PLATE CLXIV. 



LEPAS DILATA. 



DILATED LEPAS, 

 GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Triton. Shell affixed at the base : multivalve ; the valves 



unequal. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell compressed, five valved, thin, dorsal valve dilated at the base 

 with an acute angle ; and seated on a peduncle. 



Lepas dilata : testa compressa quinquevalvi tenui, valvula dorsali 

 basi dilata angulo acuto, pedunculo insidente. 



Lepas fascicularis : testa quinquevalvi laevi corpus tegente, val- 

 vula dorsali basi dilata angulo acuto prominente, 

 stipite nudo. Ellis. Zooph.pl. 15. f. 6. p. 167. 



Lepas sigillatum, Mus. Portl? 



The first, and only account we have of this kind of Lepas, is 

 that given by the late Mr. Ellis in his Natural History of Zoophytes. 

 In addition to the character he assigns to this shell, quoted as a 

 synonym, this writer acquaints us only that it is " from St. George's 

 Channel. " We have never met with it either on the coast of that 



