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aperlilfe oblong-oval; canal long, and a little rellex- 

 ed. Length three inches; breadth an inch and a quarter. 

 Live fliells are ufually covered with a brown epidermis. 



Da Costa fays it is found in YorkJJiire, Northwnher- 

 land, and EJJex ; and in the Orknies, and other fhores of- 

 Scotland; as well as on the IriJIi coall. 



Doftor PuLTENEY fpeaks of it as not very uncommon 

 on the Dorfet coaft, at Weymouth, Studland, and Poole ; 

 moll probably dead and mutilated fpecimens. 



It is a pelagic fliell, and rarely taken in a recent ftatCj 

 but by dredging in deep water. We have found it on 

 fome of the fliores o^ South Devon, particularly at Torbay ; 

 and have taken it not uncommonly by dredging at Tor- 

 crofs ; and fometimes at Salcomb; but in no one inftance 

 alive, though occafionally perfeft ; yet always more or 

 lefs covered with extraneous matter. From this it muft be 

 inferred, that they either inhabit the deeper parts beyond 

 the reach of the dredge, or the more rocky fituations 

 which cannot be fearched by the ufual means. 



Mm-ex ei-inaceus. Lin. Syft. p. 1276. — GrneJ. Syfi. p.5530. 19. Erinaceus. 



Lijier Conch. t.9A2 L 3S ?—Gnult t. 49 H. 



Br. Zool t.76. f 95.- Tart. Lin. iv, p. 432. ■ 



Don. Br. Shells, i. t. 35. 



Piilt. Cat. Do-fet. p. 43, 

 Buccinum porcatum. Da Cofta. p. 133. t. 8. f. 7. 7. 



L 1 2 M. with 



