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Mr, Donovan informs us, that Da Costa was not 

 poflefTed of Pennant's (hell till after his work was pub- 

 lifhed, and that this miftake (lands correfted in fome of 

 his M. S. notes. 



This author, however, confiders the H. virgata to be 

 the//". zonflT^aof Linn^uSj as he fays, Gmelin admits 

 Da Costa's fhell to be the Linn^iin zonaria. How- 

 ever this may be, that author has quoted other fhelis 

 perfetlly diftinft, and not the lead allied to this. 



Doftor Pulteney, who gives this as a DorfetJIiire 

 fhell, exprefsly fays, "not zonaria of Lin n.^ us ;" and 

 we are much inclined to coincide with the Doftor. 



The virgata may be confidered as a local fpecies, but 

 is found in prodigious abundance in fome fandy, or bar- 

 ren ftony fituations. Moft plentiful near the coafl, 

 efpecially about Whitfand, bay in Cornwall, and in the 

 fouth o{ Devonjliire ; where it is a prevailing opinion, 

 they contribute not a little to fatten flieep ; the ground 

 in fome places being covered with them. It is alfo found 

 in the more interior counties ; is not uncommon in Wilt- 

 JJiirc ; but no where in fuch abundance as within the in- 

 fluence of faline air. Is the mod common fpecies about 

 Kingsbridge in DevonJJiire, and on the coafl to the eaft 

 and weft of that place, in company with Turbo fafciatus. 

 Petiver noticed it on Newmarket heath, near Cavi- 

 bridgc. 



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