82 



anterior end fub-globofe : lyphon placed as in J^aittilus 

 Beccarii. It is not lb much deprefled as tliat Ihell, nor are 

 the articulations half fo numerous, but vaftly more tumid ; 

 the fize inferior. 



A nondefcript fpecies, rarely found amongft fund on the 

 coaft of Devon. 



Rectus. Nautilus rectus, Lin. Trans, viii. p. ] 19. 



p. 197. 

 Tab. i<), 1', 4 Recent difcovery of tlie true J^Timtiius Legumcn obliges 

 & f. 7. us to rcqueft the references affixed to this fliell in Teftacea 

 Britaimica may be cancelled, as we have transferred tlicm to 

 their proper place in this fupplement. 



Legumen. Nautilus Legumcn, Lin.Syst. p. 1 U)4. — Gmcl. Syst. p. 3;)73. 

 1"ab. ]<), f, 6. Turt. Lin. iv. p. 309.—Guall, t. 19. P. 



jSlartini Conch. \. vig. ). E. e. 



h'alkcr, jl/in. SlwlUi. f. 74. 



Lin. Trans, viii. p. 118. 



Shell lub-arcuated, fmooth, glolTy, pellucid, white, fumc- 

 Avliat comprefled, and nearly of equal fize throughout ; the 

 ends are rounded, and a httle contra61ed ; the anterior end 

 is furroundcd by an oblicpie ridge or margin, above which 

 rifes an obtul'e lyi^hon, with a confiderable aperture iiear to 

 the coiicdve fide, from which fide the Jepta, ( eight or nine in 

 number) oblique downward and are vifible through the 



fiiell; 



