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nally, and the interstices delicately striated 

 transversely. 



Lepas tintinnabulum. Linnaeus Syst. Nat. p. 1108. Pen- 

 nant Zool. iv. p. 73. Born. Mus. p. 9. Chemnitz, viii. 

 p. 307. t. 97. f. 828 to 831. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 513. 

 Gmelin, p. 3208. Donovan, v. t. 148. Maton and 

 Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 25. Wood's Conch, p. 

 38. t. 6. f. 1 and 2. 

 Balanus tintinnabulum. Dorset Cat. p. 25. t. 1. f. 5. 

 Montagu Test. p. 10. Lamarck Syst. des Anim. p. 

 142. Bruguiere Enc. Method, p. 165. 

 Lister Conch, t. 443. f. 385. Rumphius Mus. t. 41. f. A. 

 Gualter, t. 106. f. H. Phil. Trans, l. t. 34. f. 8. Ar- 

 genville, t. 29. A. Klein. Ost. t. 12. f. 97- Knorr. ii. 

 t. 2. f. 6. and v. t. 30. f. 1. Favanne, t. 59. f. A. 2. 

 Enc. Method, t. 164. f. 5. Brooks's Introduction, p. 

 161. t. 1. f. 5. 

 Variety. Shell curved, and the aperture oblique. 

 Lepas cylindrica. Gmelin, p. 3213. 

 Lepas, No. 21. Schroeter Einleitung, iii. p. 533. 

 Balanus maxillaris. Gronovius Zoop. t. 19- f- 3 and 4. 

 P^V. Tmws. l. t. 34. f. 14. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Jamaica. Lister. 

 Madeira. Solander. Coasts of Africa under the torrid zone. 

 Gronovius. Bay of Naples. Sir C. Ulysses. 

 The diameter, which is sometimes rather exceeded by the 

 height, varies from half an inch to two inches, and the form 

 also varies, being sometimes more or less obliquely ventri- 

 cose, cylindrical, conical, or ovate ; the valves are coarsely 

 ribbed with strong irregular wrinkled ribs, and the interstices 

 are marked with delicate parallel dark transverse lines. — It is 

 sometimes found on the bottom of ships which arrive from 

 more southern latitudes, but its claim to be considered a na- 

 tive of Britain, is very doubtful, — Shells of this species are 

 frequently curved, with the aperture more or less oblique) as 

 is represented in Ellis's figure 14, (Phil. Trans, l. t. 34.) 

 which differs only in this respect from the common appear- 

 ance, and Gmelin for his L. cylindrica, has erroneously re- 

 ferred to fig. 15, but 14 is obviously intended. — Mr. Wood 

 suspects that Gmelius L. Psittacus is also a variety of this 

 species, but the definition is so indistinct as to render it alto- 

 gether undeserving of notice. 



tulipa. 22. Shell sub-cubical ; whitish with the 



