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fame part of the Scotish coast, fuch occurred. Although 

 we have with doubt refered to JV. spadicea as a variety, botli 

 havi g originally come from ihe ifland of Maurice in Africa, 

 yet Chemnitz particularly remarks the diftinilions in the 

 umbilicus, and fays they muft not be confounded. 



Having fent one of the fmaller fpecimens to our concho- 

 logical friend Mr. Rackett, we are afllired by him, that 

 upon comparifon with the Cochlea parva of Da Costa, in the 

 PuLTENEY collection, it is that fpecies; fothat the reference 

 to Cochlea parva of that author for our Turbo quadrijafciatus 

 Ihould be transferred to this (hell. 



That in the advanced flate it is the J^erita rufa of Gmelin 

 there cannot be the lead doubt, by the defcription ; and 

 more particularly by the figure he refers to in Chemnhz, 

 which is fo exa6lly fimilar to a fpecimen in our poirefTion, 

 that it might well pafs for a reprefentation of the fame (hell. 

 It is alfo a Wejl Indian fpecies. 



PATELLA. 



C^erulea. Patella caerulea. Gmel. Syst. p. 3697. 



Pult. Hutch. Dorset, t. 23. f. 6. 



Ever anxious to re6lify any errors we may have fallen 

 into for want of fufficient opportunity to fully afcertain all 

 the fpecies of which we are neceflitated to treat, it is proper 



to 



