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Genus Vulsella* 



Genus IV. MARGARITIFERA-^Nacee de Pekle — 

 Naker, or Mother of Pearl. 



8 io. Fimbriata — a. Partly uncoated; b, wholly uncoated — La 

 Frangee — Fringed — Weft Indies. 



8 1 1. Falfa — a. Native ftate; b. large fize, one valve uncoated j 

 c. "with both valves uncoated ; d. ditto, of a brown gold colour ; 

 e. a large valve with a number of large and fine pearls in it M. P. 

 ■ — La Batarde — Falfe, or Baftard — China. 



8 1 2. Pfittacea — a. Green variety; b. brown — Le Perroquet — » 

 Parrokeet — Friendly Ifles — Very rare. 



813. Fufca — a. uncoated — L'Hyrondelle Brune — Brown Swal- 

 low — Weft Indies. 



814. Nigritis — a. uncoated — La Grande Hyrondelle Noire — > 

 Great Black Swallow — China — Very rare. 



815. Hirundo — L'Hyrondelle a Longue Queue — Long-tailed 

 Swallow — Amboyna — Mytilus Hirundo Linn. Very fcarce. 



816. Maculata — L'Oreille Mouchete du Levrier — Spotted 

 Hound's Ear — Friendly Iflands — Extremely fcarce. 



817. Vertagus — a. Brown; b. black — L'Oreille du Levrier-— 

 Hound's Ear — Pulo Condore. Very rare. 



818. Malleus — a. Very long, with the commencement of a 

 Madrepora criftata on it ; b. very large, Philippine Illands — Very 

 rare — Le Marteau Noir, ou La Hache a Deux Tranchants — Black 

 Hammer, or Fick-Axe — Pulo Condore — Oftrea Malleus Linn. 

 Rare. 



819. Bipennis — a. Long, with (hort arms, New South Wales. 

 This was brought home by Capt. Cook on his firft voyage round 

 the world, and was got on the coral reef off Endeavour River, 

 M. P. 3832 ; b. with long arms— Hay nam — La Pioche Blanche a 

 Deux Pointes — White Pick- Axe — Extremely fcarce. 



Genus V. VULSELLA — Pincettes — Pincers. 



820. Virgata — La Rayee — Striped — Extremely fcarce. 



821. Folium — La Feuille ,d' Arbre Blanche— White Leaf— -The 

 country of this very Angular and delicate fpecies is not known. 

 Its form and texture is extremely curious, and it is the only one 

 we know of. n 



822 . Patula — a. Uncoated — La Large — Broad — Philippine 

 Iflands — Very rare. 



823. Terra — La Tortueufe — Bent, or Serpentine— Friendly 

 Iflands — Very fcarce. 



S24. Aurita — ■ L'Oreille— Eared — Philippine Iflands— Oftrea 

 _ Tfognomcn Linn. 



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