546 CATALOGUE—SHELLS. 
profundé sulcato, lineis elevatis creberrimé plicatis ; valvis posticis 
valdé productis, acuminatis. 
Habitat ad oras Concepgionis et insulam Chilée. Mus. Brit, 
nost., Broderip, &c. 
This cirrhiped which, at Concepcion de Chile, is frequently 
found of a larger size than 53 inches long and 3} in diameter, 
forms a very common and highly esteemed food of the natives, 
by whom it is called Pico, from the acuminated processes of the 
two posterior opercular valves. The anterior and posterior oper- 
cular valves, when in contact, present some resemblance to a 
parrot’s beak, whence Molina’s name. It is also found very abun- 
dantly at Valdivia and at Calbuco, near the north end of the 
island of Childe. It occurs in large bunches, and presents some- 
what of a cactus-like appearance. The parent is covered by 
its progeny, so that large branches are found composed of 
from fifty to one hundred distinct individuals, each of which 
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 Con- 
cep¢ion, where they are found of larger size than to the south- 
ward, 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. Exminius Leacuit.* 
E. testa albidé, truncaté, longitudinaliter striata, radiis creberrimé 
longitudinaliter substriatis ; operculo ad basin transversim striato, 
quadripartito ; long. 2; lat. 2; poll. 
Habitat. In Museo Geo. Sowerby et nost. 
3. ScaALPELLUM PAPILLOSUM. 
S. pedunculo creberrimé papilloso ; testd levi valdé compressd ; long. 
ino 2L - 4 Be 5 
omnino +2; ++. pedunculi ; lat. $., poll. 
* Elminius Kingti, Gray in Zool. Miscell. from a specimen collected 
during the yoyage.—Ed. 
