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those who may doubt the truth of his assertion, to re- 

 pair unto him, and he will satisfy them by the testimony 

 of good witnesses. 



Such was the absurd notion which formerly pre- 

 vailed, but which may now bfe ranked with the sedu- 

 cing song of the siren, the prophetic chant of the swan, 

 and the irresistible force of the remora. 



DOWNY BARNACLE. 



38. Lepas villosa. L. testa compressa, quinquevalvi Icevi ; pedunculo 

 vifloso. 



Shell compressed of five smooth valves ; pedicle downy. 

 Anatifa villosa. Brug. Encycl. Meth. Hist. Nat. torn. 6. p. 62. 



This shell is described by Bruguiere as a distinct 

 species, greatly resembling the L. anatifera in the valves, 

 but differing specifically in the pedicle. It is a small 

 shell, never exceeding five eighths of an inch in length : 

 the valves are smooth, but -the foot-stalk is covered with 

 short flexible hairs, which, while the animal is alive, 

 resemble mould, but which fall off with the slightest 

 touch when the shell is dried. This species was ob- 

 served by Bruguiere on the poop of a ship, in the port 

 of Cette, in Languedoc. He remarks that it is solitary, 

 never appearing in clusters like the other barnacles. 



TOOTHED BARNACLE. 



39. Lepas detitata. L. testa compressa, quinquevalvi, Icevi, valvula dorsali 

 carinata, dentata, pedunculo rugoso. 



Shell compressed, of five valves, smooth, dorsal valve keel-shaped and 



toothed, pedicle wrinkled. 

 Anatifa dentata. Brug. Encycl. Meth. Hist. Nat. torn. 6. p. 63. 

 Concha anatifera margine muricata. Lister, Conch, t. 439. f. 282. 



Klein, Ostrac. t. 12. num. 91, 92. 



This shell has hitherto been confounded with the 



