CHITON. 
Pirate XXVI. 
(Specimens slightly magnified.) 
Species 114. (Mus. Belcher.) 
Curton prrasus. Chit. testd parvd, subabbreviato-ovatd, 
valvis medio ared trigond subrostratd politd, utrinque 
rugoso-yranatis ; vivide coccined ; ligamento latissimo, 
precipue antic’, quoque vivide coccineo, setis pilisve 
brevibus hic illic obsito. 
THE COAL-PORTER’S CAP Curron. Shell small, somewhat 
abbreviately ovate, valves with a polished slightly 
beaked triangular area in the centre, roughly granu- 
lated on each side; bright scarlet; ligament very 
broad, especially in front, also bright scarlet, beset 
here and there with short hairs and bristles. 
Hab. Cape Rivers; Belcher. 
A beautiful little bright scarlet shell enframed within a 
broad swollen ligament of the same very striking colour ; 
in the form of the ligament it is the nearest approach I 
have seen to that remarkable species the C. Blainvillit. 
For this and other interesting species represented in the 
accompanying plate, I am indebted to the kindness and 
liberality of Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, by whom they were 
collected during his recent voyage in H.M.S. Samarang. 
Species 177. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
Curron scunprus. Chit. testd oblongd, valvis terminalibus 
ceterarum areisque lateralibus rugis granosis amplis 
postice divergentibus conspicue sculptis, areis centralibus 
striis acute undulatis minuté reticulatis ; ligamento 
minutissime squamato-coriaceo. 
Tun scutprurpp Curron. Shell oblong, terminal 
valves and lateral areas of the rest conspicuously 
sculptured with large granose wrinkles diverging 
posteriorly, central areas minutely reticulated with 
sharply undulated strie; ligament very minutely 
squamately coriaceous. 
Sowerby, Conch. Illus. Cat. no. 44. f. 66. 
Hab. ? 
Approximating in character to the C. Proteus, of which 
there is suck a beautiful suite of specimens in the British 
Museum. Should it prove to be one of the states of that 
species the name sculptus must be applied to the whole. 
Species 125. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
OCurron Levis. Chit. testd ovatd, valvis concentrice striatis, 
undique minutissime reticulato-granulosis ; rubra, viri- 
descente hic illic marmoratd ; ligamento minutissimé 
granoso-coriaceo. 
Tuer smMootH Curron. Shell ovate, valves concentrically 
striated, very minutely reticulately granulated 
throughout ; ‘red, marbled here and there with light 
green ; ligament very minutely granosely coriaceous. 
Pennant, British Zoology, vol. iv. pl. 36. f. 3. 
Hab. Shores of Britain. 
Apparently smooth, but in reality very minutely reticu- 
lately granulated. Found by Mr. Metcalfe at Guernsey, 
but of rare occurrence in that locality. 
Species 128. (Mus. Belcher.) 
Cuiton Cornanicus. Chit. testd ovatd, elevatiusculd, 
valvis terminalibus ceterarum areisque lateralibus ra- 
diatim suicatis, interstitiis convexis peculiariter granatis, 
granis prominentibus, rotundatis, solitariis, valva ter- 
minali posticd umbonatd, eatremitate radiaté pared, 
brevi; areis centralibus longitudinaliter tenuissime 
gronato-liratis, lirarum interstitiis excavatis ; areis 
lateralibus nigricante-viridibus, grants lutescentibus, 
areis centralibus lutescentibus nigro maculatis et varie- 
gatis ; ligamento tenuiter granoso-coriaceo, nigricante- 
viridi et virescente concinne tessellato. 
Tue Korean Curron. Shell ovate, rather elevated, 
terminal valves and lateral areas of the rest radiately 
grooved, interstices convex, peculiarly grained, grains 
prominent, round, solitary, posterior terminal valve 
umbonated, extremity radiate, small, short; central 
areas longitudinally very finely granosely ridged, 
interstices between the ridges hollowed; lateral areas 
blackish green, grains yellowish, central areas yellowish 
blotched and variegated with black; ligament finely 
granosely coriaceous, tessellated dark and pale green. 
Hab. Korean Archipelago (under stones) ; Belcher. 
The sculpture of this species is not much unlike that of 
the C. luridus; still it is distinct, and accompanied with 
a very characteristic style of painting. The central areas 
of the shell are of a yellowish ground, blotched and vari- 
egated with black. The terminal and lateral areas are 
very dark green, with the prominent granules conspicuously 
tinged here and there with yellow. The ligament is strik- 
ingly tessellated with dark and pale sea-green. 
Species 133. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
Cuiton pEctinatus. Chit. testi subelongatd, valoé 
extrema posticd fortiter umbonatd et retusa, areis la- 
teralibus elevatis, rude sulcatis, centralibus conspicue 
creberrimée liratis, liris umbones versus peculiariter 
July, 1847. 
