the margin and edges of the valves pale 



yellow, and there is a yellowish spot in the middle of each 



valve. 



islandicus. 28. Shell with eight convex black 

 valves, covered with very minute raised dots ; 

 margin cinereous. 



Chiton islandicus. Gmelin, p. 3206. Wood's Conch, p. 20. 

 Chiton, No. 19. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 509. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Iceland in Venus Islandicus. Schroeter. 



