488 



One fpecimen, from the lad place, is of an extraordi- 

 nary fizcj meafuring two inches in diameter, and one 

 inch and a quarter in height: it is thick, ftrong, opaque, 

 and much wrinkled tranfverfely. 



Dead (liells ufually become white, or very little tinged 

 with flefh-colour, are deltitute of epidermis, and lofe the 

 crenated margin. 



9. 



MiLiTARis. Patella militaris. Lin. Mant. p. 553. 



Tab. 13. f. 1 1. Lijlcr Conch, t. 544. f. 32. 



Fdvan. i. p. 53S. t. 4. B. B. 

 Fult. Cat. Dorfet. p. 51. 



P. with a fub-pellucid, fub-conic, white fhell, finely 

 ftriated both ways, fo as to give it a pretty cancellated 

 appearance: vertex much reflefted, recurved, and turn- 

 ed to one fide, defcending almoft to the edge of the (hell, 

 but proje61ing beyond it : aperture round, and even. 

 Infide gloffy white. Diameter at the bafe about half an 

 inch. 



This fpecies has fomewhat the habit of the lafl:, but is 

 not fo broad at the bafe in proportion ; and is at once 

 diftinguiflied by the, beak turning to one fide, by being 

 Teticulated, and a much ftronger fhell. In a recent (late 

 it is covered with a brown, pilous epidermis^ 



Tiiis is certainly a very rare fhell on the EngliJJi coaflj 



but 



