214 CHITONID^E. 



H rr " 2. C. DIS'CREPANS *, (Brown) K ? i b 



(7. discrepans, Brown, 111. Conch, p. 65, pi. xxi. f. 20 ; F. & H. ii. p. 396, 

 pi. Iviii. f. 4. 



BODY oblong : girdle broad, covered with a thick pile, like 

 velvet, which is usually of a greyish tint ; tufts similar in 

 number and arrangement to those of C. fascicularis, but not 

 so large ; they are whitish or tawny, with sometimes a 

 greenish hue ; spines of marginal fringe not longer than those 

 which form the pile. 



SHELL more convex in the middle than the last species, 

 occupying only one-half of the entire breadth : plates similar 

 in shape : sculpture, very fine and numerous round granules, 

 arranged in rows which converge in a curved direction towards 

 the beak in each plate ; their tips are flattened in adult speci- 

 mens, but seldom concave ; ridge prominent and rather sharp, 

 separated from the granulated portion on each side of it, 

 closely striated or lineated lengthwise, and having a rubbed 

 or polished appearance: colour greyish, mottled with dull 

 reddish-brown ; the ridge is generally darker and sometimes 

 marked by a black cuneiform streak : beaks sharp and pro- 

 jecting : inside smooth and polished, of a greenish cast : 

 notches as in C.fascicularis, but sharper. L. 1-25. B. 0-6. 



HABITAT : Not uncommon on rocks and stones in the 

 Channel Isles, from low- water mark to 25 f. ; sometimes 

 associated with C. fascicularis, which is much less fre- 

 quently met with in this outlying part of Great Britain. 

 The only other British locality that I am aware of is 

 Coomb, in Lantivet Bay, Cornwall, as C. crinitus 

 (Couch) : I have not seen the specimens. It occurs on 

 the coast of France from the Boulonnais to Nice; 

 Corsica (Payraudeau) ; Sicily, as C. fascicularis, var. 

 major (Philippi) ; Balearic Isles and Mogador (M f An- 

 drew) ; and Loven has enumerated it among the Scan- 

 dinavian mollusca as C. crinitus (" Boh-Norv.") ; but 

 I fear he mistook a variety of C. fascicularis for the 

 present species. 



* Different, i.e., from C. fascicularis. 



