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This fpecies, which muft not be confounded with the- 

 fhell defcribed under the title o'i cojlatus, in Tejlacea Britan-' 

 m'ca, we are afTured by Mr. Donovan has been found at 

 Margate. We have alfo identified it as a northern produc- 

 tion, by favour of Mr. Laskey, who found it on tiie fliell 

 bank near Dunbar. 



Turbo vittatus. Don. Br. Shells, v. t. 178. f. l. Cingillus. 



Cingillus. Lin. Trans, viii. p. 165. p. 328. 



Turbo tridens. Lin. Trans, viii. p. 181. Tridens. 



PuU. Hutch. Dorset, t. 19- f- 12. p. 338, 



In the Boyfian cabinet, which contains nothing but what 

 the worthy owner confidered as Briti/h, we find this fhell j 

 and in the notes found in one of the drawers, it was refered 

 to under the title of quadridens, without any remarks ; fo 

 that we are ftill at a lofs where to find the native place of it 

 in England, for we lufpe6l our late friend Doctor Pulteney 

 was miftaken in believing it had been found on water plants 

 by the river Stour. The banks of that river and neighbour- 

 hood have been fearched by us and other conchologiflsin vain. 



Mr. Henry Boys does not believe it was ever taken about 

 Sandwich, but is rather inclined to think thofe fpecimens in 

 his father's poflefiion were received from Doctor Solander, 

 out of the Dutchess of Portland's cabinet. In this opinion 



we 



