K54 LEPAS. BARNACLE. Class VI. 



This genus is called by Llnnceus, Lepas, a 

 name that is given by the antients to the Pa- 

 tella. Shells of this class are called by Aristotle, 

 Ba.xavoi,f from the resemblance some of them 

 bear to acorns. We have seen before, in the 

 account of the supper of Lentulus, that they 

 were admitted to the greatest tables. 



16. SUL- Lin. Tr. vili. 29. Mont. Test. Br. I7. t. \.f. 6. 



CATA. 



* L. with a shell of a somewhat triangular 

 form ; of five valves, furrowed ; color white ; 

 the dorsal valve striated lengthways ; length a 

 quarter of an inch. 



Discovered by Mr. Montagu on the coast 

 near Portland. 



17. FASCi- Lin. Tr. vili. 30. Mont, Test. Br. bb"! . id. App. 



cuLARis. ]63. id. Snp.5. 



* L. with a shell of five valves, smooth, the 



ridge valves widened at the base with a sharp 



prominent heel ; about the size of L. aiiatjfera. 



Discovered by Ellis in St. Georges Channel. 



f Hist. an. lib. v. c. 15. 



