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Do6ior PuLTN'EY iaformed us he had long pofTefTed 

 this Ihell in his Cabinet, and had called it Cyprcea Bul- 

 lata; which name we have retained. Whether it may 

 be fpecifically diftincl from the Pediculus admits offome 

 doubt, as in fome inftances the tranfverfe ftriae furround 

 the fliell, though almoft obfolete: the external volutions 

 and the tranfparency of the fliell, certainly befpeak dif- 

 tinflion: to which we mufl add, that it is nearly equal in 

 fize, and confequently cannot be a young unformed (hell : 

 befides, we never found it but in Salcomb bay, except a 

 fingle inftance at Falmouth in Cornwall. 



We have taken more than a dozen alive, by dredging, 

 of different fizes, from a quarter to half an inch in length. 



In that part of thofe which are tranfverfely ftriated is a 

 little purple tinge. 



4. 

 C. wih a conoid, convoluted fhell, of a pale greenifli Voluta» 

 colour, with the outer lip white: extreme volutions two. Tab. 6. f. 7.7. 

 very fmall ; aperture linear, terminated by a groove, or ^■i 



gutter; both lips denticulated, the inner one but faintly; 

 Columella, fub-plicated. It is a very flrong thick fliell, 

 with a beautiful polifii, and quite fmooth; the outer lip 

 much thickened, with fometimes alonsf the under eds^e, 

 and both angles of the aperture a flight tinge of pink. 

 Length not quite half an inch. 



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