133 



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2. 



Lactea. Area iaciea. Lin. S;ft. p. 1 1 4 1 . Gwc"/. S\ft. p 3309. 15. 



Chem. Conch, vii t. 55. f. 547. 

 Lijier Conch, t 235. L69.—-Pctiv. Gaz. t.73.1, 

 * 7Ai Co;?fZ p. 171. t. II. f. 5. 5. 

 T///'/. £/>/. IV. p. 252. 

 Area barbata. Br. ZooJ. No 60. t. 5S, f. 5'J. reference inil- 



placed to A. Nucleus. 

 Area crinita. Pu!t. Cat. Dciy'lt. p. 34. 



■ A. with a rhomboidal, yellowifh -white fiiell, covered wit!i 

 a brown pilous epidermis, under which it isfurnifhed with 

 numerous fine, clofe-fet, regular flria^ longitudinally, or 

 from the unil^o to the margin, with a few concentric wrin- 

 kles or ridges: the interftices between the {lri.« are pret- 

 tily punctured, giving the fliell a reticulated appearance 

 when examined by a lens : umbo not quite central ; hinge 

 furnilhed with numerous teeth. Infide white ; margin 

 plain. 



This fpecies is fubjeft to great variety in fliape, fome 

 are rounded at both ends, others angulated, or cut off 

 at one end; and the ftriie, which are faint in f^me. are 

 very flrong in others, both tranfverie and longi'udinal, 

 crofTing in a decuflTated manner; the iranfverfe ILriic, how- 

 ever, are always leafl dillind. 



Do61or PuLTENEY has confidcred this (hell as dif}in6l 

 from the A. laElea of Lix'n^us, oblerving that, that is 

 much larger, and is flrongly (friated in a reticulated 

 manner. EvgbJIi fpecimens, however, are fouieiirres re- 

 ticulated 



