Genus IX. Mactra. 



4S 



•Extremely 



826. Vitrea — LeVitrage — daffy, or Window — China- — Ano- 

 mia Placenta Linn. Placuna Placenta Soiand. With the thin 

 Ihells of this kiad the Chinefe glaze the windows of their fummer 

 Houfes, for which purpofe they are well adapted, particularly in 

 a warm climate, as they exclude the rays of the fun, and yet ad~ 

 mit a fufficiency of light. 



827. Ephippium — Le Selle Polonolfe — Saddle — Tranquebar — 

 Placuna Ephippium Soiand. 



Genus VII. CEPA— L'Oignon— Onion Peal. 



828. Versicolor — a. White ; h. yellow, Anomia Ele&rica Linn, 

 Cepa Flava Argenv. c. Purple, Anomia Cepa Linn. Cepa Rofea 

 Argenv. — Le Diverfifie — Varied — Normandy — Anomia Cepa 

 Soiand. 



829. Ele&rica — L'Ambre — Amber — New York. 



830. Patelliformis — La Patelle — Limpet Like — Very rare* 

 Anomia Patelliformis ? Linn. 



Genus VIII. L AMP AS — L amp e — L amp. 



831. Columbina — L'CEuf de Pigeon — Pigeon's Egg-r-Mediter- 

 yanean— - Anomia Terebratula Linn. Lampas Terebratula Mufeurn 

 Geverfianum. 



832. Truncata — Le Bee Court — Short Beaked — Mediterranean 

 — Anomia Truncata Linn. 



833. Pe&iniformis — La Forme d'un Peigne — Sc«llop-like — Me- 

 diterranean — Two of this fpecies, with feveral of Anomia Trun- 

 cata, are here exhibited in their native iituation, adhering by the 

 ligament which comes through a hole in the beak of one of the valves 

 of each of them to a white oyfter, on which two or three fmall fprigs 

 of Gorgonia Pretiofa, or Red Coral, three of Madrepora Cyathus,( 



1 mmSmmgmt-^hke Coral, a fponge, iome ferpulce, &c. are alfo af* 

 fixed, forming together a very curious and interefting fpecimen. 



834. Pfittacea — Le Bee de Perroquet — Parrot's Beak — New- 

 foundland — Anomia Pfittacea Soiand. Very rare. 



835. Caput Serpentis — La Tete de Serpent — Serpent's Head 

 — Falkland 1 (lands — Anomia Caput Serpentis Soiand.^. Scarce, i 



836. Sanguinea — La Sanguinolente — Blood-red — New Zealand 

 —Anomia Sanguinea Soiand. Extremely rare. 



Genus IX. MACTRA— Petrin— Trough. 



837. Bullata — La Bouteille d'Eau, ou La Veflie de Carpe— 

 Bubble, or Carp's Biadaer — Tranquebar — Solen Bullatus Linn. 



Sc Soiand. 



838. Cy- 



