LEPAS. 33 



Anatifa villosa. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 62. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 166. f. 2. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean on the sides of vessels. Bruguiere. 



The peduncle and shell are each about three or four lines long, 

 and much resemble the young of L. anatifera, but differ in 

 having the peduncle covered with short flexible hairs resem- 

 bling mould, which fall off when dried. Bruguiere says it is 

 generally solitary, and is rarely seen in clusters like other Bar- 

 nacles. 



dorsalis. 40. Shell compressed with five valves, 

 scaly at the base, and the dorsal valve trans- 

 versely wrinkled ; peduncle scaly. 



Lepas dorsalis. Ellis and Solander's Zoophytes, p. 197. 



t. 15. f. 5. Portland Catalogue, p. 145. Lot 3200. 

 Enc. Meth. t. 166. f. 5. 



Inhabits the Sea on the Mosquito Shore. Ellis. 



The peduncle is represented in the figure to be an inch long, 

 and twice as broad at the summit as at the base ; the valves 

 are about half an inch long, and are together not at all 

 broader than the top of the peduncle ; the lateral valves are 

 smooth, except at the base, which, as well as the whole of 

 the peduncle, is slightly scaly. 



B*'* # With minute distant Valves placed on a fleshy 

 extension of the Peduncle. 



, vittata. 41. Shell membranaceous, ventricose, 

 truncated, and angular at the summit, green, 

 with black stripes, and five minute narrow 

 distant valves. 



Lepas vittata. Solander's MSS. Wood's Conch, p. 69. 

 t. 12. f. 2 and 3. 



Seba, iii. t. 16. f. 5. No. ]. Poll. Test. t. 6. f. 20 and 22. 

 Variety. Smaller, and white without stripes. 



Lepas membranacea. Montagu Supp. p. 164. Wood's 

 Conch, p. 70. 

 Inhabits the Atlantic Ocean on the bottoms of ships. Solander. 



Mediterranean. Poli. Coast of Wales ? Montagu. 

 The peduncle is about an inch long, and gradually expands 



into an oblong membranous case, which contains the animal, 



and which has a lateral aperture ; the colour is yellowish or 

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