LEPAS. 29 



B. SHELLS SEATED ON A FLESHY PEDUNCLE. 



B* with more than Jive Valves, and a wreath of 

 smaller ones round the Base. 



mitella. 31. Shell compressed round the base, 

 irregularly striated transversely, and the pe- 

 duncle scaly. 



Lepas Mitella. Linn&us Si/st. Nat. p. 1108. Chemnitz, 



viii. p. 332. t. 100. f. 849 and 850. Schroeter Ein/.'iu. 



p. 5 J 9- Gmeliii, p. 3210. Wood's Conch, p. 59- 1. 10. 



f. I. 

 Anatifa Mitella. Bruguiere Erie. Meth. p. 65. Rum- 



phius, t. 47. f. M. Petiver Mm. t. 6. f. 10. Seba, iii. 



t. 16. f. 3. Klein. Ost. t. 12. f. 100. Favanne, t.59. 



f. B. 2. Enc. Method, t. 166. f. 9. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Amboyna. Rumphius. Emuy and Chu- 



san. Petiver. 

 The peduncle and the shell are each about an inch long, and 

 the latter, which is about an inch and a quarter broad, bears 

 some resemblance to a mitre ; it has eight valves of different 

 sizes, besides a wreath of small ones round the base, and they 

 are all transversely striated ; the shell itself is white, but 

 coated with a yellow Epidermis, and the peduncle is covered 

 with scales which are larger than those of L. pollicipes. 



pollicipes. 32. Shell compressed, smooth, and the 

 peduncle covered with minute scales. 



Lepas pollicipes. Gmelin^ p. 3213. Montagu Test. Supp. 



p. 6. t. 28. f. 5. Wood's Conch, p. 60. t. 10. f. 2. 

 Lepas cornucopiae. Solander's MSS. Portland Catalogue, 



p. 101. Lo£22l6. 

 Lepas, No. 13. Schroeter Einleitung, iii. p. 531. 

 Anatifa pollicipes. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 65. 

 Lister Conch, t. 439- f. 281. Phil. Trans, l. t. 34. f. 4. 



Knorr. v. t. 13. f. 7. Argenville, t. 26. f. D. and Zoom. 



t. 7. f. G. Favanne, t. 57. f. B. 1. and t. 74. f. G. 1.— 



Chemnitz, viii. t. 100. f. 851. Enc. Meth. t. 166. f. 10 



and 11. 

 Inhabits the shores of Spain, France, and Barbary. Schroeter. 



Britain, rare. Montagu. 

 The peduncle and shell are each about an inch and a quarter 

 long, and the breadth of the latter is considerably less van in 

 L. Mitella ; there are eight valves, besides several smaller 



