THE SCOTTISH PEAELET. 



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among Corbulce and other inhabitants of mud, in four 

 fathoms, in Loch Ryan, on the west coast of Scotland, 

 in 1839. The name of the genus is formed from t\v?, 

 mud, and avdos, a flower, and was originally written 

 Uuanthos; but, as the Greek used in science is in a Latinized 

 form, the correct orthography is certainly Hyanihus. The 

 English appellation refers to the pear-like form. 



rLTAJTTHUS SCOTICTJS 



{from Forbes). 



When we add that a specimen, presumed to be of this 

 species, was found on the beach at Balbriggan, in Ireland, 

 after a storm, in March, 1843, its whole known history is 

 recorded. 



Scoticus. 

 Mitchellii. 



S. viduata. 



