334 Capt. P. l\ King's Description of 



at Calbuco, near the north end of the Island of Chiloe. It occurs in 

 large bunches, and presents somewhat of a cactus-like appearance. 

 The parent is covered by its progeny, so that large branches are found 

 composed of from 50 to 100 distinct individuals, each of w^hich becomes 

 in its turn the foundation of another colony. One specimen in the 

 possession of my friend W. J. Broderip, Esq., consists of a numerous 

 group based on two large individuals. They are collected by being 

 chopped off with a hatchet. At Concepcion, where they are found of 

 larger size than to the southward, they are principally procured at the 

 Island of Quiriquina, which lies across the entrance of the bay ; whence 

 they are exported in large quantities to Valparaiso and Santiago de Chile, 

 where they are considered as a great delicacy, and indeed with some 

 justice, for the flesh equals in richness and delicacy that of the crab, 

 which, when boiled and eaten cold, it very much resembles. 



2. Elminius Leachii.* 



E. testa albidd, truncatd, longltudinaliter striata^ radiis creberrim^ 

 longitudinaliter substriatis ; operculo ad basin transversim striata, 

 quadripartito ; long, | ; lat. % ; poll. 

 Habitat. . In Museo Geo. Sowerby et nost. 



3. SCALPELLUM PAPILLOSUM. 



S. pedunculo creberrime papilloso ; testd Itsvi valde compressd ; long, 

 omnino \\ ; -^\ peduncjli ; lat. -,*-, poll. 



Habitat in mare alto circa oras Patagonicas. Mus. nost., G. Sowerby, 

 Taken by a dredge in 40 fathom water, off the coast of South Ame- 

 rica, in latitude 44J south, and found adhering to a Terebella. 



4. Pholas Chiloensis. Molina. 



P. testd elongatd postice ovato-rotundatd, costis posticis dentato-muri- 



catis; antice attenuatd striis transversis postice undato-muricatis, 



ant'ice muticis ; lat, 5 ; long. 2 ; poll. 



Habitat ad insulam Chiloei. Mus. Brit., nost., Brod., Stokes. 



Some doubt has been thrown upon the existence of this shell notwith- 

 standing the description of Molina. A species very nearly approaching 



♦ Elminius Kingii, Gray in Zool. Miscell. from a specimen collected during 

 the voyage. — Ed. 



