u 



Balanus Tintinnabulutn. Da. Cojla. p. 250. 



Pult. Cat. Dorfd. p. 25. 



B. with a ftrong fhell, ufually divided into fix raifed 

 and fix deprefTed compartments, the former running to 

 a point upwards and flriated longitudinally ; the latter 

 contratling to a point downwards, and tranfverfely flri- 

 ated : aperture nearly as large as the bafe, angulated; 

 colour purple. Length an inch and a half, or two inches ; 

 breadth rather lefs. 



This fpecies though admitted into BrihJJi Conchology, 

 is fcarcely to be called an EnglifJi fhell. It is the pro- 

 duce of warm climates, and brought to us on the bottoms 

 of Ihips, where they are frequently feen adhering in 

 clutlers : and of courfe dead fhells are fome times found 

 on our fliores ; but we doubt if they ever breed in this 

 climate. 



7. 

 Lepas Coftata. Do7i. Br. Shells, i. t. 30. f. 2. Cost at us. 



Turt. Lin. iv, p. 167. 



B. with numerous equidiflant ribs diverging from the 

 aperture : fliape fomewhat conic. 



Mr. Donovan informs us that this fpecies was found 

 by the late T. Adams., Efq. of Pembroke, adhering to 

 pieces of broken rock, and is in the poflelhon of the Rev. 



C 2 T. Rack- 



