LEPAS. 59 



*** With Compressed Shells. 



MITRE BARNACLE. 

 PL 10. /. 1. Mrs. Mawe. 



32. Lepas Mitella. L. testa compresso-erecta diffbrmiter striata. Linn. 



Syst. Nat. ed. p. 1108. Linn. GmeL p. 3210. 

 Shell compressed, erect, and irregularly striated. 

 Anatifa Mitella. A. testa compressa, valvulis incequalibus numerosis 



striatis intestino sauamoso. Brug. Encycl. Method, torn. 6. p. 65. 

 Rumph. Mus. pi. 47. f. M. Petiver Gazoph. pi. 6. f. 10. Ellis, Phil. 



Trans, vol. 50. pi. 23. f. 4. Seba. Mus. 2. pi. 61. f. 8. and 3. pi. 16. 



f. 3. Favanne, pi. 59. f. B. 2. Chem. Conch. 8. t. 100. f. 849, 850. 



Encyclop. Method, pi. 166. f. 9. 



The Lepas Mitella has eight principal valves besides 

 a wreath of small ones round the base of the shell : 

 the central valves are in pairs, corresponding exactly 

 with each other, but the end valves are single and 

 decidedly carinated. The shell is strongly striated, or 

 rather ridged, and where the yellow coat is removed, 

 appears of a polished white. It must be remarked 

 that the striae in general are curved, but more particu- 

 larly so in the two most prominent valves. The inside 

 is smooth and of an ivory white. The pedicle, or 

 stalk, when it occurs, is about an inch long, of a grey 

 brown colour, and covered with scales like that of the 

 following species but of a larger size. 



This shell inhabits the Indian seas, particularly near 

 the Island of Amboyna. It is rare to find a good spe- 

 cimen in the cabinets of Natural History, and still 

 more rare to find it perfect with its pedicle. 



The best figure of this species is by Petiver. 



