Historical Account ofTestaceological Writers. 137 



An elegant little work relative to the ova of Testacea was pub- 

 lished by 



MARSIGLI. 



It bears the title of " Relatione del Ritrovamcnto dell' nova di 

 Chiocciole di A.F.M. in una Lettera al Sign. Marcello Malphigi." 

 One plate only accompanies it. We ought to observe that this 

 author makes very honourable mention of our countryman Lister. 

 Some observations on Marsigli's account of these ova were pub- 

 lished by a few years afterwards FULBERTI, whose work is 

 commonly found in the same volume with the former. 



Among the Observazioni Naturali of 



BOCCONE 



there occur some remarks relative to Testacea, which are not un- 

 interesting. Boccone seems to be the first author who has de- 

 scribed fully the Lepas diadema of Linnaeus, which, from its 

 been seen adhering to the back of a whale, was denominated 

 Pediculus ceti. 



An anatomical description of the common muscle was pub- 

 lished the same year in the Leipsic Commentaries by 



DE HEIDE, 



which description also appears in Valentini's Amphitheatrum Zoo- 

 tomicum. 



The purple fish was described at considerable length in the 

 Philosophical Transactions by 



COLE, 



who has taken considerable pains in pointing out the mode of ob- 

 taining, and the nature of, this celebrated dye. Buccimnn Lapillus, 

 the species alluded to by this author, is figured in an annexed 

 plate. This tract was reprinted in 1C89, and sold separately. 

 vol. vii. t LISTER. 



