BOH I NU 8 



KOIIM- iSi-AT.vxous PURPUwros). Plat. XXXII. i\&. lu. ].; 11 



1C. 



\ ..ther kind of Eehinus \erv dilTercnt in external conformation. 

 in hal>it ami apiH.'aramx', from the preceding, IB denominated .S//<//<//f/ 



atanytu, a name of uncertain etymology, but said to be <!: 

 from the Greek language, whereof I do not observe any satisfactory in- 

 teqiretntion. 



It is a species, al.o. muehless familiar to naturalists. In an It in.' 

 ' >bn Ray the naturalist, describing a Tour in Great Britain during 

 tin- year 1662, he says, he found on the sea shore, near Llandwyn, " a 

 pretty -hell. covered with prickles or bristles, which the Welch call M 

 >>"ii'f^ //-/>." Lankester (Dr Edwin), Memorials of John Ray, p. 169. 



Tin- .sum- name is bestowed by the Scotish fishermen, who likewise 

 .all it tin- MniCs face, and J/o///,v//\/,;. 



This creature is not nearly as common as the preceding, but its form 

 has attracted the notice of so many observers, that perhaps little of gene- 

 ral import remains to be said on the subject. In as far as I can learn, it 

 IM-IOH^X to <l--|.,T \\ ; it,T, ami often d wells iK-nnancntly buried in the 

 sand, from which it is for the most part dug up accidentally, in prosecut- 

 ing the various departments of the li-herics. 



Probably it is the largest of any Scotish animal invested by a shell, 

 setting aside the crustaoeous race. 



Among others, I received two of ample size, and very heavy, in the 

 month of October, a period when I expected they might be easily pre- 

 served. 



These creatures rudely resemble a flattened heart, one side being 

 convex, the other a flat surface. 



Each of the two measured five inches in length, by half as much in 

 thickness, and four inches in breadth, therefore having attain. ! tin- com- 

 plete dimensions of full grown animals. The mouth, a transverse open- 

 ing, is near the upper end of the flat side, the \eiit in the lower extre- 

 mity, Plate XXXII. fig. U. ivduced. But the proportions and rela- 



