140 PATELLA. LIMPET. 



1 3. Patella Ungarica. Hungarian Bonnet. Fig. 76. 



Pennant, pi. 93. f. IDa Costa, pi. 1. f. 7 Donovan, 

 pi. 21. f. 1 Dorset Cat. pi. 23. f. 7. 



Shell (tonic, thin, semitransparent, white rufous or flesh- 

 color, often covered with a rough brown skin which reaches 

 beyond and forms a fringe round the margin, finely striate 

 longitudinally and marked with a few transverse elevations : 

 crown much curved inwards and twisted into two or three 

 spiral volutions, which incline a little to one side ; inside 

 glossy, white or flesh-color ; the hase very large, round or 

 a little irregular in its circumference, with the margin often 

 slightly notched : diameter sometimes two inches or more, 

 and as much in height. 



Attached to rocks and shells; v. v. 



14. Patella militaris. Military Bonnet. 



Lister, pi. 544. f. 32 Montagu, pi. 13. f. 11 Donovan, 

 pi. 171 -Dorset Cat. pi. 22. f. 7. 



Shell conic, rather strong, semitransparent, white or co- 

 vered with a rough brown skin, regularly striate both lon- 

 gitudinally and transversely so as to give the surface a re- 

 ticulate appearance : crown much turned inwards, twisted 

 into two or three spiral volutions which incline much to one 

 side, inside glossy white, with the base roundish, and the 

 margin very entire : diameter and height half an inch. 



Western coasts, and North Britain, v. m. 



15. Patella distorta. Distorted Limpet. 

 Linn. Trans, xi. pi. 13. f. 5. 



Shell rugged and distorted, without any regularity of 

 form, rather flat, with an irregular margin, brown both in- 

 side and out ; the crown small, wart-like, and not central j 

 inside not glossy, but apparently minutely granulate : dia- 

 meter about half an inch. 



In conformity with our plan of recording whatever has 

 come to our knowledge upon this subject, more especially 

 from the pen of Montagu, we have inserted the above de- 

 scription. It will, however, we understand, ultimately ap-? 

 pear, upon better authority than bur own, that it is the up- 

 per valve of an Anomia. 



Found on stones, in the Shetland Islands, by Mr. Fleming. 



IP. Patella/ 



