Genus LXVIII. Rheda. 41 



rms's Comb, or the Double Thorny Woodcock — Haynam-— Ex* 

 tremely fcarce. jHa^^xl Vt^oa^v^ ^u^, •. 



757. Cornutum — Grande Becafle Epineufe — Great Thorny 

 Woodcock — Arabia Felix — Extremely fcarce. 



Genus LXVII. PURPURA—Pourpres— Purpura. 



758. Cislata — a. A feclion — La Cifelee — Carved — Normandy 

 — Murex Erinaceus Linn. 



7 $9. Foiiacea — La Feuillue — Foliated — Very rare. 



760. Spinofa — L'Epineufe — Spined — Cook's Straits, New Zea- 

 land — We know but of one more of this curious and denca.e 

 .fpecies. 



761. Antiqua — a. With the bands faded to an orange colour — 

 La Pourpre des Anciens — Purpura of the Ancients — Mediterranean 

 — Murex Trunculus Linn. It is prefurned, that this is the fpecies 

 from which the ancients chiefly extracted the beautiful purple co- 

 lour, known by the name of the Tyrian Dye. 



762. Crifpata — La Chicoree Frisee — Curled, or Endive — Phi- 

 lipine Iflands — Murex Saxatilis Linn. Rare. 



763. Picla — La Peinte — Painted — Guinea, r-^v^ 



764. Rubicunda — La Rubiconde — Ruddy — St. Thomas's Ifland 

 and Goree — Very rare. 



76$. fmperialis — L'Imperiale — Imperial — St. Thomas's Ifland 

 and Goree — Very rare. 



766. Erinaceus — Le HerhTon — Hedge-Hog — Guinea — Very 

 rare. M. P. 13 §5. Murex ArmataLijbn? 



767. Famelica— a. Faded; b. reverfe; this extremely fmgular 

 variety of this fpecies is unique. M. P. 3991. Murex FamelicusX/mn. 

 — Le Squelette — Skeleton — China— Very rare. 



JV < 768. Scorpio-^Le Scor pion^Scorpion — C h ina — Very rare. P / 1 ~\ 



snipe^irai: < <nt $~ L>ea * A6 



terranean — Murex Brandaris Linn. 



770. Cornuta- — a. Having three rows of fpires on the body; 

 M. P. 3372. Extremely fcarce — La Because Cornue — Horned 

 Snipe — Guinea — Murex Cornutus Linn. 



Genus LXVIII. RHEDA — Le Chariot— Chariot. 



771. Bullata— L'Enfle— Swelled. 



Appendix to the Univalves. 



772. A curious ramofe congeries of the ova, or eggs, of fome 

 ihell fifli, but unknown of what fpecies. 



773. A congeries of tubular ova of fome (hell fifh, the kind 

 unknown, formed on an oiive fhell — Eaft indies. 



774. An afTemblage of long tubular ova of fome (hell fifli— 

 Eaft Indies — From the holes in the tops of the cafes of thefe two 



G fpecies, 



