Class VI. MYTILUS. MUSSEL. 237 



a village in that county. They are taken out 

 of the sea, and placed in the river Weir, within 

 reach of the tide, where they grow very fat and 

 delicious. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 106. t. 3. /. 7- Mont. Test. Br. 160. 4. incur- 



VATUS. 



M. very crooked on the side, near the end; 

 then greatly dilated, and covered with a thick 

 rough epidermis. Within has a violet tinge. 



Found on the coast of Anglesey, near Priest- 

 holme ; usually an inch and an half long. Tab, 

 Ixvii. Jig. 1 . 



crooked. 



Lin. Tr. viii. 107. 



Mont. Test. Br. 160. 



5. PELLUCI- 

 DUS. 



pellucid. 



M. with a delicate transparent shell, most ele- 

 gantly rayed lengthways, with purple and blue ; 

 like the former in shape, but more oval. Com- 

 monly shorter than two inches. 



Anglesey. Found sometimes in oyster-beds ; 

 sometimes in trawling over slutchy bottoms. 

 Tab. lxvi. Jig. 3. 



