Genus XXII. Spondylus. 



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Madrepora Virginea, very young; /. pale red and white, very- 

 young, on the lame kind of coral; u. fcarlet, pink, and white, with, 

 long pink curved fpines, on which are three of Serpula Albida. 

 See Species 3*.; v. the fame variety, except the Serpuiae and that 

 it adheres to a Madrepora Virginea ; w, a large, broad, dark red, 

 yellow and pink, with fhort fpines on the upper, and large folia- 

 tions and long fpines 011 the under valve, which adheres to a 

 Madrepora Virginea. The ears are alfo thick fet with fpines; x. a 

 beautiful group of four fmall ones, differently coloured ; y. two 

 large, one principally white, the other moftly fcarlet, naturally 

 fattened together, and to a Madrepora Virginea. Thefe are alfo 

 enriched with adhefions of Balani, a Serpula, and a fmall purple 

 variety of jfiSftt^Bicolor; z. a clufter of two large fcarlet and 

 white, and a very fmall fcarlet one with other adhefions — L'Arme 

 — Armed — St. Domingo — Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & 

 Soland. 



1022. Croceus — Le Safran Colore — Saffron Coloured — Marti - 

 nique^ — Very rare. Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland* 



1023. Purpureus — a. light coloured; b. with a Serpula adhering* 

 c. having a foliated under valve; d. dark coloured; e, dark colour- 

 ed, adhering to a Madrepora Flexuofa; /". dark coloured, with a 

 very long beak, and adhering to an old upper valve of another 

 fhell of the fame fpecies — Le Pourpre — Purple — Mediterranean — < 

 Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. 



1024. Rufus — La Rouge et Jaune — Red and Yellow— Eall 

 Indies — Spondylus Gaederopus var Linn. & Soland. 



1025. Pica — La Pie — Pied— Eaft Indies — Spondylus Gaedero- 

 pus A Linn. & Soland. 



1 026. Palmatus — Les Pointes Applatis — Broad Spined — China — 

 Spondylus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. Rare. 



1027. Virgatus — La Rayee — Striped — China — Spondylus Gae- 

 deropus var. Linn. & Soland. Rare, 



1028. Undatu s — L ' O n d u lee — Waved — Tranqu ebar ? — Spondy- 

 lus Gaederopus var. Linn. & Soland. Extremely fcarce. 



1029. Hyftrix — a. white and orange^motcied with black, in- 

 different ftages of growth, 1. with a kipr^beak; b. orange, large; 

 c. white, mottled and rayed with pink, natnrally fixed to a Madre- 

 pore; a young one; d. white, pink, and orange, mottled with 

 purple, and having fome of its fpines and foliae longer than ufual, 

 young; e. pale colour, with purple fpines — Le Pore Epic — Por- 

 cupine — China — Spondylus Gaederopus^ Linn. & Soland. Ex* 



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