PLATE CLXVI. 



FIG. I. 



LEPAS SCALPELLUM. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Triton. Shell afExed at the base, mul tl valve ; the valves 



uneq^ual. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell compressed. Valves thirteen, smooth, and seated on a scaly 



peduncle. 



Lepas Scalpellum : testa comprcssa tredecim valvl Isviuscula 

 pedunculo squamosa insldente. Linn. F)i. 

 Suec. 2\2\.—Gmcl. Sijst. Nut. 3210. Sp. 11 

 Ellis Phil. Trans. 1758. t. 34-./. {.page 849. 



Lepas Scalpellum, a very rare and curious species, has been found 

 attached to some sea weeds, dredged up on the coast of Weymouth ; 

 a specimen of it affixed to the brandies of a coralline that was dis- 



