30 LEPAS. , 



ones round the base, all of which are smooth, and connected 

 together by a blackish membrane ; the peduncle is covered 

 with minute imbricated scales, so as to give it the appear- 

 ance of Shagreen. 



scalpellum. 33. Shell compressed, with thirteen 

 rather smooth valves, and the peduncle 

 hairy. 



Lepas Scalpellum. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1109. Chem- 

 nitz, viii. p. 338, and VignAI. at p. 294. f. A. a. Schroe- 

 ter Einl. iii. p. 520. Muller Zool. Dan. hi. p. 23. t. 94. 

 f. 1 and 2. Gmelin, p. 3210. Dorset Cat. p. 26. t. 2. 

 f. 8. Donovan, v. t. 166. f. 1. Montagu Test. p. 18. 

 t. 1. f. 3. Maton and Racket in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 27. 

 Wood's Conch, p. 6 1, t. 10. f. 3. 

 Anatifa Scalpellum. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 64. 

 Gualter, t. 106. f. C. Phil. Trans, l. t. 34. f. 2. and 2 a. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 166. f. 7 and 8. 

 Inhabits the Norwegian Sea on Gorgoniae. Ellis. Shores of 

 Denmark on Sertulariae. Muller. Coasts of Britain, rare. 

 Pulteney, tyc. 

 Peduncle short, and covered with short hairs ; shell usually 

 about five-eighths of an inch long, and three-eighths broad ; 

 there are six unequal valves on each side, besides the dorsal 

 valve, and they are connected together by a reddish mem- 

 brane, which also lines the inside of the shell. 



.Z?** with Jive contiguous Valves. 



anserifera. 34. Shell compressed, with five stri- 

 ated valves, and the peduncle wrinkled trans- 

 versely. 



Lepas anserifera. Linnaus Syst. Nat. p. 1109. Chemnitz, 

 viii. p. 344. t. 100. f. 856. Schroeter Einl. iii. p. 521. 

 Gmelin, p. 3210. Shaw's Nat. Misc. xiv. t. 554. Mon- 

 tagu Test. p. \6. Donovan, v. t. 166. f. 2. Maton and 

 Racket in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 28. Wood's Conch. 

 p. 64. t. 10. f. 5. 



Anatifa striata. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 64. 



Lister Conch, t. 440. f. 283. Gaulter, t. 106. f. 2 and 3. 

 Klein. Ost. t. 12. f. 93. Phil. Trans t. t. 34. f. 5. 

 Enc. Meth. 1. 166. f. S. 



